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Reloaded Productions 'will create 22 jobs'
Read More »GDC11: APB Reloaded closed beta launches
Reloaded inches closer to troubled game relaunch with test build release
Read More »100,000 sign up for APB Reloaded
More than 100,000 people have registered to take part in the beta of APB Reloaded. The figure was revealed by developer Reloaded Productions’ boss Bjorn Book-Larsson on the game’s official blog, who added that this has topped his team’s original expectations. The studio is aiming to launch the closed beta …
Read More »Codemasters on UK talent hunt as jobs go
British firm â??pleased to offer a glimmer of hope during difficult timesâ??
Read More »APB â??would have survived with more timeâ??
New free-to-play model will give it a chance it deserves, says new owner
Read More »Big spend in exhaustive â??APB: Reloadedâ?? plan
At least $1 million set aside to renovate and improve on RTWâ??s final game
Read More »APB reborn as free-to-play title
One of the most destructive and unequivocal commercial failures of the modern games industry is being given a second chance. APB, the 100 million white elephant that brought down Dundee studio Realtime Worlds, has today been confirmed as a new acquisition for the free-to-play evangelists GamersFirst. A trusted source close …
Read More »Realtime Worldsâ?? APB returns as free-to-play
GamersFirst buys the IP for â??less than one per cent of original dev costsâ??
Read More »APB: Free at last
Develop talks to the firm that will bring RTWâ??s failed MMO out from the darkness and into free-to-play
Read More »APB acquisition rumoured
Online games developer and publisher K2 has acquired the APB IP from the administrator of collapsed Dundee studio Realtime Worlds, inside sources have told Develop. California based K2 Network, a heavily VC-funded company responsible for the free-to-play service GamersFirst, has reportedly spent in the region of 1.5 million for the …
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