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The APB Reloaded open beta has finally gone live, following a short delay caused by player disconnection issues. Free-to-play specialist GamersFirst said the beta adds a brand new skill rating system, redesigned ‘witnessing’ game mechanics, new items and weapons in the Armas Marketplace, and an additional East Coast data centre to host the game. Upcoming …

Senior management figures at Realtime Worlds have come under fire from employees made redundant after the developer went into administration. While APB was criticised for design flaws upon release, poor business decisions were the reason behind the company’s decline, according to those directly affected. Luke Halliwell, who spent six years at RTW, wrote on his …

RealTime Worlds has announced that it is to give the driving and shooting sections in APB an overhaul. The Scottish firm said this afternoon that it was making efforts to make the vehicle sections “less slippy”. In a huge list of improvements, RTW also pledged that it would be “looking at almost every aspect of …

You will not be paying real money for in-game t-shirts or DLC updates for APB: All Points Bulletin.  So said the game’s lead designer EJ Moreland at a recent roundtable (via Shack News). “We won’t be offering items for sale for real money. We have no DLC,” he said. “Any update we do throughout the …

With a strict NDA in place and the APB police swarming the Internet looking for illegal content, it appears that 1Up have done a deal with the proverbial devil, since they have an APB gameplay movie on show. Illegal or not, I care not. Watch. Yes, watch.

Customisation in the APB Beta has gone into overdrive of late, and with that in mind, I bring you a selection of the community’s cars, again probably a major breach of the NDA, but it’s still a great advert for the game, so why should anyone object? Incoming search terms: apb cars apb car apb …

Just a quick heads up to APB Beta testers – the Beta weekend which was due to start at midnight tonight seems to be live at the moment. Servers may be up and down before the official playtest, but it’s worth checking to see if you can get online. Oh, and here’s a few more …

After basically losing 50% of its community by announcing that its going to charge a subscription, Realtime Worlds are trying their best to get some support for their upcoming title, APB, by giving away goodies to those of you who preorder. The video explains it best.

Cops and robbers MMO, All Points Bulletin (APB), now has an official release date in the EU (UK) on July 2nd, according to the updated FAQs on the game’s official website. Predictably too, the MMO will be released earlier in the US on June 29th. The new FAQ also sets out the game’s pricing structure which …