Anyone who bought the ambitious online game APB had just a few weeks to enjoy it before the studio behin💝d it collapsed like a stack of dominos. Customers are being told not to expect a refund of any kind, but if you make a stink about it publisher EA will toss a free game your way.

With an entire development studio set up exclusively for the game ♈and one of the most exhaustive set of resources ever set aside for an online game, APB has gone d𝕴own as one of the biggest blunders in video game history.

Above: Six months of hype, one month of enjoyment… just like a celebrity wedding

on Steam's support forum chronicles numerous customers who bought their copy of AP🍷B on Steam and contacted EA thr💎ough online chat. In all cases, users were offered at minimum a $20 digital store credit and at maximum a free copy of any EA-developed game. Many have requested a free download of Mass Effect 2.

Former APB players s﷽hould act quickly while EA is trying to enact damage control. No one's laughing all the way to the bank here, but at leaꦓst it's a nicer gesture than just walking over your face.

Sep 27, 2010

Hi-Rez Studios mourns the loss of AP♎B and invites players to purchase Global Agenda at a 30% disco💎unt

With the misfiring online shooter officially closed,🌌 an ex-RT🐽W man gives us insight into why