Play APB while you can – the developer's shutting down
Staff told to clear out by Friday, skeleton creܫw to kee☂p game running – for now
Three years ago developer RealTime Worlds appeared to be headed for stardom. The company’s first release, Crackdown, was a hit, and it al꧅so h♏ad an awesome open-world MMO in development, called APB, which promised relief from the genre’s fantasy obsession.
What a difference three years can make. APB, the developer’s ওgolden child, received terrible reviews and has been spraying red ink across company balance sheets as if its carotid had been severed. This has forced RealTime Worlds to enter “administration,” the UK equivalent to bankruptcy. Most of the staff hᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚas been told to.
Above: Craptastic World Economy 1, RealTime Worlds 0.
Rumors (and common sense) suggest that a skeleton crew will be kept on to maintain APB until the future of the company is known, but APB’s long-term fate is a mystery. It seems that the game once considered to be among the most🉐 exciting new M🍬MOs may soon be given an unceremonious burial.
Aug 17, 2010
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