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Free 2 Play – APB Reloaded Out Now In UK
Today, Videogame publisher Iceberg Interactive and game developer Reloaded Productions announce that the MMO Action game “APB Reloaded” for PC is now available in retail stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The retail version of the game was released in the Benelux last week and will be available in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Scandinavia on February 17th 2012. APB Reloaded is a Free2Play massively multiplayer online third-person shooter game taking place in the modern-day fictional city of San Paro.
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CrimeCraft gets “Novel”
CrimeCraft is a Persistent World Next-gen Shooter (PWNS) that seamlessly blends gripping, action-packed shootouts with the irresistible community and role -playing elements exclusive to today’s hottest massively multiplayer games.
CrimeCraft is set in a gritty fictional metropolis of Sunrise City in the near future, following an ecological disaster of unprecedented scale. The price of life is cheap and loyalty is far less valuable than one’s reputation. Join thousands of players online as you learn the rules of the street, build a gang of stone-cold killers and do whatever it takes to survive amidst the chaos of a world turned upside down.
Vogster Entertainment is partnering with Archaia Entertainment to publish BLEEDOUT: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL, which includes the story-telling and artwork of a dozen of the comic industry’s most celebrated artists. In addition to a full length Graphic Novel, the art will be used to propel the interactive storyline of the first major brand expansion for Vogster’s massively multiplayer online shooter CrimeCraft, launching soon.
BLEEDOUT explores the complex, yet frighteningly possible, series of events that throw the world into violent chaos. It is a new Age of Ruin, caused by mankind’s own greed, a new Wild Society run by criminals and outlaws, that players can explore and profit through exciting combat and conspiratorial adventure.
This all-new campaign features original artwork from comic industry all-stars, such as Tim Bradstreet, Ben Templesmith, Nathan Fox, Zach Howard, Sanford Greene, David Williams, Gary Erskine, Howard Chaykin, Glenn Fabry, Vince Proce, and Trevor Hairsine. Each artist will bring his unique graphic style and story-telling skills to a different chapter of the intricate backstory behind the campaign.
“We wanted this campaign expansion to provide an exciting gameplay experience with high-caliber style. Partnering with some of the hottest comic artists in the industry ensures that we do,”
“Not only will their artwork give the campaign a cool, pulpy, graphic style, but it will make a gorgeous hard cover graphic novel and art book companion afterwards that only Archaia can bring to the table. Once fans get a glimpse of what we are working on, they’ll be as excited as we are for this release.”
says Mike Kennedy, lead writer and Senior Producer at Vogster Entertainment.
Archaia Black Label and Vogster Entertainment will release the original graphic novel collection and artbook early next year and it expand on the stories chronicled in the BLEEDOUT campaign. The collection will give fans deeper insight into the mysterious events leading to the catastrophic BLEEDOUT scenario, with a wealth of additional, previously-unreleased story material and artwork.
“When Vogster pitched the concept of BLEEDOUT, we were immediately attracted to the project because of how eerily similar the storylines blended with current events and the fact that the concept alone was extremely thought provoking,”
“Then to find out who the creative attachments were just sealed the deal for us.”
commented Stephen Christy. Archaia’s Editor-in-Chief.
Check out more about the game here including the images too.
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Former Realtime Worlds Directors Purchased MyWorld!
For most of us we know the Realtime Worlds company as being the people behind the – now closed, APB game. Well whilst all that nastiness was happening the guys there were working on something else called MyWorld.
MyWorld combines social networking with traditional gaming genres. The description in MyWorld’s early days asked
“What would it look like if Nintendo built Google Earth?”
A teaser video shows players racing, flying and fishing in the environments, as well as buying and selling properties which can be edited using a pared down interface. Activity on other established social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, is also integrated.
The developer says that when the game is launched next year, it will include the entirety of Britain – screenshots on the site reveal some of this landscape. Although no date has been announced, Realtime Worlds will be inviting users to participate in its closed beta program.
Well anyway the 3 former RTW directors in question are games industry veteran Ian Hetherington, venture capitalist Patrick Chung and financier Harry Weller, who are now named as directors at Kimble Operations. The firm was formed in July this year, a month after the troubled launch of APB, according to GamesIndustry.biz.
Seemingly confirming previous rumours, a former lead artist on MyWorld who’s no longer attached to the project has told Gamasutra that Kimble Operations purchased the game.
“MyWorld was bought a few weeks back by Kimble Operations which is basically Ian Hetherington as he wanted the project to get to market,” Tahir Rashid said. “There are 20 people left from the original MyWorld team that decided to stay with it. We are very pleased the project is not dead and look forward to them getting it out the door.”
Realtime Worlds disclose APB player statistics
Realtime Worlds in administration has released playing figures today for the first time while negotiations continue to secure a sale for the British publisher of APB: All Points Bulletin.
The figures reveal 130,000 registered players, with the average player playing for 4 hours each day, APB’s unique business model sees paying players averaging $28 per month, a combination of game time and user to user marketplace trading.
Joint administrator Paul Dounis, of business rescue and restructuring specialist Begbies Traynor commented “These are healthy numbers and reflect positively on APB as a ongoing concern. They prove this is a very enjoyable game, which is shown by the average player daily playtime and an ARPPU (Average Revenue per Paying User) that is highest of any game out there”.
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REALTIME WORLDS Latest from administrators
Administrators for leading video games company Realtime Worlds have announced that 23 members of the 60-strong Dundee team working on the company’s ambitious MyWorld 3D project who were all made redundant earlier this month have been re-employed.
Joint administrator Ken Pattullo, of business rescue and restructuring specialist Begbies Traynor said: “As a smaller entity MyWorld is attracting considerable interest from potential buyers and 23 members of the team who had been working on the project clearly add value to it as a standalone business, hence the fact we have been able to offer a limited number of those jobs back.”
‘Crackdown’ and ‘APB’ creator Realtime Worlds, which went into administration on Tuesday, announced the MyWorld “3D social gaming experience” last month, scheduled for launch in 2011. The team was, however, made redundant only days before Realtime Worlds went into administration.
Yesterday (Wedy) the administrators confirmed that while 53 jobs had been retained 157 employees had been made redundant, in addition to the 60 before administration. Trade creditors in the UK are owed in the region of £3 million.
Mr Pattullo said potential buyers from both sides of the Atlantic have expressed interest in Realtime Worlds which is the subject of a major restructuring designed to create a business that can support APB: All Points Bulletin as an ongoing online service for current future players.
“We want to offer reassurance to gamers that APB will not only continue as an online service but will be improved and supported 100 per cent during this restructuring,” he added.
Both he and joint administrator Paul Dounis today met Stewart Hosie, SNP MP for Dundee East and Dundee East MSP Shona Robison.
Mr Pattullo described the meeting as “very useful” and added: “Overall, we are cautiously optimistic.”
APB Developer Realtime Worlds Have Entered Administration
The company is currently being advised by Begbies Traynor Group’s Edinburgh office. It is understood that CEO Gary Dale is now at the Dundee head office following a trip to Colorado to speak to staff there. The game, which was worked on by a very large team for several years, was met with mediocre reviews following a strained launch process that had games press initially embargoed from scoring the title until after it had launched.
But after that confusion was cleared up, gamers failed to take to the PC title, and a first round of lay-offs from the company was announced last week, while the developer’s other project – MyWorld – was reportedly rejected by two publishers earlier in the year.
However, despite that action, sources hinted at further trouble, claiming that Dale had flown to Colorado to ‘strip the staff’ from that office. The board of the company includes GTA creator and MD David Jones, former Capcom and Take-Two exec Gary Dale and Ian Hetherington, who’s track record includes selling Psygnosis and Evolution Studios to Sony.
