APB: All Points Bulletin

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APB: All Points Bulletin
Developer(s)Realtime Worlds (former)
Reloaded Productions (acquisition)
Publisher(s)Realtime Worlds
Electronic Arts[4]
K2 Network (acquisition) (2010-2018)
Little Orbit (2018-present)
Designer(s)David Jones
EngineUnreal Engine 3[5]
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Xbox One
PlayStation 4
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
  • NA: 29 June 2010 (2010-06-29)
  • EU: 1 July 2010
  • UK: 2 July 2010[1]
Xbox One
3 June 2016[2]
PlayStation 4
31 March 2017[3]
Genre(s)Action-adventure, third-person shooter, MMORPG
Mode(s)Multiplayer

APB: All Points Bulletin[6] is an open world multiplayer online video game for Microsoft Windows[7] developed by Realtime Worlds and acquired by Reloaded Productions, which is part of the GamersFirst company.[8][9] Little Orbit acquired GamersFirst in 2018 and is now in charge of the game's development.[10] Based in urban sprawls and featuring two factions, Enforcers and the Criminals, players can form sub-groups in either faction and carry out missions. The game design was led by David Jones. It was released in 2010 in North America and Europe.[1]

After Realtime Worlds was placed into administration, the servers for online play were shut down later in 2010, but they were reactivated when online gaming company K2 Network purchased APB for £1.5 million and relaunched it under their subsidiary company Reloaded Productions as a free-to-play game, renamed APB: Reloaded. In 2015, Deep Silver announced versions of the game for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in collaboration with Reloaded Productions and The Workshop Entertainment for release in 2015.[3][11] The game was ultimately released in 2016 for Xbox One and in 2017 for the PlayStation 4. Since 2019, all copyright of APB belongs to Unit Game, which has a series of APB game development plans.[12]

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  2. ^ Hryb, Larry (3 June 2016). "APB Reloaded Is Now Available For Xbox One". Major Nelson. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b McWhertor, Michael (22 January 2015). "APB: Reloaded is coming to PS4 and Xbox One". Polygon. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. ^ rhong (1 June 2009). "EA Joins Forces with Realtime Worlds for All Points Bulletin". ea.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  5. ^ "End of Week 3 Update : Patch 143 (Closed Beta) Status". apbreloaded.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
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  7. ^ "All Points Bulletin Official FAQ". apb.com. Realtime Worlds. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
  8. ^ "APB Review - IGN". 10 July 2010.
  9. ^ "Review: APB". 6 July 2010. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Open Letter to the APB: Reloaded Community". apbreloaded.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  11. ^ "APB Reloaded on PS4 and Xbox One". 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  12. ^ "APB History". apb.com/history.html. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.