Pre-order now! - 2 views
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priced at £34.99/$49.99/€49.99
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released on June 29th in North America and July 2nd in Europe
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includes 50 hours of action gameplay, plus unlimited access to the social district
Click here to download it.
"Pre-order now!" video reel - 0 views
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Shiny!
Key to the City FAQ - 4 views
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This is a new client (and will be the post-retail one too). The old one(s) won't work but you can copy the "APBGame" folder from them in case you have them, to speed up things.
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five hours of gametime in the Action Districts
European Early Access and Launch times confirmed! - 3 views
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Early Access begins on Monday 28th June 8am GMT (9am BST)
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Early access allows players to use a bonus 10 hours of Action district time and unlimited Social district time leading up to release. Please note that you cannot use your additional 50 hours of Action District time until then.
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end of abstinence: T minus 23 hours, 10 minutes and counting! - ...1 more comment...
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Indeed
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Then be happy to know that I am going to build both a criminal and an enforcer.
Server names annouced! - 3 views
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EU World Servers Obeya Patriot
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Gonna have to be Patriot for me, cause I hate the Obeya weapons! :P
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Obeya it is, away from Patriot and all the Russians.
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I shall have to remember this when I finally cave in and play the game. :)
Box Art Revealed - 1 views
Steam Pre-Orders Begin - MMORPG.com - 2 views
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Pre-Purchase now to receive the following special items: Key to the City: June 10-19: Includes 5 Hours of district gameplay and unlimited social gameplay 3 Days Early Game Access: Includes 10 Hours of district gameplay and unlimited social gameplay. 7 Exclusive In Game Items: Includes the Chicken and Strike a Pose Emote's, Criminal and Enforcer Cars, Criminal and CSA Outfit's along with a Pioneer Decal!
APB 1.4.1 is on its way! - 1 views
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Cannot go live fast enough :3
APB: The road ahead - 1 views
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Catching and removing cheaters from the game remains our top priority.
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major overhaul to vehicle handling to make cars more responsive and less slippy overall
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We''ll be addressing a number of the worst camping spots in the game in an upcoming patch
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APB-Reloaded: Beta Applications Keys to be sent this coming week! - 2 views
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Beta Application Keys will be sent this coming week.
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To redeem you Beta Application Key you must first create a GamersFirst account and then log in with the account on which you want to activate your beta access.
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Beta Application Keys guarantees that you will have a chance to APPLY for access to the APB Reloaded Closed Beta, regardless of how you received your key
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With this article, the APB Diigo group concludes it's run as I can't afford keeping it up to date now as I am focusing to my new clan duties on http://www.black-thorns.de/ -- Feel free to join us there! -- Hope to see you all in the roads of San Paro!
APB-Reloaded: End of Week 4 Update : UK Studio Strategy and "Hackers and Cheaters" - 1 views
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So what can we do about Cheaters in APB? Well there are a ton of "cheat-busting"solutions out there such as NProtect, HackShield, PunkBuster, XTrap etc.
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none of them are perfect
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easily circumvented
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APB-Reloaded: End of Week 3 Update : Patch 143 (Closed Beta) Status In other ... - 0 views
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Therefore we are very likely to launch a closed beta version WITHOUT the original character data, and then wipe the databases at the end of Closed Beta after we have been able to determine the impact of the various game changes, and then look to restore some of the original character data for the Open Beta start.
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our presumption is actually that players will upgrade to Premium accounts, NOT primarily because of the customization expansions, but rather because of all the other goodies that Premium Account holders will get
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we are now seriously considering setting up a permanent UK studio with full-time staff in 2011 to work with our teams in Southern California, Bangalore, Istanbul and Sao Paulo. We might still consider Hamburg for a European presence since that’s where a lot of our PR and marketing work is being done, but Scotland (or possibly some other UK locations) now certainly look like interesting alternatives for sure on the studio side.
APB-Reloaded: End of Week 2 Update : A New Category of Players - the Premium Ones - 0 views
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instead of limiting what you can customize as a free player, you will be allowed to customize almost anything, but you will not be able to store (and share) complex customizations above a certain complexity level unless you are a Premium player AT THE TIME OF CUSTOMIZATION.
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So that means that if you're creative enough to offer something complex, you will be penalized to do so by obtaining premium membership. Sweet... O.o
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1.3.1 (55) Patch Notes - 0 views
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Cash rewards for witnessing have been removed as a temporary solution
APB-Reloaded: End of Week 5 Update : A GTA Style Story, or a Counterstrike Style Match? - 0 views
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On the other hand, there is no reason the PvP fighting shouldn't also be extended to it's logical conclusion, and we are considering starting a new mode where we hand back direct control to the player, a la Counterstrike. Potentially we would call that "Session Mode," "Clan Mode" or "Team Mode" or something similar. Of course this type of mode risks breaking the design-continuity between the Social Districts and Action Districts, but fundamentally, there is no good reason you should not be able to have more of a lobby-type function where your clan can take on a competing clan (even Crims on Crims), and have a show-down in a new (presumably smaller) map until one clan or team stands victorious. It would be like challenging someone to a duel at dawn, posse vs posse. And if you don't yet have a clan, what better method to find future clan mates than by permitting a more user-controlled joining process that enables short, fast paced game instances that can be completed in ten to twenty minutes.
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There is even a third design philosophy; PvE collaborative mode using fast-paced (minimal-story) PvP mechanics. The closest here would be a Zombie style mode (hah - didn't I just question Zombies earlier?). The idea would be that you and some buddies should be able to show up at a building in the Social District, and upon entering you descend into a Resident Evil style nightmare clearing Zombies (and not a whole lot of story progression beyond shooting). This third mode is really just a PvE event with minimal story line, but would be something that provides more variety for the gamers, since it's a really great "introductory" collaborative mode mechanic (everyone is a winner, except the dead zombies who are all losers).
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Our end goal is clear - we want people to become so engaged in the activities we will make available in San Paro that gamers want to "hang out" in some part of the city almost all the time. There should be a huge variety of interactions (PvP, PvE, collaborative, single-player, storylines, social interactions etc.) and players should really drive what modes we spend our time expanding and increasing in size (and what modes we abandon).
APB-Reloaded: End of Week 7 Update : Two key "to do" items; CB Client Build and Network... - 0 views
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CB will likely start sometime in February
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the Closed Beta client will be a LITTLE bit smaller than the original shipping client, it will have a basic "premium" system built in, various balance fixes, and we MIGHT be able to turn on the chaos rule-set (!)
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Next week marks the beginning of the detailed game client discussions, so stay tuned!
APB-Reloaded: End of Week 8 Update : Steps to Join the Beta - 0 views
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To register for the beta, we have decided to take a pretty "simple" route in order for you to take the first step; (1) simply submit your email here: http://www.gamersfirst.com/apb/ in the "stay up to date" box. Make sure you give us one that we can actually reach you on - and not the 14 minute email variation :). (2) Create a GamersFirst account (preferably with the same email, though not required)
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But then it gets a little trickier. About 2 weeks before the closed beta (which probably means on or about the first week in February), you will receive an email sent to the address you submitted above. That email will have a unique link where you will go to activate your beta request. In order to do so you will be asked to submit a lot of additional data, among other things your DxDiag (if you don't know that is, then you might not be a great closed beta candidate) and some additional information about you, as well as about your system and your own background as a gamer. Once we have verified the data, we will then send you back your actual beta key.
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NO PRE-EXISTING ACCOUNTS will be part of the closed beta. During the closed beta you will create throw-away accounts. That's the purpose of closed beta.
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APB-Reloaded: End of Week 9 Update : We are still here! - 0 views
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YES (and it bears repeating), the goal is to let you keep ALL customizations you created using the old game. In some cases that might mean some odd situations, such as having items that may or may not fit the new progression system, and having items that the new F2P model may not have let you design unless you had a premium account (or similar "issues"). That's ok. You will basically be unique thanks to you having played the game "back in the day" and our goal is to make sure your many gazillion of hours of investment do not go to waste.
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we are indeed long term working on "Purposeful End-Game PvP." However, this modificaiton is not likely to make it in to the first beta
APB-Reloaded: End of Week 10 Update : Busting some Punks? - 0 views
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Johann, who originally had worked on the PB integration for the original release, and is now responsible for the overall anti-hack/anti-cheat detection for the game as a whole
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while it may be virtually impossible to ever win the war against cheaters completely, we certainly intend to give it our best shot
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We originally integrated PunkBuster into APB in January 2009. After this was completed, it was disabled and essentially left untested until near the end of Closed Beta (~ April 2010), since it was not deemed an essential feature to enable before launch.
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APB-Reloaded: End of Week 11 Update : Game Changes and Closed Beta Features - 0 views
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we’ve upped initial damage on all weapons, adjusted recoil for most weapons, and changed accuracy so the weapon very quickly blooms out to its minimum accuracy, but regains it very quickly once you stop firing
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marksmanship will not disable when you fall short distances, teammates will now show accurately on your personal radar screen, the arrest exploit has been fixed
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Witnessing has been completely removed for the time being (the ready system kind of broke it), but we plan to reintroduce it in a near future build in a much improved fashion
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