Realtime Worlds and Electronic Art’s MMO based on the basic concept of Cops and Robbers has shut down. And only 3 months after its launch. Upon release the game received very mix reviews and it was heavily criticized for the payment scheme (customers had to pay based on how many hours they wished to play for). It wasn’t long after the game came out that things started to go sour. Realtime Worlds had to lay off a large chunk of their staff, and they admitted that they were looking to find a buyer (for Realtime Worlds) in hopes to keep their company afloat. I’m going to assume that that didn’t quiiitteeee go as planned.
Ben Bateman posted this on the game’s official website:
“APB has been a fantastic journey, but unfortunately that journey has come to a premature end. Today we are sad to announce that despite everyone’s best efforts to keep the service running; APB is coming to a close. It’s been a pleasure working on APB and with all its players. Together we were building an absolutely amazing game, and for that, we thank you. You guys are awesome!”
There’s something awfully sad about a game that took years to develop crashing and burning in mere months. And here I thought Tabula Rasa was bad.
-Decode (Shayla H.)
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