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APB Reloaded's second open beta detailed
APB Reloaded officially went into open beta back in May. Since then, the outpouring of major updates for the game has been slim. Earlier today GamersFirst released the next big update in the form of version 1.5.2, better known as Open Beta 2. They detailed the specifics of the update and the plans for continuing on with the game on the official APB Reloaded dev blog. According to the post, this update "contains the biggest changes to Missions, Matchmaking, Skill Rating and District Recommendation to date"; as such, they will be spending most of the weekend taking down different districts for patching to help with any instability caused by the update. Changes detailed include mostly stability fixes and optimizations to systems like matchmaking. Moving forward, the company's plans include watching to see how the new matchmaking updates have affected the threat system used to rank players. Other plans include adding new servers in places like Hong Kong, Australia, and Russia. They also detail some statistics about cheaters caught thus far, and reassure people that any situations related to cheaters are under control. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)4:00 AM on 12.15.2011 APB Reloaded: 3 million people playing cops and robbersWhen APB shut down less than a month after launch and Realtime Worlds closed its doors, I was pretty cynical about the chances of seeing it again. But a year later, GamersFirst have relaunched the game -- rebranded as APB Rel...
4:45 PM on 12.07.2011 APB Reloaded beta is now available on Steam for freeJust in case you don't have enough free-to-play MMOs to deal with already, APB Reloaded has made its beta available to the public on Steam. Jim gave it a 3.5 when it came out last year, and I agree -- it was pretty bad. I fir...
12:30 PM on 08.27.2011 That's So MMO!: Super Secret EditionHail and well met my MMO brethren! PAX Prime is underway and exciting reveals are sure to arrive at any moment. The week leading up to the event, however, has been fairly quiet. Still, there are a few stories worth mentioning--so, let’s take a look!
7:15 PM on 07.14.2011 GamersFirst responds to APB Reloaded retail rumorsOver the past few days, rumors have popped up on various websites that the recently revived APB Reloaded will be receiving a retail release. This rumor spread when a post detailing a $29.99 boxed retail copy of the ...
12:00 PM on 06.15.2011 Interview: Catching up with APB ReloadedEver since I wrote a preview for the original Realtime Worlds version of All Points Bulletin, I would say I am somewhat invested in this game. The original game lasted only six weeks before the servers went down al...
10:40 AM on 01.27.2011 APB: Reloaded beta test invites going outPlayed Realtime World's massively multiplayer shooter All Points Bulletin before it was shut down? Wondering what its new owner, K2 Network is doing with it? Here's your chance: the company is currently looking for beta teste...
6:30 AM on 11.11.2010 All Points Bulletin is...sold?Despite rumors that since the employment of ex-RealTime World Community Manager Ben Bateman, Codemasters were supposedly number one in the line to buy the currently defunct company, despite ...
6:00 AM on 09.25.2010 EA offering some compensation to APB customersWith Realtime Worlds' APB having met an early demise within a mere three months, some fans are (justifiably) upset that they invested fifty dollars into a game which they can no longer play. Efforts by some to be refunded by ...
11:00 PM on 09.23.2010 APB lead character artist launches new start-upRaise your hand if you found the best part of Realtime World's now-deceased APB to be the character creator. Yeah, thought so. Lead character artist Jimmy O'Ready, who has previously worked on games like SSX (Can you see the ...
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