APB: Reloaded Articles
The APB Reloaded team has let us know that the boxed version of APB: Reloaded is now available at Best Buy. Folks picking up APB:R from Best Buy will receive $50 worth of in-game perks.
GamersFirst has announced that over three million players have registered to play APB: Reloaded. According to the press release, the milestone was passed after APB:R was released on Steam. GamersFirst anticipates that the number will rise when a special boxed version hits store shelves that sells with pretty amazing incentives.
GamersFirst has announced that APB: Reloaded has arrived on sTeam for players to download and enjoy. The Steam version allows players to take part in the San Paro activities and keep their game clients updated through Valve's game host.
GamersFirst has released a new live action APB Reloaded trailer called "Be All You Can't Be". It features YouTube "celebs". The trailer gives a live action view of what life is like in San Paro. Check it out!
GamersFirst and the APB Reloaded team have released a brand new trailer featuring a first hand look at life in San Paro. "Fun for some, not for all" seems to be appropriate. Check it out!
The title makes this sound like a cautionary tale, doesn't it? A new notice has cropped up on the official APB Reloaded forum indicating that the ban hammer has fallen hard once again.
GamersFirst CEO Bjorn Book Larsson is the subject of a comprehensive new interview at GamesIndustry.biz. In it, Larsson talks about the process the company went through to "save APB" after it went into receivership last year.
The APB Reloaded blog has been updated with a post about how the team has been watching and dealing with cheaters in the game. It appears that many accounts have been banned and the team is claiming victory over the three main "cheatmakers".
The APB Reloaded blog has been updated with information spanning the past four weeks. Topics include the team's visit to Gamescom last month and the news that the team is getting "very close" to a final live launch of the game which is currently in open beta.
GamersFirst has announced a deal with retail distributor, IGS, to bring APB Reloaded to North America. The purchase price has been announced as $29.99 with over $50 worth of in-game items, including a permanent in-game high-performance vehicle, a permanent in-game weapon and 30 days of premium access that provides increased cash rewards, reputation gains and a 20 percent in-store discount.
The APB Reloaded blog has been updated with a new post detailing the latest client updates. Among the notable inclusions in the post is the news that the pesky server-side lag issue has been resolved. Also, the matchmaking system has been tweaked and players have been warned that, due to some awesome mathematical data crunching, their threat levels may be different.
Last Thursday, APB: Reloaded entered into its second Open Beta Test, which will usher in some more changes to the F2P title from Reloaded Productions, including changes to the mission system, matchmaking, skill rating, threat levels and more.
APB Reloaded and Reloaded Productions are holding a stress-test all weekend long. Any player who logs in to give the game a hearty stressing and who also kills 100 other players will win a permanent Joker RFP-9 pistol. Another one hundred players will receive a special cowboy hat for their avatars.
The APB Reloaded blog has been updated with a new post called The Next Big Thing. In the blog, TechMech discusses the next patch. The team has bug fixes, quest enhancements, new items, meta-grouping "for better PUG-ing" and more. In addition, known issues are outlined with a bit of information about potential fixes.
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