Damn, that was fast.

However, I'm reading http://lukehalliwell.wordpress.com/2010 ... ent-wrong/ and by reading this it seems obvious that it was going to fail.

Yeah, bad management seemed particularly prevalant there. Shame really.

Rumours that Epic want to buy it:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/09 ... o-buy-apb/

I'm skimming this and one thing comes to mind... is this they want to buy APB or just people who worked at RTW.

Though it would be interesting if the game came back... different price structure perhaps?

They want the game, I think.

I would think they would rework the pricing structure and gameplay, then probably have an aggressive marketing campaign and get reviewers to look at the game again. Or possibly just take the game and redo it enough to sell it as a new game (that may actually work).

Another purchase rumour:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/11 ... y-company/

This time it's a company that specialises in F2P games, which could be good.

micro transactions from Korean companies are rumoured

Part of me wonders still... this game was losing interest while still in beta, not sure if it was all to do with finding out the price structure, or maybe just the quality of the game... but will this game actually have anyone playing even when F2P?

It needs improvements in the gameplay from what I heard, but it was apparently atleast decent. The F2P aspect should mean people don't just go "too expensive", though they will need to fiddle with stuff to keep it going.

it was a fun game, I enjoyed playing the beta quite alot, just lag issues really put me off buying it and it was very repetitive

plus at times felt kinda empty and missions left you a bit alieenated, in a city full of fighting you wereinvincible until your temporary arch nemesis of a enforcer found you in a mission and shot your achillies heel.