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butsomuch · Feb 22, 2008

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/854/854140p1.html

soul · Feb 22, 2008

Videos

http://gamevideos.com/video/id/17692
http://gamevideos.com/video/id/17693

Previews

Gamespot preview - http://www.gamespot.com/news/6186547.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;0

IGN preview - http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/854/854140p1.html (great!)

This being the Game Developers Conference, Jones spent the first portion of his talk going through his design philosophy for APB. It begins with defining what the term MMO means. "When you say MMO now," Jones said, "immediately they think you've got to go up against World of Warcraft" The term has become almost synonymous with MMORPG and has become tainted with a stigma. Jones wants to make a multiplayer online game with dedicated servers, but wants it to be cool. As he noted, when your friends come over and you ask them to play Call of Duty or Halo, they think the idea is cool. If they come over and you start talking about your World of Warcraft character, they get turned off.

Costanza · Feb 22, 2008

I'd completely forgotten about this game.

edit: Sounds fucking awesome.

gamerx · Feb 22, 2008

Nice

SPEA · Feb 22, 2008

Wowww at Miyamoto. Reading the preview now.

Danne-Danger · Feb 22, 2008

Now what is this?

*Seems like IGN has finally improved the quality of their screens.

harSon · Feb 22, 2008

Fuuuuuuuckkkkk... Makes me want Crackdown 2 even more.

RBH · Feb 22, 2008

Real Time Worlds :bow :bow

Struct09 · Feb 22, 2008

Sounds like an interesting concept for an MMO. Although now they have made me want to go kick some ass as Miyamoto.

RBH · Feb 22, 2008

Here's the Gamespot preview as well:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6186547.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;0

BakedPigeon · Feb 22, 2008

SWEET! I have been waiting for any bit of information on this game since its announcement. I was beginning to think it got canned or something.

Cant wait to learn more now!

Wow I just read IGN's preview, and the game is sounding really bad ass.

MrTroubleMaker · Feb 22, 2008

harSon said:
Fuuuuuuuckkkkk... Makes me want Crackdown 2 even more.

me too

harSon · Feb 22, 2008

Microsoft needs to purchase David Jones, dudes got damn good ideas.

Edit: Holy shit, this character creator is fucking brilliant

xblarcade · Feb 22, 2008

Both Gamespot and IGN list this as a 2008 release, anyone heard anything for or against this?

BobFromPikeCreek · Feb 22, 2008

Why?? Why MMO???

rod furlong · Feb 22, 2008

video

http://gamevideos.com/video/id/17692

http://gamevideos.com/video/id/17693

(more to come)

harSon · Feb 22, 2008

This just rocketed up to one of my top most wanted games. I can see myself getting into this quite easily.

Everdred · Feb 22, 2008

I hope it pulls through, such a great concept.

rod furlong · Feb 22, 2008

dueling threads, but this one is better

Rhindle · Feb 22, 2008

This was a very promising presentation. Their character and vehicle customization engine is the most impressive thing I've seen at the show thus far.

SPEA · Feb 22, 2008

rod furlong said:
video

http://gamevideos.com/video/id/17692

http://gamevideos.com/video/id/17693

(more to come)

Hey man. Are there gonna be some download options or is it streaming only?

Zep · Feb 22, 2008

nice...choppy ass gamevideos movies.

Sho_Nuff82 · Feb 22, 2008

gamerx said:
http://i26.tinypic.com/htfps0.jpg
Nice

Not a bad Miyamoto.

Doug Jones said:
"One of the problems with user created content is that 90% of it is crap. We've all seen Second Life."

Damn son.

CrapSandwich · Feb 22, 2008

I agree with everything David Jones says about game design. Interactivity is the key to any game, not fulfilling some socio-psycho compulsion to see things counted up, organized, arranged, or unlocked. Go go David Jones.

tegdf · Feb 22, 2008

holy shit it looks and sounds awesome

Aaron · Feb 22, 2008

Between this and Champions, there's no way I can resist the MMORPG bug any longer.

Wark · Feb 22, 2008

Wow. This sounds very interesting. I hope this is everything Jones says it will be.

GavinGT · Feb 22, 2008

Here is where APB is so clever. The servers automatically match a similarly skilled set of enforcement agents to deliver the APB to in a dynamic form of matchmaking. You'll never have a clue who you'll get matched up with. It's all done automatically based on stats.

After the APB was sent out to a clan of enforcement agents, we watched a chase scene unfold. Cop cars converged on the van. One gang member drove while two others hung out of the sides firing guns at the officers. A cop car tried to block off an alley at one pointanother time one took a jump over a barrier to get closer to the criminals. The scene ended with the gang making it to the drop off point at the same time as the cops and a shootout began.

Since it is all driven by experience and skill, APB won't always match teams up with even numbers. We saw another example of four new criminals (in t-shirts and jeans) trying to steal a television. As soon as they smashed a car through the store window to get at it, an APB went out to a single enforcement agent. The new players feel like they have a chance since they have numbers while the experienced player can show his skills. This mission ended with the cop killing all four criminals with a rocket launcher.

This sounds incredible!

Wollan · Feb 22, 2008

xblarcade said:
Both Gamespot and IGN list this as a 2008 release, anyone heard anything for or against this?

It is law that every MMO get's delayed at least once before actual release.

rod furlong · Feb 22, 2008

downloadable versions in a bit

harSon · Feb 22, 2008

The new players feel like they have a chance since they have numbers while the experienced player can show his skills. This mission ended with the cop killing all four criminals with a rocket launcher.

This city has some badass cops :lol

SPEA · Feb 22, 2008

rod furlong said:
downloadable versions in a bit

Thank you sir.

a Master Ninja · Feb 22, 2008

soul said:

This reminds me, can you make custom t-shirts in Home? APB's character creation looks incredible.

Wollan · Feb 22, 2008

a Master Ninja said:
This reminds me, can you make custom t-shirts in Home?

Kinda. They announced Dress, a Home side app (being made by the director behind Tourist Trophy). Don't know much more than that though.

Oldschoolgamer · Feb 22, 2008

harSon said:
This city has some badass cops :lol

No joke. They don't fuck around. :lol This is good stuff. Crackdown was easily one of the funnest games I tried out for 360. This is going to be on the PC/360?

Jive Turkey · Feb 22, 2008

Wow...That looks like it could swing either way (because of the player driven content) but I'd side with awesome for now.

Secks4Food · Feb 22, 2008

Wow this went from "Give me Crackdown 2 damn it" to one of my most awaited games, good stuff!

·feist· · Feb 22, 2008

Looks and sounds great!

"MMO"

Well, so much for that.

tegdf · Feb 22, 2008

Oldschoolgamer said:
No joke. They don't fuck around. :lol This is good stuff. Crackdown was easily one of the funnest games I tried out for 360. This is going to be on the PC/360?

yep

Deepblue · Feb 22, 2008

DO WANT!!!

Wollan · Feb 22, 2008

Are they going to self publish this title?

harSon · Feb 22, 2008

Wollan said:
Are they going to self publish this title?

I'm pretty sure it's Microsoft.

RBH · Feb 22, 2008

Oldschoolgamer said:
No joke. They don't fuck around. :lol This is good stuff. Crackdown was easily one of the funnest games I tried out for 360. This is going to be on the PC/360?

Correct.

harSon · Feb 22, 2008

Yeah, I'm 100% positive the publisher will be Microsoft

http://xbox.about.com/od/xbox2/a/msrtw360news.htm

Microsoft and award-winning developer Real Time Worlds today announced an agreement that will see the developer creating a number of exclusive games for the Xbox 360.

SPEA · Feb 22, 2008

Damn. Scott Shark seemed to absolutely love it:
http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3166497

David Jones of Realtime Worlds, the guy behind Lemmings and Crackdown, opened a panel at the Game Developers Conference today by joking that after looking back at the last couple GDCs, Will Wright and Spore would be a tough act to top. It wasn't as funny to me then as it is now, because for me at least, that's exactly what he went on to do.

SapientWolf · Feb 22, 2008

·feist· said:
Looks and sounds great!

"MMO"

Well, so much for that.

I'm in as long as there's no monthly fee.

SPEA · Feb 22, 2008

SapientWolf said:
I'm in as long as there's no monthly fee.

Mmmm, I wouldn't hold your breath on that one.

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rollingstart · Feb 22, 2008

that looks pretty cool actually.

Sho_Nuff82 · Feb 22, 2008

Erik-IGN (the writer of the article) says its his Game of the Show. Who says GDC doesn't deliver the megatons?

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