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Just over a year following the closure of UK developer Realtime Worlds, All Points Bulletin, the crime faction title largely responsible for killing them, is being reborn under the name APB Reloaded as a free-to-play MMO available for Steam.

After Realtime Worlds’ demise in September 2010, the game rights were purchased for approximately $2.5 million by K2 Network, a California-based company specializing in MMO titles. In its new iteration, APB Reloaded is being launched by Reloaded Productions, a K2 subsidiary.

Free-to-play or not, and while I am intrigued to discover just what exactly went wrong with this title, it is my responsibility as the disseminator of this news to inform you that the original version of APB garnered a Metacritic average of just 58%, and was bad enough to run its developer into the ground. I think it might be worth taking that sort of information ... Read more »

Players that have played in All Points Bulletin before will get an invite to the Closed Beta.
Just check your e-mails, for the registration for the Closed Beta for All Points Bulletin: Reloaded!

Here every player can provide to himself a Blog.

You can write about everything.

For example, about games and gaming news.

Then every other user can read your Blog, comment and value. You can use pictures, videos and other cool things.

If you want to tell somewhat the world, you can make it here...

Here you can provide your your personal Blog.

The moment you have been waiting for has finally arrived! You can download the PTW Launcher and start playing 1.4.1 now! No need to worry about downloading APB all over again, the new installer will copy any files it needs from your existing APB installation.

Here's what you need to do to start playing:

• Download the PTW installer from http://eu.ptw.apb.com/downloads/ptw-installer
• Patch to 1.4.1 (56)
• Log in using the same details as your EU Live account
• Create a new character and start playing.

You won't be able to use your existing character at first, so create a new character. Rather than delay your chance to try out the latest changes, we're letting you start with brand new characters and adding the ability to copy your live character at a later date.

The PTW will be up and running 24/7 until further notice, so stop everything you' ... Read more »

Publisher THQ announced Red Faction: Battlegrounds, a new game in the universe of Red Faction.
In Battlegrounds you have to fight in an arena. THQ has registered a domain name specifically for the game. Battlegrounds will be available only for download on Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network. The release date is not yet known. Remember that THQ is developing a brand with might and main Red Faction: making a new part of the original game and is preparing to shoot a movie.

Ubisoft revealed two new characters in the game Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. They turned out to be a blacksmith and a soldier. All the 2 characters will be added to the updated list of heroes, and also they will be available in the beta multiplayer test for the PS3, which will be held in September.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood will be released on November 16, 2010, for the PC, PS3 an XBox 360

Here are the patch notes for the small patch 1.3.1 (55).

GENERAL

• The achievement ‘Friends In High Places’ is now awarded correctly to players who have achieved the required criteria.
• An exploit that allowed players utilizing keyboard macros to rapidly and continuously witness criminals has been addressed. Cash rewards for witnessing have been removed as a temporary solution while they work on a more suitable fix.

Today all APB game server will be offline between 09:00 GMT until 12:00 GMT. This is to deploy the 1.3.1 (55) Patch!. This is a small patch to fix "I"ve Friends in High Placed" achievement and an exploit. The full patch notes will be available later.

On the official website of the role-playing game Fable 3 is the utility Villager maker, with which everyone can create a own one of the inhabitants of the world of Albion. The developers propose to select the sex of the NPC and the appearance of more than 2000 options, as well as provide answers to several questions that will be determine the ability, inclination and character of the character. Particularly succesful creations will be to show off to friends in the network of Facebook and Twitter. Indulge yourself with the editor of the Villager Maker can anyone. But those who will execute pre-order for Fable, will not create their own NPC, but also add it to the game. Microsoft says that this character will give your hero a new quest, along with a substantial sum of gold coins, and alos play a role in the plot. The bad news is that the game must pre-order the game in specific foreign stores: Amazon, Bes Buy, Gamestop, and Newegg. On the Xbox 360 Fable 3 will be released on the 26. Octo ... Read more »