Funding makes the Realtime dream come true
Realtime Worlds, the independent video game developer, has regained the global distribution rights to multiplayer online game All Points Bulletin or APB, an original MMOG for the PC platform, under development in the company's Dundee studio, from Korean online entertainment company Webzen Inc, which originally partnered with Realtime Worlds in 2005.
This follows the company's recent $50m second round funding. It also provides the company with the independence to push creative boundaries in the development of the game and to take a more active role in managing APB's global distribution strategy. APB has an immersive urban-based community, where players choose between playing the criminals or those out to catch the criminals. Players will carry out or thwart opposed crimes and build up areas of the city they control.
According to David Jones, founder and CEO, Realtime Worlds: “By controlling the rights to APB we can ensure that gamers around the globe experience the revolutionary gameplay we envisioned when we first began creating the property. We are excited about the prospect of having direct, personal relationships with our players, which is a dream come true for many development studios.”
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