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APB goes into beta next week

VG247: Realtime Worlds boss Gary Dale has just confirmed at the Tech Media Invest event in London that APB will go into beta next week.

tdrules6055d ago

hopefully they choose me after they took into account my marital status and house income.
IM POOR AND SINGLE GIVE NAO

Major_Tom6055d ago

Lying on your Dxdiag file probably helps a bunch.

tdrules6055d ago

yeah i was thinking, youve got a better chance of getting in if youre on XP with a really bad pc, cos like myself most people have a fairly powerful pc.
and of course they need a variety

Myst6055d ago

To be honest I don't care to much if I get in or not, though I certainly wouldn't mind if I did in some way get in. I'm just hoping that people will upload their videos on youtube of what the game looks like at the game, character creation options, combat, and the whole lot of what you can do in the game.

tdrules6055d ago

so basically you hope they break NDA

njr6055d ago

Non-Disclosure Agreement, basically saying you won't sing like a bird when it comes to speaking about the things you've seen in the beta.

Myst6055d ago

Ooh, Thanks for that njr; but wait doesn't basically everyone break that anyway...?

tdrules6055d ago

maybe on console betas, but most pc betas ive been in seem to be pretty quiet.
have you seen much shattered horizon videos on youtube compared with the sheer amount of MAG videos I saw when the private beta started at the start of august

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divideby06055d ago

just refused to give up all that information, which is not relevant to beta testing

chak_6054d ago

breaking NDA is stupid.

I hope i'll get in

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The Five Most Disappointing Video Games Of All Time

For every game that truly lives up to its potential, there are a couple that absolutely miss their mark. Be it a simple case of over hyping an unfinished product, to game systems that downright are broken, or even just a game being inexcusably horrible, some games just leave a terrible taste in people’s mouths.

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UnHoly_One4574d ago

I still loved Too Human for all of it's flaws.

If only Denis Dyack knew how to keep his mouth shut, the game's reception might have been very different.

Gamer6664574d ago

Agreed, Too Human was flawed, but the story was strong and the RPG elements were strong.

The control scheme was the only real lackluster part of the game... Unfortunately, you are reminded at how flawed the control scheme was in every single level and every single battle in the game...

UnHoly_One4574d ago

I have to disagree about the controls. They were different, but it worked, and made for a unique experience.

I never had a problem with the controls at all.

pixelsword4573d ago (Edited 4573d ago )

Why is it that people always want to put Lair down in a list like that, but when you see comments about it, most people who played the game enjoyed the game? The game wasn't broken, the game wasn't incomplete, the controls just had a steep learning curve, and most of that was basically keeping your controller straight after turning, and 180 turns, both were fixed after the patch.

People hated on this game merely because it was 1080p and (mostly) 60fps, and it came out early in the PS3's life-cycle; certain fanboys masquerading as journalists knew if this game bombed, people wouldn't invest in other games that were that ambitious and that's exactly what happened because after that games were cancelled (8-days) or delayed to the PS4 (last guardian).

Kleptic4573d ago (Edited 4573d ago )

^seriously dude?

I was as excited for Lair as anyone...and omg did it suck...

a story that...i'm not even going into it...the dialogue? ('why don't you try spitting some fireballs at them??' over and over and over)...

sorry man...that game was complete trash...there were plenty of early PS3 games that i feel got very unfair treatment within the media...but a conspiracy against Lair is something i could never agree with...it was just a shitty game...plain and simple...to each their own, though...

hell, i thought Haze was better than Lair...and haze was damn near unplayable...

JasonKCK4572d ago

Too Human is pretty good for an unfinished game. It also has one hell of a dedicated fanbase.

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GuyThatPlaysGames4574d ago

Definitely Too Human. Also, I would add Haze and Duke Nukem.

joe904574d ago (Edited 4574d ago )

Too Human was OK i don't get everyones hate of it. I enjoyed the leveling of the armour and weapons.

APB is still played by the thousands and makes a very steady income from it.

Why no Damnation,Haze,Duke Nukem Forever or Rogue Warrior? They're the worst/over-hyped games i have ever played.

I know this is an opinion piece so it is what it is.

TheEnigma3134574d ago

I think rogue warrior needs to be on here. And why Isn't E.T. on here since we're talking about all time terrible games. That game single handily crashed the video game world.

isarai4574d ago

maybe because it's not "all time terrible games" it's "Most Disappointing Video Games Of All Time" even in commercials and the promise of ET was trash, no one was expecting greatness from that game. but yes Rogue Warrior was horrid compared to what it was meant to be, wasn't even close to it's target

Ghostdogg4572d ago

Rouge warrior was pure garbage and lol@ E.T.

iamnsuperman4574d ago (Edited 4574d ago )

For me Haze. I was interested to play it. That was until I played the demo. Picked it up in a bargain bin later on after its launch and I am glad I did........pick it out of a bargain bin and not pay full price

SuperBlur4574d ago

APB , that game went from having a 100mill dollar budget to bankruptcy so fast , it should be a record on its own

raistra4574d ago

Such a great studio lost to that game :(

KonsoruMasuta4574d ago

No Dude Nukem: Forever? That games had so much hype surrounding it and it turned out to be a steaming pile.

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What APB got right, and why it initially failed

PC Gamer - The action-MMO first known as APB lives on as APB Reloaded. But if your memory serves, you’ll recall that the urban, massively-multiplayer shooter had a quick death: APB shut down just months after launching at the end of June 2010, coinciding with the dissolution of developer Realtime Worlds.