APB Reloaded to get full retail release?

By Fred Dutton Published 14 July, 2011

UPDATE: Developer refutes report.

UPDATE: Developer GamersFirst has issued a statement to Eurogamer refuting the Gamespot report.

While not ruling out a boxed launch for the game, it is yet to settle on a retail partner.

"Given that APB Reloaded has been the most talked about online game this summer and its unprecedented growth in open beta players, it has become very attractive to large institutions in the game distribution business," said senior marketing VP Rahul Sandil.

"In just six weeks of open beta the game has attracted over 600,000 users and over a quarter million fans on the game’s fan page on Facebook. As a result of this success, we’ve been approached by retail partners to launch the title on retail shelves.

"Although we are evaluating our options, we have not picked a potential partner as of now. GamersFirst is also committed to the Free2Play model and any retail strategy will be guided by those principles."

ORIGINAL STORY: APB Reloaded, the free-to-play revival of Realtime Worlds' ill-fated online shooter, gets a full US retail release later this year.

According to Gamespot, the title will be published by IGS, hit stores in the "holiday season" and sell for $29.99.

Why, you may ask, would anyone want to pay cash for a boxed copy of a free-to-play online title? Well, apparently the retail version will include $45-worth of as yet unspecified additional content.

We've asked about a European release and will update in due course.

The game, now being developed by GamersFirst, is currently in open beta. Original creator and industry veteran Dave Jones recently announced he was back on board in an advisory role.

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Comments (6) Latest comment 10 months ago

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  • peeps #1 10 months ago

    Even though whilst playing the beta i'm constantly moaning about framerate, lag, balancing issues etc etc etc the fact is i've played like 30 hours on reloaded lol and so will probably make a 1 of purchase when this fully releases if it means getting some bonus stuff. Don't think I could ever bring myself to pay for stuff ingame however the more I play, the more likely I'm gonna I guess.

  • Poontash #2 10 months ago

    What happens to people who've already bought it once? Do they get any extras? Don't think they'll want to pay for it again!

  • dudefella #3 10 months ago

    I sincerely wish them good luck, but man... I think the ship has sailed on APB.

  • Macdory #4 10 months ago

    @Poontash People keep buying the same COD game year after year ... why should APB be any different?

  • Pirotic #5 10 months ago

    "Given that APB Reloaded has been the most talked about online game this summer"

    Given that they are sprouting bullshit on the first line, I don't have much faith in this ever seeing a boxed release.

  • cowell #6 10 months ago

    "Given that APB Reloaded has been the most talked about online game this summer...."

    Yeah, I think ArenaNet and Bioware might disagree with that point