We listened to developers GamersFirst hearing them explain more about how they are developing APB: Reloaded at GDC Online 2011.
All Points Bulletin (APB) was a game originally developed by Realtime Worlds and then acquired by GamersFirst’s Reloaded Productions; GamersFirst decided to take the game and re-tool it into a free to play title. APB was originally an MMO with a subscription monetization model, so how will this affect gamers?
The obvious model for free to play MMOs is micro-transactions, but with an established title this can be hard to do without alienating players. Bjorn Book-Larsson of GamersFirst explained that there were five things that they had to deal with in the new APB:
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