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PSA: APB Players Need To Disable Their Macros/Scripts Before June 10
As game shifts over to BattlEye Anti-Cheat.
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APB: Reloaded Details Roadmap For 2020
Much like this eight year old header image of All Points Bulletin, APB: Reloaded is working toward a better future.
The APB: Reloaded team put out its 2020 roadmap this week detailing the kind of updates players can expect in the coming eleven months. Chief among the updates is the upgrade to Unreal Engine 3.5 which has been in the works for quite some time. CEO Matt Scott has been maintaining a thread on the official forums logging where the team currently is at with the update, as well as what still needs to be fixed before the upgrade can go live.
Further updates include quality of life improvements and balancing the shotgun. For more details, check out the official website below.
Source: APB Reloaded
APB: Reloaded Implements New Premium Payments, With Auto-Renew!
Gamersfirst this week announced that players will finally be able to subscribe to the game’s premium service and have their subscription automatically renew every month. Through its payment provider Stripe, players can automatically subscribe to one month ($7.99), three month ($18.39) and six month ($26.36) plans that will automatically renew without needing you to manually re-purchase the premium package. You will still be able to cancel at any time.
It will also continue to be possible to buy premium with G1 Credits, however the announcement notes that an automatic renewal system that deducts credits from your account every month is not currently available. The team hopes to have it in at some point.
(Source: Gamersfirst)
GamersFirst Now Owned By Little Orbit
GamersFirst announced this week that it has been acquired by developer Little Orbit, with new CEO Matt Scott addressing the communities of APB and Fallen Earth to detail their plans for the future.
“There’s been a lot of speculation over the last couple months about who would be crazy enough to take on this game. And I’m not going to try and sugarcoat it, we know that the confidence in this game is at an all time low, and odds are you haven’t heard of us at Little Orbit. But that’s OK. There’s a lot of work to do, and I’m not writing this letter to make unrealistic promises or layout a grand roadmap. Instead, I’m going to ask for your patience as we get organized and that you give us a chance to show you that we are sincere in our efforts to make APB Reloaded the game we all know it can be.”
Scott lays out a roadmap for All Points Bulletin for the months ahead, including a new mode, maps, challenges, clothes, vehicles, and the much awaited move to the Unreal 4 Engine. The Fallen Earth post doesn’t go into detail on any planned updates, but Scott does wax nostalgia of his days playing the title.
“Nothing is going to happen overnight with Fallen Earth. But it’s clear to me that there is something special here worth rebuilding. We need to spend more time mapping out exactly what that looks like.”
(Source: APB: Reloaded, Fallen Earth)
APB Reloaded Unleashes Chaos Mode
Chaos has descended upon San Paro! Reloaded Productions has launched the prototype of Chaos Mode, a new game mode for APB: Reloaded that pits law vs chaos in a battle to the death. Currently in testing from May 30th through June 6th, Chaos Mode does not contain the contacts that you are generally used to receiving missions from. Rather, these contacts have been replaced by vendors who will be selling new tools of destruction, and players on both sides are given free reign to take to the streets and kill each other in the name of law, justice, or poops and giggles.
Players are scored based on kills and how long they manage to stay alive in this hellhole, with prizes ranging from temporary weapons and titles given to those who manage certain feats during the week-long testing. Just remember: This is a test of a possible new feature, so Reloaded Productions is looking for feedback from players on how to move the mode forward.
(Source: APB Reloaded)
MMOrning Shot: Driving In Style
Today’s MMOrning Shot comes from Fallen Earth, showing off the upcoming Vandal Hatchback vehicle. Players will be able to get their hands one one soon™.
MMOrning Shots is a daily line of screenshots from various MMOs. Most are taken in-house or come to us in press releases, but if you would like your screenshot featured, send it over to contact[at]mmofallout[dot]com with the subject “MMorning Shots.”
APB Details Upcoming Spawn System Changes
Ever since Reloaded Productions took over All Points Bulletin and relaunched it as APB: Reloaded, the team has been hard at work addressing reverences from the community, whether related to driving, threat systems, lag, and now the spawn system apparently. In a recent blog posting, the APB team discusses the current manner in which players respawn after death, and the troubles associated with the current formula. As the blog lays out, the current system often leaves the player far out of the way, the same spawn point, or right on top of your enemy.
In an upcoming update, players will be able to enjoy Elective Spawning, effectively the same system but instead of automatically spawning at the “best” point generated by the system, players will have a number of spawn points available to choose from. You will also be able to view where other dead teammates have opted to respawn, in order to better coordinate during public matches. Players will also be able to modify vehicles to allow their teamates to spawn inside of them, given certain conditions are met.
You can read all of it at the blog post below:
(Source: APB Reloaded Blog)
MMOrning Shots: Premium Milk
How much tainted milk is premium worth? I guess that depends on what kind of premium milk we’re talking about here. Either way, I’m not sure how we missed it but last month Gamersfirst implemented an update turning premium subscription into a traded item, ala PLEX from Eve Online and in other MMOs.
MMOrning Shots is a (somewhat) daily line of screenshots from various MMOs. Most are taken in-house or come to us in press releases, but if you would like your screenshot featured, send it over to contact[at]mmofallout[dot]com with the subject “MMorning Shots.”
GamersFirst Takes A Hard Stance on Scrubs In Fallen Earth
Everyone hates scrubs in their video games, and while GamersFirst isn’t exactly sure what a “scrub” is, they have the power of Merriam Webster’s dictionary. In a post on Facebook, Tee Affo has announced a new dedication to removing scrubs, no matter their definition, from Fallen Earth.
Tee Affo with a special report –
We’ve had numerous complaints in-game about “scrubs”, and we’re taking a hard stance against scrub playing.
However, I realized that I had no idea what the word meant, so I took to the internet to hunt down the definition. I’m not sure which one our players are complaining about, so be on the lookout for any of the following:
1. a large area covered with low trees and shrubs, as the Australian bush.
We want it to be known that Fallen Earth is NOT a game where you pretend to be an empty field with low-lying ground cover. NOT AT ALL. In Fallen Earth, you are actually a clone or something. Probably a clone. Is that right? Listen, I don’t have time for RESEARCH, READING, or DOING MY JOB.
2. to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
Ew. Yeah, don’t do that. Nobody do that in our game. Do…do we have a problem with this? Ew. If I see anyone vigorously rubbing anything in Fallen Earth, I’m going to be upset.
3. A fella can’t get no love from you.
This definition comes from noted ThinkTank TLC, which I think stands for “The Learning Center”. Dr. Lefteye (I assume he’s a doctor) describes this scrub as “Leanin’ out the passenger side of his best friend’s ride, trying to holla at me.” If you see someone in the wasteland yelling at you from the wrong side of their borrowed Interceptor, please report them to the mods immediately, as we DO NOT want no scrub.
Thank you, with your diligence we can remove all “scrubs” from the game. Please focus on “n00b” playing instead.
If you do see a scrub in Fallen Earth, especially one trying to holla at you, make sure you use the appropriate reporting tools.
(Source: Facebook)
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