APB Becomes GTA MMO?

Tripamang · 05-09-2008, 05:49 AM

GTA Online?: Crackdown Creators Bought Their MMO Back Just To Sell It To Rockstar?

If this bears fruit, we could be looking at a new genre of MMO's (finally).

Discuss

Itzena · 05-09-2008, 05:59 AM

Lemmings MMO wru?

Zarcath · 05-09-2008, 06:37 AM

http://www.fohguild.org/forums/mmorp...9-gta-mmo.html

and there was another APB thread recently, can't believe this game has been mentioned 3 years ago. The article says Webzen was "scheduled to" produce the game, leads me to believe they haven't even started on it yet. I know there was a trailer posted...

here

all pre-renders with a release date of 2007.

Unless Rockstar only bought the name and is planning to rebrand GTA IV MP as APB or as "the gta mmo", I don't see this game coming out until, earliest 09 if it's a rebrand, 10 earliest if it's from the ground up, maybe even 11 or at latest 12 if it's mismanaged.

dechire · 05-09-2008, 10:00 AM

There are lot of job postings on their site, while its possible they might turn around and sell it to Rockstar i think it is unlikely that they will do this. I suspect that they will simply keep working on it and looking for a publisher. W/E happens id be interested in seeing how this develops as an MMO.

edited to add:
World Of EveCraft | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

I think this would be a brilliant use of the "leveling" discussed in that essay.

Braen · 05-09-2008, 01:30 PM

Was I the only person to think of this?

Hachima · 05-09-2008, 03:41 PM

That sounds about as silly as Blizzard buying Dungeon Runners so they can make a Diablo 3 MMO.

Surlok TP · 05-09-2008, 05:43 PM

I am admittedly not a huge fan of GTA 4 in terms of the single player story.

That said the online team modes of Cops and crooks,turf war and just general team death match is more fun that I have had in an online team based shooter in a long long long time.

I hit a tree last week while running from the cops with 3 guys in my car blasting at the cops behind us. Myself and the guy in the passenger seat both flew out the windshield,he smoked a tree about 50 feet away and died, I lived,the two guys in the back seat they wasted the carload of cops who were also all players and those guys were pissed.

I was sitting on the floor laughing hysterically because as I was flying out the wind shield I actually watched my passenger hit the tree from my peripheral vision.

If they can capture the kind of fun I have had over the past week playing GTA 4 online,they will make a mint. The game in the cops VS crooks with just 16 people playing is just stupid fun.

Cantatus · 05-09-2008, 09:20 PM

Wow, I had no idea that the guy who created GTA also created Lemmings.

05-09-2008, 05:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tripamang Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,665	APB Becomes GTA MMO? GTA Online?: Crackdown Creators Bought Their MMO Back Just To Sell It To Rockstar? If this bears fruit, we could be looking at a new genre of MMO's (finally). Discuss __________________ Black Atom - Crescent of the Red Moon - Red Moon Federation

05-09-2008, 05:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
Itzena SOS-dan #76564674 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Near a big fucking castle, the UK Posts: 5,418	Lemmings MMO wru? __________________

05-09-2008, 06:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
Zarcath You People? Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 4,370	http://www.fohguild.org/forums/mmorp...9-gta-mmo.html and there was another APB thread recently, can't believe this game has been mentioned 3 years ago. The article says Webzen was "scheduled to" produce the game, leads me to believe they haven't even started on it yet. I know there was a trailer posted... here all pre-renders with a release date of 2007. Unless Rockstar only bought the name and is planning to rebrand GTA IV MP as APB or as "the gta mmo", I don't see this game coming out until, earliest 09 if it's a rebrand, 10 earliest if it's from the ground up, maybe even 11 or at latest 12 if it's mismanaged. __________________ Zarcath - AoC Deathwhisper < Mammaries or Lament > send tell for invite

05-09-2008, 10:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
dechire /shrug Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: austin, tx Posts: 287	There are lot of job postings on their site, while its possible they might turn around and sell it to Rockstar i think it is unlikely that they will do this. I suspect that they will simply keep working on it and looking for a publisher. W/E happens id be interested in seeing how this develops as an MMO. edited to add: World Of EveCraft \| Rock, Paper, Shotgun I think this would be a brilliant use of the "leveling" discussed in that essay. Last edited by dechire : 05-09-2008 at 10:06 AM.

05-09-2008, 01:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
Braen Mistwalkers Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dallas Posts: 3,444	Was I the only person to think of this? __________________

05-09-2008, 03:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
Hachima Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,420	That sounds about as silly as Blizzard buying Dungeon Runners so they can make a Diablo 3 MMO.

05-09-2008, 05:43 PM	#7 (permalink)
Surlok TP Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 1,230	I am admittedly not a huge fan of GTA 4 in terms of the single player story. That said the online team modes of Cops and crooks,turf war and just general team death match is more fun that I have had in an online team based shooter in a long long long time. I hit a tree last week while running from the cops with 3 guys in my car blasting at the cops behind us. Myself and the guy in the passenger seat both flew out the windshield,he smoked a tree about 50 feet away and died, I lived,the two guys in the back seat they wasted the carload of cops who were also all players and those guys were pissed. I was sitting on the floor laughing hysterically because as I was flying out the wind shield I actually watched my passenger hit the tree from my peripheral vision. If they can capture the kind of fun I have had over the past week playing GTA 4 online,they will make a mint. The game in the cops VS crooks with just 16 people playing is just stupid fun. __________________

05-09-2008, 09:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
Cantatus Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 699	Wow, I had no idea that the guy who created GTA also created Lemmings.

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