APB: Reloaded to wreak MMO havoc on PS4, Xbox One

Free-to-play PC MMO All Points Bulletin: Reloaded is coming to consoles, thanks to a collaboration between publisher Deep Silver and developers Reloaded Games and The Workshop Entertainment.

Barring catastrophe, APB: Reloaded is planned to launch on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the second quarter of 2015. The game will be free-to-play on both consoles, and while APB: Reloaded will be available for download to all PlayStation 4 owners, only those Xbox One owners with valid Xbox Live Gold subscriptions will be able to join the massively multiplayer game's perpetual crime spree.

For those who don't keep tabs on mid-tier MMOs, APB: Reloaded began life in 2010 as APB: All Points Bulletin, a sort of mashup of World of Warcraft and Grand Theft Auto 3, under developer Realtime Worlds. Only a few months after APB: All Points Bulletin launched, Realtime Worlds went into administration (think of it as the European equivalent of bankruptcy) and the game's servers were shut down. Eventually the property was purchased and relaunched with a new developer (Reloaded Games) and new title. According to Deep Silver, since its rebirth in 2011, the PC version of APB: Reloaded has been downloaded more than five million times.

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January 22, 2015 - MUNICH, GERMANY – HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – MARINA DEL RAY, CA – Deep Silver, Reloaded Games and The Workshop Entertainment today jointly announce they are hard at work transforming the hit PC Free2Play® Action MMO "All Points Bulletin: Reloaded™" into a game destined for the new generation consoles.
Currently in development by industry-veteran led studio The Workshop Entertainment in Marina Del Ray, CA, with support from Reloaded Games' teams in Edinburgh and Huntington Beach, and published by Deep Silver, APB Reloaded's console edition is expected to launch in late Q2 2015. On its release the game will be free to play and freely downloadable for all owners of PlayStation®4, and for Xbox Live Gold* members on Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft.

APB Reloaded puts you in the near-future urban cityscape of San Paro where you pick one of two factions: "Enforcer," to uphold the city's martial law, or "Criminal" to cause maximum mayhem across the city. In addition to its challenging and immersive gameplay, APB Reloaded features one of the best and most extensive character and vehicle customization systems available in any modern MMO. The game is driven by PvP experiences where up to 100 customized players (up to 50 vs. 50) can participate in real time missions across San Paro.

The PC version of APB Reloaded has been installed and played by over 5 million PC gamers since its December 2011 release.

Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of Deep Silver/Koch Media GmbH, says: "APB Reloaded has become a phenomenon on the PC with a very passionate and faithful community. We are really thrilled to help Reloaded Games and The Workshop bring this fantastic world to life on the new generation consoles."

Bjorn Book-Larsson, CEO of Reloaded Games, says: "Over the past year it has been great working with Deep Silver and their experienced publishing teams from the Saints Row, Homefront and Dead Island franchises, as well as with the veteran development team at The Workshop, led by great members of the original Tony Hawk, Call of Duty 3, Borderlands 2: "Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage" and The Evil Within teams, and getting their deep insight into how we can best transform APB Reloaded into a great console experience."

Peter Akemann, CEO of The Workshop, says: "On a technical note, because APB is such a technically complex game, featuring thousands of destructible objects and heavily customized players and vehicles in every scene, we are thrilled to help make APB a reality on these brand new high performance hardware platforms."

APB Reloaded console edition will be free to download and free to play*, and players can earn items in game for free, as well as have the option to purchase in-game gear, items, vehicles and customizations intended for their characters to specialize in particular play styles.

*On Xbox One, Xbox Live Gold membership (sold separately) required. Additional in-game content available and sold separately.

About Reloaded Games, Inc.
Reloaded Games Inc. (www.ReloadedInc.com) designs, develops and operates leading Free2Play® MMO games for all platforms, including the hit games All Points Bulletin: Reloaded™ (also known as APB Reloaded™) and Fallen Earth™. Its game portal www.GamersFirst.com features more than 30 million registered PC gamers in over 160 countries playing games by Reloaded Games and other leading free to play game developers. The company makes available its cutting edge game and delivery technologies through its subsidiary Reloaded Technologies™, featuring Super Node Delivery™, powering over 100 different free to play games at www.ReloadedTech.com.

About The Workshop Entertainment
The Workshop Entertainment (www.theworkshop.us.com) is a fast growing, independent game-development studio located in Los Angeles. For over seven years, The Workshop has focused on bringing AAA titles to market across a broad range of gaming platforms including PC, PS3, Playstation Move, Xbox 360, PS4 and XBox One. The Workshop has a world-class staff of developers with a passion for gaming, working on multiple projects in tight-knight creative teams in both independent and collaborative development. The Workshop continues to attract some of the best creative minds in the business through uncompromising focus on quality of work and quality of life.

About Deep Silver

Deep Silver develops and distributes interactive games for all platforms. The Deep Silver label means to captivate all gamers who have a passion for thrilling gameplay in exciting game worlds. Deep Silver works with its partners to achieve a maximum of success while maintaining the highest possible quality, always focusing on what the customer desires.
Deep Silver has published more than 200 games since 2003, including its own brands like the open world extravaganza Saints Row, the zombie action franchise Dead Island, the grim post-apocalyptic future of the Metro series and action packed role-playing from the Sacred world. Upcoming highlights from Deep Silver include Dead Island 2 and Homefront: The Revolution. Deep Silver also owns the development studios Deep Silver Fishlabs in Hamburg, Germany, Deep Silver Volition based in Champaign, IL, USA, and Deep Silver Dambuster Studios in Nottingham, UK. For more information please visit www.deepsilver.com

Koch Media is a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products (software, games and films). The company's own publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe and the USA. The Koch Media group has more than 20 years of experience in the digital media business, and has risen to become the number one distributor in Europe. It has also formed strategic alliances with numerous games and software publishers: Bethesda, Capcom, Kaspersky Labs, NC SOFT, Sega, Square Enix and Tecmo-Koei, etc. in various European countries. With Headquarters in Planegg near Munich/Germany, Koch Media owns branches in Germany, England, France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the Nordic regions, Benelux and the United States. www.kochmedia.com

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