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Take over the streets of San Paro in APB with a key from Massively!
Ever since the "City Security Act" was passed, the streets of San Paro have become a war-zone between self-righteous Enforcers and violent Criminals. The city has been submerged under a sea of bullets and blood. So where exactly do you stand? Are you a Criminal, looking to prey on the innocents of San Paro as you vandalize, steal, and destroy? Or are you an Enforcer, a person who will do anything in their power to stop the lawbreaking offenders, even if it means sacrificing a few innocents in the process? Well, it's now your time to find out! Realtime Worlds has provided us here at Massively with 10,000 keys to All Points Bulletin, so you can take a ride around the streets of San Paro in its pre-launch state! Follow us after the break to learn more about the game, and grab a key for yourself! %Gallery-89311%
APB's Key to the City event delayed
Realtime Worlds has announced a delay in their Key to the City end-of-beta promotion. The teaser event, designed to give prospective players a taste of life on the crime-ridden streets of San Paro, features five hours of action district gameplay and unlimited social district gameplay. In a news post just released on the All Points Bulletin website, game creator Dave Jones outlines the reasons for the hiccup. "We've worked tirelessly to bring the service online, installing and configuring a massive amount of new hardware in our data-centres, to help meet the high demand and bring you the best experience we can. As we're sure you'll appreciate, this is a huge undertaking and unfortunately on this occasion, we've hit a number of installation delays," he says. The event is currently scheduled to take place starting at 9:00am EDT on Saturday, June 12th.
The OverAchiever: The Keymaster
Hot on the heels of a much larger achievement we've recently covered (Twenty-Five Tabards), I've decided to do The Keymaster in this article for two reasons: I recently watched Ghostbusters. Do I need another reason? Actually, the other reason is that if you've done Twenty-Five Tabards, Keymaster is usually pretty easy because you've likely got some Burning Crusade faction rep under your belt. I could tack on a third -- I'm constantly surprised at the number of players who aren't keyed for some of the old-world dungeons, and by "surprised," possibly I mean "irritated," because I keep getting pestered to go open doors. Happily, just about all of these keys can be soloed at 80 for most classes, and none of them are particularly time-intensive (with the possible exception of the Scholomance key due to insane travel time) to get.
Achievement unlocked: GTA IV 'Key to the City'
We suppose a physical award is more satisfying than the typical on-screen, pop-up Achievement or Trophy, but then, what use, really, is a giant key engraved with the Rockstar and GTA IV logos? Fine, we admit it! We're jealous. There was simply no hope in us ever completing 100 percent of the Big Apple-sized sandbox (and by May 19th, no less). In fact, we're not certain we even finished a single mission. We just couldn't pry ourselves away from the pool halls, dart boards and internet dates -- just how we always imagined the lazy, urban underbelly of society. Gallery: GTA IV: Key to the City
