Archive: october 5, 2008

Facebook a 'Major Community Tool' for APB [APB]

Also in Realtime Worlds' newsletter for fans, which went out this week, is word that Facebook will play a large role in building the community for APB, the long-awaited cops-and-robbers MMO.
And APB's closed beta stage is upcoming, with alpha testing completed in the middle of September, says Realtime Worlds. "Initially this will be a very core, select number of trusted friends of employees, but does mark the start of what can be considered the ‘Closed’ Beta stage of APB," said Chris Dye, community relations manager.
There were no specifics given on exactly how Facebook will be a part of thi...

View full article at "Kotaku"

Tags: PC Gaming, Realtime Worlds, Social Networking, apb, facebook

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