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Posted by Beardy in Review, State of Play on December 12, 2009 | Comments Off

Now that the first phase of beta testing for the long-awaited APB is almost at an end, I thought it was high time to share my experiences with it. I've had a whale of a time testing it, so much so I've been shunning other commitments – gaming or otherwise – to make way for the limited play windows. For those of you who haven't heard of APB, it's an MMO from Realtime Worlds, the relatively new software house founded by the chap who invented Grand Theft Auto – and the lazy but somewhat accurate description I've often heard of APB is that it's GTA: The...

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3. ... laptop is showing me news, iPhone is providing streaming music, GP2X in my hands playing Sonic. If you were wondering. [Beardy]
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