Wow... I think you're right.  2 1/2 months.

• 29 June 2010 - NA Release
• 18 August 2010 - Realtime Worlds was placed into administration
• 16 September 2010 Realtime Worlds announced APB servers were to be shut down

When I saw mention of the developer looking for a buyer, I didn't think it was long for this world but I didn't think the end would have come this soon.

Anyone remember the review embargo that they had originally placed upon the game?

Uberepicfail?

Sorry to hear that James.

That's one downside of buying MMOs.  If they shutdown, although uncommon, the software is completely useless.  At least with singleplayer games the game is still playable even if the developer/publisher is gone.  Granted the older it is, the more trouble it might be to get it running, but still.

At least with Hellgate: London, it was playable in singleplayer mode and had a final patched released that I think may have opened up some stuff.  I have the patch downloaded but dammed if I've ever installed it.  Just can't bring myself to reinstall and play it.

It had a sordid enough history while it was in development I suppose it was inevitable.

If it had launched with 1.4.1s features instead of where it did, it would've been a success IMO.

It sucks because there aren't any other multiplayer action games I really want to play.

On another note, I wonder if the art assets and code are being sold to another developer.

Sigh...off to ponder how dismal gaming has been lately.

Heh Tabula was not that bad, i have the stigma of playing Dark n Light, now that was the worst launch in mmo history. It was pretty much dead in 3 days of launch but stayed open for a bit after.

I gotta say if The Agency doesn't impress I'm going to get a sour taste in my mouth for online gaming.  I'm just finding it much harder to get into any of it anymore.

There's always Guild Wars 2.  No monthly fee and no overpowered micro-transactions screwing the game over are a sale for me.

Yeah, it does. If it was a great game (which includes all payment options etc) it would never have got to this point.

Apparently EA is offering a free game to people who have APB.

Well, technically it wasn't free.  You just bought a copy of Bad Company 2 instead of APB, seeing as the APB DVD is now a coaster (or you might not even have that if you bought it digitally).  Still surprising PR move by EA.  I guess with Activision and Ubisoft trying to take the belt for 'most evil publisher on Earth' EA management must have seen an opportunity to repair some damage.

Considering I got a lot of play out of my APB install (there was no DVD) I didn't feel that bad about the purchase.

Actually I've liked EA for a while, and now I love them.   I didn't expect that at all.

The saddest part of that is they'd just gotten everything to where it should've been at launch (save for cheaters, but I'm sure they could've gotten that under control easily enough) to have a great game.

I am saddened by the loss...and hope if someone did buy the assets it is resurrected in some form.