Online games developer and publisher K2 has acquired the APB IP from the administrator of collapsed Dundee studio Realtime Worlds, inside sources have told Develop.
California based K2 Network, a heavily VC-funded company responsible for the free-to-play service GamersFirst, has reportedly spent in the region of 1.5 million for the IP.
A GamesIndustry report claims that APB may be up and running again before the end of the year”.
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