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removed discussion about the game 80.192.61.220 00:47, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

why? 216.234.58.18 15:20, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

removed comment about original GTA not being 3D, removed speculation that APB was inspired by the earlier game from Atari with the same name. I work on the game and it wasn't.RobertAnderberg 00:49, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

whole page is written like an advertisement.. somebody fix it, i can't be bothered. 222.153.154.182 (talk) 02:09, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Release Date

IGN say for the PC it is out in Japan on 31st december 2007 and 2007 in USA but unreleased in Europe. Xbox360 dates are all 2008, anyone know anything there is so many rumors going on about this game and this article is so small and it shouldnt be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrew22k (talk • contribs) 13:10, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

concerned about copyvio

much of this article seems to have been lifted verbatim directly from http://www.apb-evolved.com. I'm also not sure if they are an appropriate reference site for information. Xenocidic (talk) 15:31, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote the site's administrators about the content and received an email back from them "Thanks for the notice, as long as the information is given credit towards the site we are ok with it.". So I will work on ensuring the proper citations are given. I will also try to clean up the text to sound more encyclopaedic. Xenocidic (talk) 16:29, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is why the whole article looks like an ad... it is just the PR text from the game's web page. I just saw the a talk on this game at GDC 2008, and the game looks lame. This whole article was probably made by someone who's working on it. YAWN. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Farktol (talk • contribs) 20:07, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

actually it was lifted from a fan site. the article definately needs a lot of work. xenocidic (talk) 20:10, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ext. Links

Do not remove link to the only APB forums, apb-evolved.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.10.225.15 (talk • contribs)

I've removed the particular external link, until a concensus is reached. StaticGull Talk 11:12, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm typically against these types of links but in the case of apb-evolved.com, I'd be willing to let it stand for a few reasons: 1) it's not completely ad-laden and the ads that they have are unobtrusive. 2) there's not much info out there in the wild about this game, and this site is a pretty good resource for it, and 3) this article used to be a complete copy-vio cut and paste from apb-evolved and they let us keep it up as long as we linked to them (since it's no longer copy-vio, we're not bound to this, but it would be a courtesy). xenocidic (talk) 12:46, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All of your facts are true, but considering the very lack of community forums, and the news of this site providing constant indirect content towards the site. We should be able to give a link to this site, at least until the official forums open up. Many of the developers support, and are on this website and should be counted as semi-official. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.10.225.15 (talk) 11:00, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not modify the external links section, APB-Evolved is added as a community forums until an official forums goes online. This is a rare exception, please fansites, guilds, and other unofficial sites please do not edit this area. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.10.225.15 (talk) 02:37, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

-Agreed, ill keep a watch on this. - BlueFlamez

That site is no longer the only APB forum so it should no longer be listed. The newer site APBForums.com is also supported by the developers and not "ad-laden". In my opinion now that there is another forum exceptions should either be made for both or neither sites should be listed here. - nekon

Forums, official or not, are not appropriate external links for any article, (see WP:VG/EL). --MASEM 03:59, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Then like I said neither site should be listed, I've read the guidelines and they're clear. No forums in external links, no exceptions. Now lets take that link down. -nekon —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nekon (talk • contribs) 04:07, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Old APB

Er, wasn't there an APB video game in the 80s? I seem to remember seeing one for C64 (though I don't know enough about it to add anything useful to the article). --taras (talk) 13:41, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. They aren't related, so a dablink is enough. xenocidic (talk) 11:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]