After Realtime Worlds administrator Begbies Traynor confirmed yesterday that "the plug was about to be pulled" on All Points Bulletin after failing to attract a buyer, Epic Games has now emerged as a contender to make a last-minute save of the game.
APB, which has only been live for three months and is widely seen as a disappointment, is no longer available for purchase on Steam while Google’s webcache has it listed as on sale as recently as September 10. Realtime Worlds has also stopped selling the game or "RTW Points", points used to buy items in APB, on its website.
A spokesman for Epic would not confirm to the BBC that the developer is looking to purchase the game, but also did not rule out the possibility.
"Mark [Rein] absolutely loves the game, everyone loves what they saw," said Dana Cowley. "We’ve got our hands full of Gears of War 3, Bullet Storm and the recently announced Project Sword. If any talks like that are going on, then they would be confidential."
