Whatever Realtime decide to do it won’t be long before we find out. Although no release date has been set APB(All Points Bulletin) is expected to release early next year.

Basically, you have to buy the client. It’s a traditional game that you buy … We’re not going the normal ‘you have to subscribe to play the game every month’ route. What we haven’t said is which route we are going, and in some respects we’re still looking.

It sounds to me like Realtime may be considering a free-to-play base model, but then offering either tiered subscription pricing or the ability to buy in-game items. With servers limited to 100 players and what looks to be a focus on playing with friends it certainly gives scope to try something different. Maybe there will be a possibility of a group subscription which ensures you and your friends can always play together on a predefined server.