CTO and COO Bjorn Book-Larsson discusses game balance and more.

It has been a busy week for GamersFirst. Last week, the publisher announced that it had acquired the rights to All Points Bulletin and will be relaunching the urban MMO as a free-to-play title next year. The reveal put a spotlight on the company, and GamersFirst CTO and COO Bjorn Book-Larsson has posted a lengthy blog entry discussing the sudden influx of attention.

The bulk of the blog entry focuses on game balance. Book-Larsson explains how APB: Reloaded will use the same general idea as WarRock when it comes to F2P vs. paid players:

"For APB we are looking for a similar system where Free players will have fun but will have to grind a lot to be competitive, and paid players will have a slightly different progression path altogether."

Book-Larsson confirms that several former Realtime Worlds team members will be working as independent contractors on APB: Reloaded during the free-to-play transition. He also invites passionate former APB players to request that they be included in the upcoming closed beta. Check out the full blog entry for more details.