8 Video Games So Bad They KILLED The Studio

APB: All Points Bulletin is an open world multiplayer shooter initially developed by Realtime Worlds and released in 2010, though reviews immediately skewed mixed-to-negative.

Janky gameplay, repetitive missions, and grindy progression didn't win APB many fans, and the decision to set the game's review embargo an entire week after release made it clear the developer was desperately attempting to salvage a poor launch.

Given that Realtime Worlds spent five years developing APB to the eye-watering tune of $100 million, they clearly expected it to become a multiplayer live service mainstay, but it flopped instead.

In August 2010, barely six weeks after the game launched, the studio entered administration and by the next month, Realtime Worlds had been closed down along with APB itself.

In an unexpected twist, though, APB was purchased by publisher K2 Network just two months later, and by the end of 2011 the game was relaunched as a free-to-play title called APB: Reloaded, as developed by Reloaded Productions.

Somewhat impressively, this resurrected iteration of the game still regularly hosts upwards of 500 concurrent players on Steam almost 15 years after the relaunch.