A Gaming Portal With 30 Million Users Comes Under New Management
Little Orbit is making waves with their latest move. The independent video game company has gone ahead and purchased gaming portal GamersFirst. Thanks to the purchase, the company now owns a host of assets and IPs, including the MMO experience, APB Reloaded.
APB Reloaded is a third-person action MMO in which players pick either side of the law – enforcers or criminals, and it’s available for multiple platforms. The immediate, first action of Little Orbit’s purchase shall be an overhaul of the game. As a sign of their commitment to APB Reloaded, the company is setting a new roadmap. Alongside aggressive updates, the forums shall witness a cleanup, new game modes will be implemented, and there will be a storm of new content: new guns, maps, vehicles, etc. Last but not least, the game will be upgraded to Unreal Engine 4.
“We’re excited to welcome APB Reloaded into the Little Orbit publishing family and support the passionate community through the growth of GamersFirst.com,” said Matthew Scott, CEO at Little Orbit. “One of our first onboarding goals is to work closely with the APB Reloaded community to update and support the game, starting with the open letter that I posted today.”
Little Orbit has been expanding its repertoire of games, most recently announcing a partnership with Descendent Studios, the Austin-based developers of Descent: Underground – a reboot of the classic full-freedom shooter, Descent. Prior, the company announced the development take over of Unsung Story, a crowdfunded tactical RPG project inspired by Yasumi Matsuno.
This is only the beginning; therefore, we suspect there will be a variety of changes and implements to GamersFirst, which has 30 million registered users worldwide. Stay tuned for updates as time goes by.
SOURCE: Press Release