be compromised due to out of date information . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . december 2011 realtime worlds former type private industry video games founded 2002 defunct 2010 headquarters dundee scotland uk key people gary dale ceo products crackdown 2007 apb june 2010 number of employees 200 before layoffs website http realtimeworlds.com dead link realtime worlds ltd was a video game developer based in dundee scotland from 2002 until its closure in september 2010 . realtime worlds was the largest independent game developer in scotland with over 200 employees as well as a small boulder colorado office . citation needed contents 1 foundation 2 development 3 administration and closure 4 games 5 references foundation edit realtime worlds was founded in early 2002 by david jones formerly of dma design who developed the popular franchises grand theft auto gta and lemmings . 1 much of the initial workforce was previously employed at rage software as rage games scotland . during this period the core team who would go on to form realtime worlds developed first person shooter game mobile forces for microsoft windows . upon the demise of rage software dave jones bought out rage games scotland to form realtime worlds . 2 development edit on 11 december 2006 new enterprise associates announced an investment of 30 million us dollars into realtime worlds . 3 their first release under the name realtime worlds was the critically acclaimed 2007 action adventure third person sandbox game crackdown an xbox 360 exclusive title . 1 in 2010 they released a massively multiplayer online game for microsoft windows titled apb all points bulletin which had been in development for five years and was hoped to generate upwards of hundreds of millions of pounds . 4 in 2007 at develop magazine s industry excellence awards the company was nominated in a record breaking seven categories and took home the awards for innovation and new uk european studio . company chairman ian hetherington was also crowned development legend . 5 at the 2007 british academy of film and television arts video game awards ceremony crackdown was nominated in five categories and won two for action and adventure and use of audio . 6 in 2008 crackdown was honored as best debut by the gdc s game developers choice awards . 7 on 14 february 2008 it was announced that realtime worlds had secured us 50m in funding from a consortium led by venture capitalists maverick capital and new enterprise associates and joined by the wpp group a london based advertising firm . the funds are expected to be used towards continued expansion . 1 on 27 april 2009 gary dale left his coo position at take two interactive to become ceo of the company . dave jones stepped down as ceo of the company and took the title of creative director . 8 on 1 may 2010 realtime worlds annual accounts revealed a further us 21m investment was made in the company in january 2010 . 9 this brings the total investment in realtime worlds since 2006 to us 101m . on 29 june 2010 after five years of development with lengthy delays apb was released to the general public . as of 15 july 2010 apb has a metacritic score of 58 100 . on 7 july 2010 realtime worlds announced that it was to restructure its work force to focus more on providing total support for apb . 10 on 16 september 2010 realtime worlds announced that it will be shutting down apb s servers for good . 11 administration and closure edit on 17 august 2010 six weeks after the release of apb realtime worlds entered administration with begbies traynor announcing major layoffs to their dundee division and mostly closing their colorado office . 12 references state that 50 employees would be held to maintain the game apb all points bulletin though it was unclear to what extent . 13 14 15 16 joint administration was conducted by paul dounis and ken pattullo of the begbies traynor group . 16 dounis stated our intention is to continue trading the company while we attempt to find a going concern buyer which will safeguard the future of the business . 16 the following day 18 august begbies traynor announced that realtime worlds had attracted interest from potential buyers from both sides of the atlantic . 17 on 19 august begbies traynor confirmed that a buyer needed to be found for the company as a going concern by the end of september . 18 if that deadline was not achieved liquidation was the most likely option for realtime worlds . on 16 september 2010 the remainder of the realtime worlds staff was laid off with a temporary skeleton crew left in place to close the offices in dundee and colorado . 19 on 12 november 2010 bidding on thousands of realtime worlds lots ended with industrial auctioneer sweeney kincaid managing the sales and collections . the lots included monitors computers and games consoles . 20 games edit year game publisher genre platform s x360 win 2007 crackdown microsoft game studios third person shooter yes no 2009 apb all points bulletin k2 network third person shooter no yes tba project myworld tba casual no yes references edit a b c andrews robert 14 april 2008 . wpp amongst 50 million investors in game maker realtime worlds . washington post . retrieved 15 april 2008 . scottish enterprise . realtime worlds receives investment from nea . french michael 15 april 2008 . dave jones says apb could generate revenues in the hundred millions . develop uk . retrieved 16 april 2008 . games industry creatives honoured at 5th annual develop industry excellence awards . gamesindustry.biz . 27 july 2007 . retrieved 15 april 2008 . video games award winners 2007 . bafta . 1 october 2007 . retrieved 15 april 2008 . portal bioshocks gdc awards . gamespot . 20 february 2008 . retrieved 15 april 2008 . realtime worlds names leading video game industry executive gary dale as new ceo . realtime worlds . 20 february 2008 . retrieved 27 april 2009 . companies house company no . sc225628 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