The game takes place in a modern-day, fictional city where there is a constant battle between "Enforcement" and "Criminals", and the player will need to decide to which Faction they want to belong. The two sides battle out for control of the city, with territory within the city being contested continually 24 hours a day, so that players must concern themselves with both offensive and defensive moves.
Other activities involving missions within the game allowing the player to earn extra money, which then can be used to upgrade weapons, vehicles, and their character appearances, all that influence the game itself.
[12] For example, several Criminal players may rob a convenience store within the game; the game will then seek out one or more Law Enforcement players of equivalent skills and other criteria, and will issue an
all-points bulletin for them to stop the robbery.
APB also claims it will be the first
MMO title where the player's skill determines the character's progression, as opposed to the normal model of time investment.
[5] Jones confirmed that players will be able to use the
Last.FM service to create custom soundtracks within the game.
[5]
At
GDC 2009 it was announced that
Vivox would be providing voice chat for the game, the software allows players to customize the voice of their characters with voice fronts, and also to communicate using 3D positional audio.
