Speaking with site Eurogamer.net, Real Time Worlds' community boss Chris Collins has said that a beta test for will arrive shortly.

Chatting at last week's Penny Expo in the United States, he said that we are now just a weeks a away from a beta for the developer's long awaited gangland MMO.

"We're weeks rather than months away from starting closed beta," Collins enthused.

APB is due for a full debut in early 2010, with lined up to fulfill publishing duties.

We'll have more APB news soon.

By Luke Guttridge