Realtime Worlds' highly-anticipated PC game All Points Bulletin (APB) will have a completely unique business model, with the Scottish developer eschewing traditional subscription payments in favour of a "changing, flexible" model that in some instances can offer play for free.

Jones, the creator behind the original Grand Theft Auto series and Xbox 360 smash Crackdown, has been working on the business model for "years and years", and although simple in concept, admitted that it will need to be communicated clearly to players.

"It's not like we're going to say it's completely free for ever more. There is a business model there, but it's a very unique business model because it's a unique game," Jones told our sister site Eurogamer.net.

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