<s>
Auto	B-Protocol
Assault	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
online	I-Application
game	I-Application
(	O
or	O
MMOG	B-Application
)	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
NetDevil	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
NCSOFT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
took	O
inspiration	O
,	O
in	O
part	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
Mad	B-Device
Max	I-Device
series	O
of	O
films	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
could	O
choose	O
to	O
play	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
three	O
fictional	O
factions	O
—	O
Humans	O
,	O
Mutants	O
,	O
and	O
Biomeks	B-Protocol
—	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
class	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
character	O
they	O
would	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	B-Application
servers	I-Application
were	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
players	O
were	O
no	O
longer	O
billed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
years	O
of	O
widescale	O
open	O
war	O
between	O
three	O
factions	O
—	O
Humans	O
,	O
mutants	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
human-created	O
Biomeks	B-Protocol
—	O
the	O
issues	O
between	O
the	O
groups	O
are	O
largely	O
pacified	O
on	O
the	O
worldwide	O
scale	O
,	O
but	O
conflict	O
between	O
the	O
three	O
remain	O
with	O
small	O
scale	O
battles	O
involving	O
armored	O
cars	O
,	O
trucks	O
,	O
motorcycles	O
,	O
semis	O
and	O
tanks	O
armed	O
with	O
advanced	O
weaponry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Auto	B-Protocol
Assault	I-Protocol
takes	O
place	O
in	O
two	O
settings	O
;	O
towns	O
and	O
the	O
outside	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Auto	B-Protocol
Assault	I-Protocol
differs	O
from	O
other	O
MMORPGs	O
as	O
it	O
does	O
n't	O
have	O
a	O
Death	O
Penalty	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
die	O
without	O
consequence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
2	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
officially	O
announced	O
that	O
Auto	B-Protocol
Assault	I-Protocol
's	O
servers	O
would	O
be	O
shut	O
down	O
August	O
31	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
subscribers	O
 '	O
accounts	O
would	O
be	O
'	O
reconciled	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Offers	O
to	O
continue	O
to	O
run	O
servers	O
by	O
various	O
parties	O
were	O
denied	O
,	O
but	O
additional	O
“	O
Parting	O
Gifts	O
”	O
were	O
sent	O
via	O
e-mail	O
with	O
,	O
"	O
opportunities	O
...	O
to	O
take	O
a	O
part	O
in	O
some	O
of	O
our	O
other	O
products	O
,	O
including	O
Richard	O
Garriott	O
’s	O
Tabula	B-Application
Rasa	I-Application
and	O
City	B-Application
of	I-Application
Heroes	I-Application
...	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
