You might get your hands on cops and robbers MMO APB in a matter of days. The game's beta is expected to commence next week.

According to Eurogamer, Realtime Worlds honcho Gary Dale announced this at Tech Media Invest conference in London. They've been accepting beta applications since last month so they've probably got a large stable of gamers to pick from by now.

APB, which will not have a monthly subscription, is expected to be released in early 2010.