DUST 514 Will Be Free to Play on PS3!!!

[Beradon]

The development of DUST 514 has been an amazing experience, as we at CCP pioneer new frontiers for console games in collaboration with Sony. It has really been a process of exploring and breaking new ground – running an MMO service that needs constant updates on a console, microtransactions on a console, connecting an MMO on console to an MMO on PC in a real time shared universe and the Marketplace between the two – and there’s even more to come. Today, I’m writing about one more of those things – DUST 514 will be free to play on PlayStation 3!

This news means DUST 514 is the first ever game built from the ground up as a free to play MMOFPS on console, exclusively on the PlayStation 3. Thanks to how Sony has set up the PlayStation Network – and the innovations they have been making on it together with us – Sony’s console platform is the only one able to support this kind of game as a service and business model.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/...playstation-3/


Been waiting awhile for this game and the fact that it'll be free is even better news.

For those who don't know DUST 514 is a FPS for the PS3 that also links with the PC platform's EVEonline game. Basically the players on EVE can contract out mission objectives to players on DUST 514. The outcomes on both games can have an affect on the players from both platforms.

[Super strokey]

I thought that they said this when the game was first announced? Either way its great news as i am really excited for this game.

[Beradon]

I thought that they said this when the game was first announced? Either way its great news as i am really excited for this game.

I think they were still debating how they were going to charge for this game. The only decision they made back then was to have it distributed only through Sony's online store.

[Beradon]

Here's a link to a video that gives a nice introduction to DUST 514 and includes some game play footage.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gd...st-514/727868?

[Beradon]

Interesting video that explains how EVE Online economy ties into Dust514.

Finally an FPS game where winning means something!


http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/...ve-of-dust-514

[twitchyzero]

it'll have PS move sharpshooter support...sweet

[Beradon]

New facts & info compiled from the recent EVE Online fanfest.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/...line-fan-fest/

[Beradon]

Beta is now OUT!!!

[Super strokey]

I wish it looked as good as it does in that trailer...

Gonna be hard to compete with PS2 anyways.

[Beradon]

I wish it looked as good as it does in that trailer...

Gonna be hard to compete with PS2 anyways.

Well it's an open beta so things can improve. Also, Planetside 2 is only for PC's so with the hardware involved I'm not surprised how good it looks compared to a console only game like Dust514.

The beauty of Dust514 is in the connected universe of EVE Online. For the first time PC players on EVE Online and PS3 players on Dust514 can interact with each other.

Dust514 is an FPS that matters. No more of those long FPS sessions where at the end of the game all you accomplish is diddly squat. On Dust514 every battle has an outcome and will have an affect on the EVE universe.

[Johan Liebert]

Any tips on FPS on ps3? Mostly done FPS on pc. Never played FPS using a controller, some tips would be helpful.

[Super strokey]

Well it's an open beta so things can improve. Also, Planetside 2 is only for PC's so with the hardware involved I'm not surprised how good it looks compared to a console only game like Dust514.

The beauty of Dust514 is in the connected universe of EVE Online. For the first time PC players on EVE Online and PS3 players on Dust514 can interact with each other.

Dust514 is an FPS that matters. No more of those long FPS sessions where at the end of the game all you accomplish is diddly squat. On Dust514 every battle has an outcome and will have an affect on the EVE universe.

PS2 is apparantly going to come to the PS4, its been really really heavily hint which would be fantastic. As for Dust, i hope it gets better. I was in the early part of the beta and I was totally unimpressed.

[Beradon]

Any tips on FPS on ps3? Mostly done FPS on pc. Never played FPS using a controller, some tips would be helpful.

Keep playing a lot of CoD games to get practice. Eventually you'll instinctively know the keys on the controller. Other FPS games will copy the key layout of CoD.

[gatorb6]

PS2 is apparantly going to come to the PS4, its been really really heavily hint which would be fantastic. As for Dust, i hope it gets better. I was in the early part of the beta and I was totally unimpressed.

I was in on the early beta as well and wasn't too impressed. I actually redownloaded it last night to give it a try to see if anything significant has changed. Not much from what I could tell. Give them credit for the scale and integration with the Eve online community but I don't think it's something that I personally will get into.

[Beradon]

DUST 514 is now officially released and out of Beta!