Dust 514 beta preview: War-torn and complex
Part of the excitement lobbed at Dust 514 is its connectivity with the complex, massively-multiplayer beast known as EVE Online. Linked physically by servers in the real world and otherwise by a thin story thread, Dust 514 has escaped close examination as we fawn over its ambitious moving parts. ...
Dust 514 beta available now to PS Plus members in North America, tomorrow in Europe
CCP's closed beta for its free-to-play shooter, Dust 514, is accessible to PlayStation Plus members right now in North America, with Europe joining the fight on Wednesday. PlayStation Plus members also receive a 50 percent discount on the "Mercenary Pack," dropping the price to $10. The pack ...
Dust 514 Neocom PS Vita companion app details drop from orbit
Dust 514 Neocom is the proposed PS Vita tie-in for Dust 514. It enables players to interact with certain elements of the PS3 game – things like altering weapon loadouts, in-game purchasing and more. While there won't necessarily be any gameplay, developer CCP promises an interactive map of ...
Dust 514's $20 'Mercenary Pack' lets you play the game right now
If your patience refuses to be shackled by the Icelandic wooing of CCP's launch date-less Dust 514, the developer has a rogue way for you to get into its closed beta early: $20. The "Mercenary Pack" offers more than early access to the game's currently closed beta, but we're guessing a list of gun ...
High-end gear in Dust 514 costs 24 cents in real money
CCP Vice President Morgan Godat has revealed the real-world cost of a high-end set of gear in the upcoming EVE Online companion, Dust 514, and it might be cheaper than you expect: About 24 cents. If you were to equip a character in the game with some of the highest-level gear out there and send ...
Dust 514 dev diary talks EVE connections
The latest Dust 514 dev diary explains both how the game is tied into EVE's universe, and how you'll care about your gear, since you have to buy all of it with in-game currency. Let's be honest, though: If EVE's corp heads want us to fight for them, they should buy their own damn tanks. ...
Dust 514 goes free-to-play, Vita version a 'companion app'
Dust 514, the upcoming PSN exclusive MMOFPS connected both figuratively and literally to the EVE Online universe, will launch with a $0.00 price tag, according to Eurogamer. Originally, the game was to launch at $20.00, and the player would be pseudo-reimbursed with $20.00 worth of in-game ...
Dust 514 supports mouse/keyboard and controller
Dust 514 will support the use of USB keyboards and mice. That's good news for EVE Online players looking to expand the wealth of their galactic empire by partaking in some mercenarial dirty work on the PS3 shooter. Whether using a keyboard and mouse will provide a mechanical edge over players using ...
Dust 514 preview: Contractual murder
Here's that Gamescom preview where I tell you how shocked I was about a game I didn't expect to be all about. You've been warned. Still with me? Great. Dust 514, a first-person shooter MMO cross-platform experience from CCP Games, is without a doubt the biggest surprise for me of Gamescom. At the ...
Here's how Dust 514's microtransactions work on your PS3
When Dust 514 was revealed back in 2009, its Icelandic devs at CCP also explained that it'll be microtransaction-based when it launches sometime next summer. Given that the game is now heading exclusively to Sony's PlayStation 3, I couldn't help but wonder exactly how PlayStation Network would ...
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