DUST 514

New DUST 514 Gameplay Footage

Posted on Jan 24, 2012

Ok, semi-new, it was released last Thursday via the Playstation Pulse webcast, however I just saw it today.  The DUST 514 footage is buried inbetween other videos and previews so I decided to cut out the good part and re-post if for those of you who also missed it. The video is short, only about 25 seconds [...]

DUST 514 Presents the Mobile Command Center

Posted on Nov 04, 2011

Today CCP presents us with the future of war in DUST 514 and reveals the Mobile Command Center. These massive ships represent the largest and most powerful weapons found in DUST 514, spanning 200 meters in length and hovering over the battlefields as they provide support to ground troops. Controlled by a team commander, these Mobile Command [...]

CCP Lays Offs 20% of Workforce

Posted on Oct 19, 2011

Today CCP announced that they will be laying off 20% of their workforce as part of a reorganization effort to focus more on Eve Online and DUST 514 stating, Developing EVE expansions, DUST 514 and World of Darkness has stretched our resources too thin. While for the most part Eve Online and DUST 514 will not be affected by this, [...]

DUST 514: Combat, Classes, Beta and more

Posted on Oct 10, 2011

In a recent interview with SCEE Playstation blogger James Gallagher, CCP talked about their upcoming MMOFPS DUST 514 and discussed a little about classes, combat, beta as well as other things. Below we have the highlights of the interview for you. When discussing combat, CCP stated, Essentially it’s a vehicular combat game on an extremely large scale, [...]

DUST 514 PC Version Possible

Posted on Sep 02, 2011

In a recent interview with Thomas Farrer, DUST 514 producer, Gamasutra asked him about whether or not CCP has though about creating a PC version of their upcoming PS3 MMOFPS, Yeah. We thought about all kinds of things. Right now, we’re pretty much just entirely focused on PlayStation. That’s what we’re going to remain focused on at [...]

DUST 514 & Eve Online Communication Details

Posted on Aug 22, 2011

A new update was posted on the DUST 514 website recently detailing some of the communication features that players will have to communicate between Eve Online and DUST 514. One of the main features will be Eve Gate, which will act as the communications hub between the two games both in-game and out. Players will be able to setup [...]

Dust 514 Launch Price Announced

Posted on Aug 21, 2011

The guys at Joystiq recently had a chance to speak with the developers who are working on DUST 514 and revealed the launch price at “around $20″. CCP had previously announced that there would be an initial download fee for the game and that players would receive that payment back in the form of in-game currency, but didn’t [...]

DUST 514 Free or Not?…Not

Posted on Jul 11, 2011

Today in an interview with CCP’s CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson via Gameindustry.biz, Hilmar discussed the business model their new MMOFPS DUST 514 would be using.  Hilmar stated that they would be charging players a “cover charge” fee ranging from $10 – 20 upfront which would be converted into in-game currency, You’re really getting the game for free but you [...]

Eve Online Heading to Japan

Posted on Jul 07, 2011

CCP is partnering up with Nexon to bring Eve Online to Japan this fall.  While Eve Online is already available world-wide, Nexon will bring a fully localized game client and product services to Japanese players.  This will allow players located in Japan to play in their native language which should greatly increase the Japanese player base. EVE [...]

MMOCrunch’s E3 Awards 2011

Posted on Jun 14, 2011

E3 2011 is over and now that we’d had some time to contemplate what we saw and heard, we are proud to present our E3 MMO Awards.  We decided to keep it short and sweet and only give out three awards total.  Best MMO, Most Anticipated and Most Innovative. Most Anticipated MMO Star Wars: The [...]