CCP Games has boasted that its upcoming blaster DUST 514 will be the biggest multiplayer FPS available on the market in terms of “scale, depth and volume of content.”
That’s according to executive producer Brandon Laurion, who backed up the claims by pointing out that the game will feature battles raging across entire solar systems.
"You’re looking at a conflict taking place across thousands of planets, so we’re not just talking a dozen maps – we’re talking an entire universe of planets and areas of engagement within them,” said Laurion, in a post on the PlayStation Blog.
Elsewhere, the developer also revealed how CCP has plucked influence from a variety of social and mobile games in order to allow them to quickly update the game with fresh content.
"Taking our experience with EVE Online and also, some inspiration found in the best microtransaction based MMOs, social and mobile games, and we’ve set up our workflow so that we can iterate and add new content very quickly. In terms of scale, depth and volume of content, DUST 514 will easily be the biggest multiplayer FPS on the market – also by virtue of being an MMOFPS, not just an FPS,” explained Laurion.
Due out on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, Dust 514 takes place in the EVE universe and will allow gamers to interact with EVE Online for the PC, including functions such as cross-platform chat between both games.
Dust 514 is scheduled for release in spring 2012.