The servers for CCP Games’ massively multiplayer online shooter DUST 514 will be shut down in May.
Senior Community Developer CCP Frame confirmed the news via a forum post today when he wrote:
“We are very proud of what we’ve learned and accomplished with DUST 514 on PlayStation 3 over the past three years and it is an honor to be a part of such a dedicated community. We consider DUST 514 one of the best free-to-play offerings on the platform, but the years have caught up with us.”
He also announced that players can no longer purchase items in-game, and that all DUST 514 packs have now been removed from the PlayStation Store.
“It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that DUST 514 will be shutting down on May 30th, 2016. We therefore will not be releasing the 1.3 update as we had planned. Players will continue to be able to play for free on our servers until then, but all further PSN packs and purchases have been removed and disabled from the in-game marketplace and the PlayStation Store. Players with existing Aurum will be able to continue to purchase items from the in-game marketplace.”
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DUST 514 launched on PS3 in May 2013 as a free-to-play title with optional micro-transactions. Though many shooter fans were overwhelmed by DUST’s steep learning curve, there’s no doubting the passion and dedication of the DUST community who will see this as a very sad day indeed.
CCP’s focus now turns to a new first-person shooter for PC which will be an evolution of Project Legion, which was announced at EveFanFest in 2014.
"Since this new game will be different from DUST 514 (although keeping many of its great parts), we will provide tiered recognition rewards to our loyal DUST customers, details to be announced," writes CCP Frame.
Did you play DUST 514? How do you feel about the server closure?