CCP and Sony Computer Entertainment’s hyrid FPS/RTS shooter, Dust 514 is coming exclusively to PlayStation 3 in Summer 2012.
The shooter will be available to download via the PlayStation Store and will be set in a persistent sci-fi online world featuring ground and air combat. CCP, the brains behind popular PC MMO Eve Online, believes that PlayStation 3 is the perfect MMO-friendly platform.
"When we set out to build a true persistent shooter for consoles, it was evident that Sony’s dedication to providing a flexible and MMO-friendly platform -alongside a robust virtual goods business model- made the PlayStation 3 the natural home for DUST 514," said Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of CCP.
Featuring full PS Move support, Dust 514 will allow gamers to purchase extra weapons, gear and vehicles through micro-transactions.
Here’s the lowdown from the press release:
With DUST 514, EVE’s starship pilots can forge alliances with DUST 514 mercenaries to engage in fierce surface firefights to conquer territories on the planets of New Eden, which are common to both games. The actions of ground troops and orbiting attack fleets are tightly interwoven, with the real time actions of players in one game directly affecting the other. A single bullet fired on the planet below can pivot the balance of power in EVE Online. Every action has consequences, and every reaction has the potential to topple empires.
Dust 514 will be free-to-play and will be supported entirely by the purchases that gamers make on extra gear from the PlayStation Store.