You may remember Dust 514's rather confusing entry system. It was always technically free-to-play, but you had to pay to get in. You'd put up £10-£20 as a fee for downloading and in return you'd get £10-£20's worth of in-game currency to spend on micro-transactions. This turned out to be quite a confusing idea, and it's an idea that has now been scrapped.
Speaking with Eurogamer, Brandon Laurino, executive producer on Dust 514, explained the situation: "It was a relatively confusing proposition and we wanted to make it unambiguous that this is a free-to-play game."
"It's very important as we take steps into this topic to unambiguously state that it is not a pay to win game," Laurino continued. "There is no micro-transaction that you can do that gives you an unfair advantage over someone who hasn't paid anything. It's the classic micro-transaction dynamic of, 'I can pay and get this item,' or, 'I can invest my time and get this item.' But neither of those options will give me an unfair advantage over the other."
So there you have it. As soon as Dust 514 is released, it will be yours to love and play, for nothing.
