More Weapon Concept Art

New concept art featuring Minmatar infantry weapon technology from Dust514.org. The Minmatar SMG, and the Mass Driver grenade launcher.

Dust 514 is only the beginning.

In this video, CCP's CTO Halldor Fannar revealed that more games connected to EVE, and taking place in the same universe will probably be released. CCP plans on exploring any forms of gameplay compatible with the EVE scifi universe and its philosophy.

What Fanfest attendees think of Dust 514

Overall the reactions seem to be positive, though there are things that need to get worked out. The video also features a some vehicular gameplay footage, and nice SMG that we didn't get to see much of. Enjoy

The Rippling Effect of Revolution

History has shown us that revolutions spread. The American Revolution inspired the French Revolution. The communist revolutions of Russia spread to China, Korea, Vietnam, South America, and various other places. What started as a revolution in Tunisia has spread to Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Bahrain, and various other nations in the Middle East. Though a gaming revolution is something very different, and has much less in stake, the effect of a successful one will echo throughout the world of gaming, and lead to some big changes that will effect generations to come.

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Looting or "No Soup For You!!"

"Looting (Hindi lūṭ, akin to Sanskrit luṭhati, [he] steals; also Latin latro, latronis "thief")—also referred to as sacking, plundering, despoiling, despoliation, and pillaging—is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe, such as during war,[1] natural disaster,[2] or rioting" --Wikipedia

We've all been there. You bite it. The cause is insignificant. One less ticket. If it's bad, you might get the old frank and beans on the forehead from some overzealous assailant. If it's REALLY bad it might come with a side of prox chat and vague references to certain family members.

Interesting Fanfest Images

During some Fanfest presentations, certain images were shown to give us an idea of how certain things will work, and what is to come later. These images include planet diagrams, terrain, rogue drones, and MTAC (mech), and a vehicle on a lava planet. Enjoy

Dust 514 Overload (updated!)

This past weekend was a time to rejoice for fans of Dust 514. Between Fanfest and the Dust 514 PS Home event there was a virtual smorgasboard of information released. We've got most of the articles, fanfest roundtables. tournament vids and even a breakdown by yours truly. ENJOY.

New Info, and New Screenshots Released

On Dust514.org CCP released new information regarding the game; this includes character role information, a suggestion of raising the player cap, and new information about the PVE (player vs enemy AI) mode.

Free Fanfest Link!

In today's 24-hour news cycle we still have to be thankful for free options. Here's your link to the free Fanfest link CCP has setup for us to appreciate the event from afar. ENJOY.

http://t.co/W6GOKcAD

PS Home Dust 514 Event

This Thursday, March 22nd marks one of the most useful applications of PS Home to date, streaming Dust 514 footage from CCP's annual event FanFest. We've always been big fans of using Home as a better application to advertise and promote games and their content. This could be the start of a solid advertising campaign for Dust.

Could there be a better way to introduce the first glimpse of Dust than by tons of gameplay? In addition, there will also be a Q&A session afterwards where using the #dust514 Twitter hashtag gets your many questions straight to the Devs. Hopefully we'll see your avatars at the event and/or your questions on Twitter.

Until Thursday!

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What CCP can learn from the StarHawk Beta

Recently we had the chance to get some extended time inside the PS3's Starhawk beta and while the gameplay was solid and strangely addictive, we were actually more impressed with how well the beta itself was done. We only hope that the Dust 514 beta will be as organized and well-executed. Many people's first experience's in Dust will be in the beta period and so it has to show potential, solid gameplay and the ability to tune gameplay elements that may not be polished. Here are some of the things we noticed in the Starhawk beta that we'd like to see CCP do well.