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o7 :'(

The last time they came out and said something first at Fanfest, the world blew up and it was a disaster.

I think announcing it first here, on the forums that the community utilizes, is the responsible way to go about it.

I understand the frustration though.

The thing is i dont know how to use the mouse and the key board .. i ll be so mad if it is only on pc and it is not fair cuz pc users its ok with them they all rady pc users but what about the rest how cant use pc .? it cant be i spent my money on the game and they tell me its on pc come on ccp this is not fair ..

For old time's sake and said for the humor: Adapt or die.

Dear DUST 514 Community,

CCPGÇÖs development team in Shanghai has been working on a prototype for a first-person shooter for PC with the goal of building a great FPS set in our sci-fi universe of New Eden (the universe in which EVE Online, DUST 514, EVE: Valkyrie, and Gunjack are set). Their experience is being utilized to build a new game from scratch using Unreal Engine 4 while harnessing all our learnings from DUST 514. This is in many ways an evolution of Project Legion, the concept we announced at EVE Fanfest 2014, but without the limitations of technical debt and development paths we quickly discovered in that effort that could never serve as a future-proof technology base for a full production game. This new project is still in an early phase of production, and we feel like weGÇÖre on the right track and plan to give an update at EVE Fanfest on April 21st as a part of the free livestream of the event. 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.

We are very proud of what weGÇÖve 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. 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.

Thank you for being a part of DUST 514 on the PlayStation 3. We look forward to the next chapter, and hope youGÇÖll be a part of it and continue the journey with us.

This is like having a friend with a serious illness. I knew they werenGÇÖt doing well but I kept telling myself itGÇÖs going to be ok, there will be a cure, everything will be fine. And suddenly IGÇÖm sitting at the deathbed, lost for words and grasping straws. Shocked that the end came so quickly even if I knew it was inevitable.

Dust was my first competitive FPS I have ever played and it has a very special place in my heart. I have yet to find a game that could replace it but I guess it can never be replaced. Not really. Even with all its faults, bad management, bugs and rage quits, I loved it. I kept dreaming of a better future but alas, it was never meant to be.

IGÇÖm thankful I joined Escapist when they were testing the beta but without my friends in L.O.T.I.S. my time here probably would have been short. They took a noob and made her feel welcome. Together we had some of the best times I have ever had in a video game. I feel lucky to have met you and played with you and even luckier to have met my boyfriend here. This game was something special.

So farewell my friend, you will be missed o7

Ok just a quick summery of answers to comments in this thread so far that I think I can give while dancing on the edge of the NDA......

There is a rough approximation of the specs that the team is aiming for. The CPM is aware of that spec level but obviously we can't tell you in case it changes. But for anyone who's eyeing up Alienware levels of performance PC's you're wasting your money. Shop around for the components and make it yourself for half the cost. Plenty of guides out there to show you how its done.

But more important than that, you're going to find that you've built a stupidly overpowered PC for the new game. We're talking mid level here with maybe a decent GPU (but certainly not a GTX980 ti) to do all the bells and whistles that UE4 can do. Hopefully the team will be talking more about that in the build up to Fanfest.

On the matter of Fanfest, it's my personal assumption that while Rattati is going to tell you some details and insights into the thinking behind the new game but the majority of any information will likely be revealed at Fanfest. It is CCP's biggest event of the year after all. But the CPM were adament that any announcing should be done prior to Fanfest, directly to the Dust community at the earliest opportunity. And CCP agreed with us. We didn't have to fight hard for that at all.

Some have been talking about being told sooner. That would've been awesome but thats not how game development works unfortunately. You're likely familiar with terms like Pre Alpha, Alpha, Closed Beta, Open Beta, etc. But there are also internal stages of development which are called many different things depending on the developer.

CCP only wanted to tell you what they knew was concrete and going to happen. So far, so good. But as some of you had noticed, the sales of Aurum were turned off at the same time as the announcement over three separate divisions of Sony's PSN.

That unfortunately takes some time and a level of co-ordination to arrange, it wasn't a matter of flipping a single switch. A consequence of the move to PC will be to eliminate a lot of these unnecessary delays.

Some have commented that the CPM could've said something sooner. Saying that marks you as someone blissfully unaware of the legal consequences of breaking an NDA. Its easy to say, 'well I would've' when it's not your career or legal liability at risk. But trust me, when you've read one and your signature is on it.....

Some might say, we should have resigned in protest. But really, what would that have accomplished? Absolutely nothing except removing player representation from CCP's thinking. And because of the NDA, any resigning CPM couldn't say why.

Players have been asking about asset transfer. Again this is something that needs further discussion and clarification with the player base. The CPM is already actively talking to CCP about this. Once we have something thats ready to bring to your attention we will do so. But by all means carry on giving feedback on this issue.

Cant think of anything more at the moment that I can talk about. But the CPM and CCP are paying close attention to the forums.

Cheers

Why CCP, you don't copy Dust 514 in PC, just the time for waiting your new game?

This in a nutshell is what Project Legion was but as the OP stated, it was clear that it wasn't going to be future proof. It was also bringing over with it a lot of the problems that Dust had in the first place.

That and the fact that Demo shown at Fanfest required two Titan GPU's running at galactic temperatures, somewhat limited its ability to run on a mid level machine.

Some have commented that the CPM could've said something sooner. Saying that marks you as someone blissfully unaware of the legal consequences of breaking an NDA. Its easy to say, 'well I would've' when it's not your career or legal liability at risk. But trust me, when you've read one and your signature is on it.....

Some might say, we should have resigned in protest. But really, what would that have accomplished? Absolutely nothing except removing player representation from CCP's thinking. And because of the NDA, any resigning CPM couldn't say why.

Some have been talking about being told sooner. That would've been awesome but thats not how game development works unfortunately. You're likely familiar with terms like Pre Alpha, Alpha, Closed Beta, Open Beta, etc. But there are also internal stages of development which are called many different things depending on the developer.

CCP only wanted to tell you what they knew was concrete and going to happen. So far, so good.

Some might say, we should have resigned in protest. But really, what would that have accomplished? Absolutely nothing except removing player representation from CCP's thinking. And because of the NDA, any resigning CPM couldn't say why.

Well I hope i get to keep most of my paid stuff and SP which was promised waaaaay back 2 fanfest ago....