Dust 514 Open Beta begins this month

Everyone can get a chance to try the free to play multiplayer shooter

Posted on Jan 14, 2013 - 11:17am EST

CCP Games has announced that on January 22, 2013, DUST 514 will officially move into Open Beta, free to download and play for anyone with a PlayStation 3.

The news comes following January 10, when CCP achieved the major milestone of merging DUST 514 with EVE Online on the Tranquility server hosting the EVE Universe. By uniting DUST 514 and EVE Online on the same single-shard server, CCP has created a single persistent online universe that bridges the PC and console platforms in real time.

“The launch of the DUST 514 Open Beta is another step towards our long-term vision for CCP and EVE,” said Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of CCP. “But this is just the beginning. As we have done with EVE Online, in the coming weeks, and for years to come, we will continually improve upon and add to the DUST 514 experience , as well as add deeper integration between the two games and their communities.”

Available now through the PlayStation Store, the DUST 514 Mercenary Pack grants closed beta access, 40,000 Aurum and a host of in-game items for $19.99, all of which will remain intact as DUST 514 rolls into the Open Beta. In addition, as a special bonus for players in the Closed Beta test, anyone who plays a match before January 22 will receive a 100,000 Skill Point bonus to take into the Open Beta.

DUST 514 exclusively on PlayStation 3 is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer first-person shooter directly connected to the acclaimed science-fiction game EVE Online on PC.