Dust 514 to remain in closed beta until 2013

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PlayStation 3-exclusive shooter Dust 514 will remain in closed beta for the rest of the year, developer CCP Games has told Eurogamer.Early invites to try the EVE Online spin-off were sent out this summer - but a full launch (or even a move to open beta) won't happen until 2013."Things are going well," CCP Games exec David Reid said. "We'll be in closed beta through the end of 2012, but it won't take much longer. With a bet this big you want to get things right."Eurogamer's Dust 514 preview (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-22-dust-514-preview-is-bigger-always-better), written in August, found the game "unsteady" with "a lot of work" still needing to be done.Reid said these criticisms merely showed the game was still in a "real beta" phase."You should expect to see some rough edges, some things not working so well," he said. "Other recent console betas have tended to be working launch demos. We're doing something unprecedented here, and we want to get everything right before we join those two worlds."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-02-dust-514-to-remain-in-closed-beta-for-rest-of-year