Dirty Bomb scraps microtransactions as development winds down

Hey! You there! That's right, you - there's free stuff coming your way if you play Dirty Bomb after Tuesday 15th January. The catch is active development will be ending along with this.

You may recall that in October last year, developer Splash Damage announced it could no longer "financially justify" working on Dirty Bomb. To lessen the pain for players, the developer has elected to remove all monetisation as part of the game's final update.

"We wanted to turn this update into a celebration of Dirty Bomb, allowing players old and new to experience everything, without a cost," Splash Damage's blog post states. "We've been working to remove all monetisation from Dirty Bomb, and also have thrown in a few extra treats as a thank you to all of our players for supporting the title over the years."

Read more…