

Khoury was unable to say how much the micro-transactions would cost, but she referred to several different packs of in-game currency being available, priced varying amounts.īut even with a bank balance full of money, developer Visceral Games has made sure you can't boost your way to the best weapons at the very beginning of the game. "You can buy resources with real money, but scavenger bots can also give you the currency that you can use on the marketplace," Dead Space 3 associate producer Yara Khoury explained to Eurogamer. These resources (materials, scrap parts and the like) can be picked up by the player, picked up by scavenger bots you send out, or alternatively bought through a quick purchase from the in-game store.

The message pops up when you don't have enough resources to piece together the beefy new weapon you're after.

We spotted mention of "downloadable content" during a recent hands-on play session with the game. Dead Space 3 includes micro-transactions as part of its weapon crafting system, Eurogamer can reveal.
