Breaking News: EA Shocks, Removes Microtransactions

According to DICE GM Oskar Gabrielson on a blog post via EA.com, Electronic Arts may have thrown in the towel:

We hear you loud and clear, so we’re turning off all in-game purchases.

Unbelievable.

We will now spend more time listening, adjusting, balancing and tuning. This means that the option to purchase crystals in the game is now offline, and all progression will be earned through gameplay. The ability to purchase crystals in-game will become available at a later date, only after we’ve made changes to the game. We’ll share more details as we work through this.

We'll see if does indeed come back at a later date. In the meantime, niub niub!

Read more about this remarkable development on Business Insider.

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