The Tomorrow Children wordt free-to-play

The Tomorrow Children is een PS4-exclusive van de makers van Pixeljunk die er al een hele tijd zit aan te komen, maar waar slechts sporadisch zaken van naar buiten komen. Nu heeft men Gamescom evenwel aangegrepen om wat meer duidelijkheid omtrent de game te brengen.

Zo zal het spel uiteindelijk free-to-play zijn, maar wie er al vroeger mee aan de slag wil, kan dat vanaf 4 september in early access door een Founders Pack van 20 euro te kopen. Dat levert je dan meteen de nodige in-game extra's op en je mag tot vijf vrienden uitnodigen om meteen al mee te spelen. Tegen de dag van de feitelijke release wordt dit Founders Pack dan vervangen door een Frontier Pack, dat vermoedelijk min of meer hetzelfde zal bevatten maar dan voor wat meer euro's.

Hieronder alvast de inhoud van het Founders Pack:

• Bourgeoisie papers — This is your first step to becoming a resident of The Void. By earning the “rezidenty” status, player’s will have the privilege to participate in creating structures and items to build your town, access to new tools, and the ability to build your very own house within the town. Also includes five F2P invitations to send to friends.
• Lv1 Arms License — Unlocks access to higher-tier weapons at the weapons dealer in town (purchase items with in-game currency earned by completing various labor tasks).
• Lv1 Tools License — Unlocks access to higher tier tools at the tool dealer in town (purchase items with in-game currency earned by completing various labor tasks).
• Eagle Corp. Jetpack — This high-end Black Market paid item will take you to new heights, allowing you to reach otherwise inaccessible areas on tops of “islands” to mine resources and find hidden items.
• Special costume — “Miner Gear” costume to customize your in-game “projection clone” character.
• Exclusive PSN avatar pack — This is a pack containing three exclusive PSN avatars limited to the Founders Pack.
• 1000 Freeman Dollars — Currency that can be used at the black market to purchase a variety of high-powered weapons, tools, and more, and can also be used as bribes to government officials for quick personal benefit. (This is separate from the in-game credits collected from the town’s City Hall after completing various labor tasks, which are used at the normal vendors in town.)