Rumour: Leaked Images Suggest F2P Just Cause 3 In The Works With Microtransactions

Some leaked screenshots have cropped up from what looks to be an early debug build of Just Cause 3. These images by no means the absolute real deal but they look to indicate a move towards microtransactions for the roaming open-world series.The originals cropped up on a forum called xbox-underground in a thread started by user ‘Chr0m3 x MoDz’, who claims these are legitimate screenshots taken from an early build of Just Cause 3. This should all be taken with a hefty grain of salt but it certainly looks a lot like Just Cause 3, and we know Avalanche Studios has been working on something in collaboration with Square Enix again, namely “Project Mamba”, a 'groundbreaking' open-world action title.A shift to a F2P model or the introduction of microtransactions seems like a strange one, but Square Enix has been pretty vocal in the past that it wants to get involved is this area, ably demonstrated by the recently announced Triad Wars, a F2P Sleeping Dogs spin-off. The image below clearly shows a menu where players can buy or rent vehicles to drive using an unnamed currency, but it remains to be seen whether this is for cold, hard cash.

If you're worried about the prospect of a microtransaction-riddled Just Cause 3 then Avalanche founder Christofer Sundberg's words won't ease your woes, who tweeted last year that "Micro-Transactions, subscriptions and other biz models will be the next generation of games. It is that simple."