All Starhawk map packs to be free starting with lush and swampy world 'Cypress'

Sony has today announced that Starhawk is now available for the PlayStation 3 in stores all over North America, while European gamers will be able to pick up the game on Friday, May 11th.

To celebrate the release Lightbox Interactive and Sony Santa Monica has revealed that all future map packs released for the game will be available for no additional charge.

"There was a lot of discussion here at LightBox Interactive and Sony Santa Monica on how best to support the community and keep our player base all together as one cohesive group. We really didn’t like how in Warhawk when we released a new map pack, it forced these divisions on our players. And after we released three expansions, our player community was pretty fractured. With Starhawk that ends! We are incredibly excited to announce that all map packs for Starhawk will be free. Yeah, you read that right…FREE." said Dylan Jobe, President of LightBox Interactive

"Whenever we release a map pack you won’t have to pay a friggin’ dime! And we’ve already started the early stages of our next map pack for you guys. Check out these very early sketches (above) from the new planet of Cypress! A lush, swampy world that’s home to an abandoned research facility that many years ago was responsible for researching the mysteries of Rift Energy."

In addition to the free map packs, Dylan Jobe also revealed that Starhawk will also feature paid DLC in the future, although the developers are still currently playing around with what it might be.

Source: PlayStation Blog