The Xbox One and PC create-your-own-game game Project Spark is going completely free. On October 5th, the current free-to-play model will be ditched and all content previously hidden behind a microtransaction paywall will be available to all.In addition to making all the existing items free, developer Team Dakota is adding 200 new props. Players will also be able to create larger environments, as both the terrain size and the item limit restrictions currently in place are being doubled.As a result of the jump to free, Microsoft will no longer be producing DLC for Project Spark. This means that the remaining Conker’s Big Reunion content has been cancelled. It’s now the players’ responsibility to create new content.All of which suggests that Project Spark has died on its ass, right? Well, probably. But the game does have what appears to be a decent community. Microsoft reckons that Project Spark has 200,000 active players sharing 300-400 levels a day.Those who dished out for the retail version of Project Spark (and activated it after July 28th, 2015) and those with unused tokens in their account, are being offered the equivalent amount in Microsoft Store credit. If you qualify, Microsoft says you can expect to get the credit 30-60 days after October 5th.I’m sure there are a lot of angry Project Spark fans out there, people who have spent a lot of money on the game’s microtransactions up to this point. But if a company is going to abandon a game, from the outside this seems like a half decent way to do it. What do you think? I’m especially keen to hear from keen Project Spark creators.
