Origins of Malu will launch as F2P “over the next couple months”

Origins of Malu is an open world sandbox MMO that we haven't covered before because it seemed to have all the makings of a buy-to-play game. Somewhat surprisingly, at least to us, Burning Dog Media has announced that it will launch as free-to-play on Steam “in a staged manner over the next couple months.” The team said that they will drop the price of early access when most of the current issues are sorted out. Burning Dog is also handling development alone but the studio is still looking for investors.

Origins of Malu is set on an alien world and currently has mixed reviews on Steam, but most of them are based on builds from early 2015, so here's hoping that the game has improved in the meantime.