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Dust 514 is going to be a FPS that links with the Eve Online MMO universe in several ways. From what I understand, it will be a console only game. Eve is an MMO where you fly spaceships, essentially your character is the pilot of that ship. It has fairly complex mechanics and an economy that is about as real as you can get in an imaginary world. It has limited planetary interaction at this point, allowing players to build outposts that produce resources on planets. You can't get out of your ship and go down to a planet though, it doesn't have the ability to take on a first person point of view. Although sometime in the near future there will be the ability to walk around Starbases.
Dust 514 ties into this world. Eve players will be able to hire teams of console players from the internet to take planets or outposts for them and the console players will receive money to buy equipment in return and improve their mercenary teams.
Essentially CCP is about to try a big experiment and if it works it could change the future of computer games. It will be interesting for sure.
From the CCP website:
DUST 514 is a First Person Shooter (FPS) and strategy experience set within the EVE universe. The primary gameplay features brutal ground combat that takes place on the surface of planets, delivering the visceral, adrenaline-fueled experience of futuristic firefights. Developed for the current generation of consoles, DUST 514 will be equal parts battlefield reflexes and strategic planning, allowing commanders and ground infantry to work together, utilizing the real time configurable modular weapons and vehicles at their disposal to adapt to and control dynamic battlefield conditions.
More than a mere persistent world, DUST 514's connection with EVE Online makes New Eden a true virtual reality. The planets that DUST 514 players fight on will be the same planets that EVE pilots see and interact with in space. Both worlds will be linked in such a way that cooperation between players is optional, but beneficial to both if accepted.
Long term, we aim to become the premier service provider of the complete science fiction experience, one in which the experience itself extends from the ground all the way up into space, and on every vehicle in between.
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Dust 514 ties into this world. Eve players will be able to hire teams of console players from the internet to take planets or outposts for them and the console players will receive money to buy equipment in return and improve their mercenary teams.
Essentially CCP is about to try a big experiment and if it works it could change the future of computer games. It will be interesting for sure.
From the CCP website:
DUST 514 is a First Person Shooter (FPS) and strategy experience set within the EVE universe. The primary gameplay features brutal ground combat that takes place on the surface of planets, delivering the visceral, adrenaline-fueled experience of futuristic firefights. Developed for the current generation of consoles, DUST 514 will be equal parts battlefield reflexes and strategic planning, allowing commanders and ground infantry to work together, utilizing the real time configurable modular weapons and vehicles at their disposal to adapt to and control dynamic battlefield conditions.
More than a mere persistent world, DUST 514's connection with EVE Online makes New Eden a true virtual reality. The planets that DUST 514 players fight on will be the same planets that EVE pilots see and interact with in space. Both worlds will be linked in such a way that cooperation between players is optional, but beneficial to both if accepted.
Long term, we aim to become the premier service provider of the complete science fiction experience, one in which the experience itself extends from the ground all the way up into space, and on every vehicle in between.
Trailer:
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