CCP unveils new console MMOFPS, DUST 514

[Okaria]

This morning during his keynote presentation at GDC Europe, CCP CEO Hilmar Petursson announced the EVE Online developer's first console MMO DUST 514. The game takes place in the EVE Online universe, but from a decidedly different perspective: on the ground. Players will fight for control of planets of New Eden.

"The primary gameplay of DUST 514 features brutal ground combat that takes place on the surface of planets from EVE, delivering the visceral, adrenaline-fueled experience of futuristic firefights. Developed for the current generation of consoles, DUST 514 combines equal parts battlefield reflexes and strategic planning, giving commanders and ground infantry real-time configurable weapons and modular vehicles to manage dynamic battlefield conditions."

DUST 514 doesn't just take place in the EVE storyline, it takes place in the actual universe, in real time. EVE players will be able to hire DUST 514 mercenaries and send them on missions.

"DUST battlefields will dictate who control specific planets inside the EVE MMO. If a player contracts a DUST mercenary team to go and conquer this district of a planet. Then ultimately he will be able to control the planet, and therefore the solar system, and therefore the constellation, and the region.

You will increasingly have to fight with your fleet [in EVE Online] but you will also have to contract people who play DUST, the console MMO, which then feeds into the sovereignty control system of EVE. Then EVE feeds back into that again by funding the mercenaries, giving them goals." In a nod to Starship Troopers, he said, "The fleet does the flying, the infantry does the dying.

Video: Dust 514 - Ego-Shooter im Universum von Eve Online - Gamescom 2009 (5:18)

We'll update you as details on this exciting new title develop.

[Enk]

Looks really cool. This announcement just gave me renewed interest in EVE so I just reopened my account lol. Looking forward to hearing more info on this for sure.

[Abaci]