Eve Vegas,Eve Online’s latest fan convention, proved an opportunity for developer CCP to confirm thatProject Nova, CCP Games' latest multiplayer shooter, is still in the works.Project Novawas announced at Eve Fanfest 2016 and has not been shown since. Nervous fans continue to ask for an official update, but it seems that nothing more than a confirmation of life is forthcoming at this time.
When asked for details regardingProject Nova, CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson clarified that the team is “heads-down working on this game.“CCP Gameshas previously stated that it received a lot of feedback from their 2016 debut and that the studio would be putting time into reworking it out of public eye at least for a while longer. But hopes for an Eve Vegas surprise were fufilled, as CCP’s willingness to acknowledge the game’s continued development is more than most companies would say.
During Eve Fanfest earlier this year CCP hinted at some of the changes being made toProject Novaduring this window outside of the public eye. For one, the company now seems to be reevaluating whether or not to releaseProject Novaas a free-to-play game. With this new wave of development, the extra costs may push CCP towards putting a price tag on the game. Such a change would likely shift player expectations forProject Novathough, so maybeProject Nova’s rehaul is more substantial than assumed.
Other details tied toProject Nova’s development from earlier this year include a cryptic statement regarding bringingProject Novacloser to theEveuniverse, but distancing it further from the MMO. Apparently,Dust 514’s closeness to the MMOproved a negative which CCP plans to correct inProject Nova. So while the game remains an online multiplayer game, it may also have story elements of an unspecified nature tying it to its MMO origins.
For now, that’s about as much as is known about CCP’sProject Nova, the latest iteration on what was calledDust 514andProject Legionbefore it. Expect continued radio silence for the time being and hopefully more information by April, 2018’s Eve Fanfest.
Project Novahas no current release window and is planned for the PC.
