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EVE Vanguard gets extremely vague roadmap promising “major event” before early access launchAim for the stars and all that
Aim for the stars and all that
Image credit:CCP Games
Image credit:CCP Games
They get knocked down, but they get up again, and you’re apparently never going to keepEve Onlinestudio CCP Games from trying to make anFPSset in the universe of their Excel(lent?) MMO happen.EVE Vanguard- the studio’s admirable fourth crack at it - was announcedlast September. Since then, it’s been in gated pre-alpha, offering weekend playtests to EVE Online Omega subscribers. According to a new and rather vague roadmap, should get a substantial update this November. Here’s said infographic - more pork scratching-stained napkin scrawl than sat-nav.
Image credit:CCP
As you can see, the roadmap as it stands is effectively a yawping gap charting the time between now and the last open beta event, although there are a few details for plans (though not dates) moving forward. The wishlist includes establishing more economic links between the shooter and their long running MMO, which I still find very cool conceptually despite having no real interest in either. Also planned are more weapon customisation options, “diverse environments”, more progression options, and “expanded gameplay elements” which, y’know, you’d hope so yeah.
The intervening time between now and November-ish will also host a bunch of closed founder tests, culminating in a major update on the 16th of November, and dev diaries such as the below “future visions” trailer, which makes a few comparisions with CCP’s previous FPSDust 514.
Vanguard in Focus | A Future VisionWatch on YouTube
Vanguard in Focus | A Future Vision
As noted, EVE Vanguard is only the latest in a series of attempts at grafting a standalone shooter to the wildly successful and undeniablystoriedMMO. Dust 514 launched in 2013 for PlayStation 3, and shut down a few years later.Project Legionwas announced in 2014, but never saw the light of day. In 2018, CCP were kind enough to fly me to Vegas toshow off Project Nova, but that wascanceled in 2020. Vanguard has neither numbers or the words ‘Project’ in the title, so maybe it’ll fare better?
