ItsEscape from Tarkovby way of the galaxy of New Eden.
If youve followed CCP, you may get a sense of de ja vu.
Its just they’ve only gotten one out the door before.
But we never saw Legion in action.
(Steve Messnerwas unimpressed by an early version of Nova.)
Four years later, in 2020,that project was shuttered.
The development of a new shooter shifted to the recently opened CCP London.
So, we are no longer using the codename Project Nova for this game concept.
That new shooter was to become the newly-announced Vanguard.
Nova was very focused, perhaps too focused.
It didnt seem like it was going to be a project that we wanted to carry further.
Our London project is very much informed by all those efforts.
Maybe this one is somewhere in the middle.
I’ve played Call Of Duty since the dawn of time, Ecker says.
You’re a purist with that kind of stuff.
Now that we’re putting it together, this is something that I think only we can create.
Not 20 weapons or 50 levels or tanks and space.
Though, Arnason is also well aware of the risks.
We’ve seen a lot of forward momentum since that decision.
When he joined in April this year, [Vanguard] was in bits.
We had core mechanics moving and shooting and it felt good.
It will only have one map, one gun, and a couple of contracts for players to experience.
We have a million ideas and hypotheticals for Vanguard, Ecker says.
We’re working it out.
As Peturssontold Jeremy Peel last year, Were extremely stubborn about wanting to make [this] happen.
First-person shooters are just way easier to get into, Ecker adds.
The players I spoke with at Fanfest liked the gameplay shown in the keynote presentation.
They then placed an extraction beacon and were killed by another Vanguard squad before they could airlift to safety.
Attendees immediately saw how the game could fit into their EVE schedule.
That’s great variety.
[A] gateway drug into EVE, so to speak.
We are not saying we have delivered everything [that Dust will be] when it has come out.
This is the first step.
It took us ten years to get EVE to where it is today.
This is the first step on the journey of Eve and Dust together.
There will be a second decade of development.
Firstly, its launching on PC, not a console that was due to be replaced six months later.
Secondly is the vE in Vanguards PvPvEs pitch.
you’re able to drop onto a planet by yourself and complete contracts, facing only AI-controlled enemies.
