DUST 514 will be a MMO FPS game where players get their missions from EVE Online players. It will be in the same EVE Online universe but from a different perspective if you will. Not to mention that the game will be on consoles while EVE is a PC game. Sounds very promising.
This is the kind of innovation that the gaming industry has been lacking for years. I probably wouldn't go back to playing games for this, but I'm happy to hear about a fresh new idea like this.
And by the way, this is the first time I've used the linking feature from Google Reader to Blogger. It makes things easy.
A recent interview from German gaming blog Gamona with CCP Games CEO Hilmar Pétursson is likely going to turn a few heads in the MMO gaming realm -- it reveals a few savory details about the recently revealed spin-off of EVE Online, titled DUST 514. It sounds like they're trying something groundbreaking with this new title -- it'll be a console MMOFPS with real-time strategy elements, in which mercenary players take job contracts from EVE Online players.
Considering the constant power struggle between EVE's player alliances (that's space-talk for 'guilds'), there'll be no shortage of odd jobs available for DUST 514's hired guns. For more information on how these two games will interact, you can check out the full video interview after the jump.
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