The development of Project Nova, the codename for CCP Games’Eve Onlinemultiplayer first-person shooter spin-off title, has been in limbo for several years and now the death knell for the project has officially been rung.
CCP Grendel announced on Reddit that the development of theEve Onlinemultiplayer spin-offProject Nova, which was originally scheduled to enter a closed alpha test in November 2018, has instead been permanently shut down. The reasons given were that, after listening to player feedback given in focus groups and research sessions, it became clear to the developer that the game was not moving forward as desired and gameplay did not live up to the original vision for the project. The decision, Project Nova’s game director Snorri Árnason stated, was a creative and not a financial one.
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The company went on to assure fans that a spin-off title is not off the table, although Project Nova as it has been known will cease to exist. Instead, a differentEve Onlinemultiplayer project will be handled by CCP London and will essentially replace Project Nova. The new title will expand the scope of what was originally intended for Project Nova and will offer a solid sci-fi multiplayer shooter experience with “stellar” visuals. The Iceland team in the meantime, which had been working on Project Nova, has already moved on to otherEve-related projects.
Details about the game that CCP London is working on will remain under wraps for the time being. CCP Grendel stated in itsReddit postthat the company is going to refrain from announcing internal project codenames until the games have progressed enough for an official reveal. This will allow the company to keep down the hype and reduce the inevitable disappointment when project shuffling or shutdowns such as this occur. It also means that CCP will begin to show their work rather than simply tell players about it.
Eve Online’sProject Nova was first announced in April 2016 as the spiritual successor to 2013’sDUST 514,CCP Games’first attempt to create a multiplayer first-person shooter based in the world ofEve Online.That game featured cross-compatibility withEveand allowed players inDust 514to call in air strikes from theirEve Onlinespaceships, an exciting concept that was unfortunately not given the best of beginnings. The game released exclusively for the PlayStation 3 right near the end of that console’s lifecycle, andDust 514’sservers shut down in May 2016. Project Nova was to pick up whereDust 514had left off, bringing gamers amultiplayer shooterthat maintained the groundbreaking integration withEve Online.
Eve Onlinewas released in 2003 and is available on Mac and PC.
