Friday Video: What if this was a glimpse of DUST 514? [VIDEO]

I'll be honest, I'm getting antsy for some DUST 514 news. Real news. We've been teased by CCP far too many times, and have yet seen any concrete footage of game play. Yeah, yeah, so there was that trailer back in October of 2009, but since then nada! Nothing. I'm really hoping that we'e gonna get some major updates at Fanfest, or else I'm flying off with Nathan's Beer ship and holding it for ransom!

Until then, I'll squint my eyes and imagine this Battlefield 3 video as some DUST 514 trailer. Wouldn't that be awesome!



Damn! If DUST 514 looks anything like this, I might never go back to the MMO. Ok, that might be pushing it, but I'm definitely getting Battlefield 3, for sure!

Friday Video: Could this be a new DUST 514 Trailer by CCP Games?

OK, clearly the video below - Mass Effect 3 Trailer - isn't the one we're all anticipating. But it does have that dirty, gritty, war-is-a-shit-whole feeling to it, which is what I expect the next DUST 514 trailer will look like. Based on the only DUST 514 trailer CCP has been so kind to release (over a year ago I might add - and nothing since!) we can certainly expect a very polished FPS. Let's just hope that it will have the appeal and breadth of the Mass Effect series!

If you were CCP, what sort of trailer would you release to really get people's attention? I'd love to hear your thoughts on that one!


Hope you'll forgive the tease! Fly safe!

Did I Miss Anything: The New and Improved CCP Games?

OK, so I know I've been busy these last few days running a few contests and reading a plethora of great entries, but am I the only one who missed the relaunch of CCPGames.com? One developer, three games, three worlds? Check these screen captures and see for yourself the new site!

EVE Online



DUST 514



World of Darkness



Intriguing eh!

"When Worlds Collide" - DUST 514 makes the cover of EDGE Magazine

The latest issue of EDGE Magazine has the upcoming DUST 514 FPS as its cover feature.

I'll be honest, when I first looked at that cover I thought I was looking at Sheppard from Mass Effect. It took a few seconds and a few words to realize I was looking at a character from DUST 514. So is this the look of what to expect when Incarna (aka Ambulation, aka Walking in Station) rolls out, hopefully by the end of next year?

Anyways, getting back to EDGE, here's some more details on the cover feature:

Subscribers are about to receive their shiny copies of the latest issue of Edge, featuring the debut of Eve Online maker CCP's FPS Dust 514. In shops on November 24.

Though Eve itself is firmly based in Iceland, Dust 514, which is set in Eve's universe, is developed by CCP's new Shanghai studio. A MMOG shooter, Dust's battlefields are absolutely tied to Eve, with Eve players' corporations hiring Dust players to fight for control of planets for them.

In other words, instead of the matchmaking being handled by heartless servers, Dust 514's action will be defined by Eve's players. And who better to try such a fascinating experiment than CCP? It is the developer which, in Eve, produced the most fascinating MMOG culture in the world.

[UPDATE: The site seems down at this moment, though it was up earlier today!]

Friday Video: DUST 514 - The Full Trailer and more!

Dust in looking more and more as one hell of a shooter. And looking at the way CCP Games wants to integrate it into the EVE Online Universe, it just makes me want to loose myself in the game just as I did the first time I popped that Halo DVD into that rented XBOX way back when.

Below is the short trailer in HD, courtesy of the fine folks from CCP PR. I've got a downloadable HIGH RES version, but am waiting for them to give me the green light before I can make available to you guys. I'd you're interested, just leave me a comment.

Enjoy!

I've also found these 2 low-res video that provide much more information then the previous trailer. The two-part video goes on for over 10 minutes and gives you a bit of background information you don't get from the previous video. Hope you appreciate!

You can hear both Torfi's and Nathan's comments during both videos. Quite interesting!

EVE Online Fanfest 2009 Speedlinking

I'm slowly gathering all the good articles and information that I come across in regards to the EVE Online Fanfest Coverage - articles, facts, photos, blog roundups,etc. I'll keep updating this post as I find new info. If you've written something or are aware of a great article I haven't linked too (and there are plenty of these), then please add them to the comments and I'll add it to the list.

What we've learned so far on:

EVE Online

• Ship formations with added bonuses will soon be introduced
• The next expansion, Dominion, is to be launched on December 1st, 2009
• COSMOS social network has been renamed "New Eden"; and some folks just don't agree with the new name
• New Tech III loot as well as Tech III Frigates are coming
• Planetary ring mining (been looking forward to this one for quite some time)
• Comet mining (been promised this way back when)
• @chocolips' take on what COSMOS is - pre-Fanfest

DUST 514

• Will have customizable vehicles. with modules like eve ships.
• DUST 514 is a large-scale multiplayer FPS in the style of the Battlefield 2142
• Will have Microtransactions to allow access to blueprints and stuff.
• DUST Corps and EvE corps can be in the same alliance.
• DUST players act as mercenaries in the pay of EVE Online's space pilots.
• DUST 514 will have microtransactions (aka Micropayments)

From CCP Games

• Dominion Presentation Video

From Massively

• EVE Fanfest 2009 highlights

From EuroGamer (great coverage btw)

• EVE social network site detailed
• DUST 514 to use micro-transations
• EVE: Dominion out December 1st
• DUST 514 preview (a must read!)

From TenTonHammer

• EVE's Economics and "Unholy Rage" Video
• CCP Reveals More Details about DUST 514 at EVE FanFest 2009
• EVE Online Incarna Teaser Trailer
• CCP Unveils DUST 514 at EVE FanFest 2009

From other corners of the Intertubes and Blogosphere

• Roc's Ramblings - Iceland 2009 – Entry #8 & Entry #8b
• Diary of a Pod Pilot - Fanfest 2009 review: Awesomeness
• Hellforge - No Subscription Fees for DUST 514
• Dotlan EVE Maps - Fanfest 2009 Roundup
• ZAM - CCP Presents - Fanfest 2009 Keynote
• DJ Alienhand's EVE Fanfest Party Free track
• The Mondes Persistants' EVE Fanfest 2009 Flickr photo sets - Thursday - Friday - Saturday and Sunday
• @chocolips' Flickr sets - Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 and recap post

EVE Blog Banter #12: Tying the dots and locking me in!

Welcome to the twelfth installment of the EVE Blog Banter, the monthly EVE Online blogging extravaganza created by CrazyKinux. The EVE Blog Banter involves an enthusiastic group of gaming bloggers, a common topic within the realm of EVE Online, and a week to post articles pertaining to the said topic. The resulting articles can either be short or quite extensive, either funny or dead serious, but are always a great fun to read! Any questions about the EVE Blog Banter should be directed here. Check out other EVE Blog Banter articles at the bottom of this post!

This month's banter comes to us from none other than me, myself and I, and I ask the following: First there was the MMO on the PC, and now with the recent announcement of DUST 514, EVE will soon be moving onto consoles. But what about mobile? Allow your imagination to run wild for a second and describe how you would see EVE being ported to mobile devices, whether the iPhone/iPod touch, Blackberrys or Android-based devices. Dream the impossible for us!

EVE Online Speedlinking for Saturday August 22nd, 2009

Well what a week this was for EVE Online! And we're still weeks away from the October Fanfest! That promises well then, doesn't it! Let's get to it then shall we.

EVE Blogosphere

• Eve Tweeters « Yarrbear Tales - Important EVE capsuleers using Twitter
• Space Captain Starke and the Tribal Liberation Force | EVE-Mag.com
• Nashh Kadavrs EVE Blog: Celebrity Death Match #5 Kirith Kodachi
• So I thought last weekend was busy - Advice on fleet movement
• Bookmarks Mark II ~ Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah
• Review – Crow ›› EVE's Weekend Warrior
• Live Blogging the QEN - Q2 2009 ~ Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah
• The Most Dangerous Game | EVE-Mag.com
• EVE Player Blogs OPML Download updated | The Wandering Druid of Tranquility
• Howto: know if someone tries to scan you down - Aeon's EVE
• Sweet Little Bad Girl: Another milestone - Congrats!
• Punishment: Things are about to get interesting
• EVE - Wotlankor:
• Prelude to battle
• There and Back Again
• Letrange's EvE Blog: Pilot Attitude
• Level Cap: How to Get More People Playing Eve
• The Industry & Community react to CCP's DUST 514
• The EVE Blog Pack Expansion - This is your chance!
• Blog Pack Open For Submissions ~ Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah
• Getting onto the Blogpack « A Misguided Adventurer

Massively

• Fan-run EVE contest will let winner interview CCP dev on podcast
• EVE Evolved: Wormhole piracy 101 - Massively

CCP Devs

• Audio in EVE Online
• Unholy Rage
• Production, Production, Production - We want more production ....
• Quarterly Economic Newsletter for Q2 of 2009
• Patch Notes for Apocrypha 1.5

District 9 Reviews

• 9 Things Parents Should Know About District 9
• Review: Gritty Lead Performance Drives District 9’s Alien Vérité
• Level Cap: District 9 Mecha Madness
• Why District 9 is like a videogame, and why it says more about apartheid than you think (Spoilers)

Gaming & Miscellaneous

• Rock, Paper, Shotgun:
• Things Of Mass Effect 2
• RPS Asks: Do You Build Your Own PC?
• Nothing To Do With Air Benders: Avatar
• 7 Good Reasons to Switch to Windows 7
• 7 Reasons to Avoid Windows 7

Lots to read as you can see! Enjoy.

The Industry & Community react to CCP's DUST 514

It's been a few days now about CCP Games big announcement. And now that the dust has settled (punned intended), I thought it would be interesting to list some of the coverage it got; both from the industry coverage as well as by the gaming/blogging community. Enjoy the read!

Gaming Industry News

• DUST514.org - A dedicated site by Eddie Gordo that showcases all related news!
  
  
• Gamasutra - News - Breaking: CCP Announces Dust 514 Console MMO At GDC Europe
• CCP Unveils DUST 514 | Reuters
• GDC: New CCP 'Dust 514' Console MMO to Feed EVE Online - PC World
• EVE Comes To Consoles As An Online Shooter - Dust 514 - Kotaku
• EVE Online : What Dust 514 Means For Virtual Worlds
• The Escapist : News : EVE Online Creators Unveil Mysterious 'Dust 514'
• EVE Online Developer Unveils Console-Based First-Person Shooter | Wired.com
• CCP unveil FPS DUST 514 at GDC Europe – Geek.com
• EVE Online - Cross-Platform Play in DUST 514 - MMORPG.com
• The Daily Grind: Will you be trying out DUST 514?
• DUST 514 Explored

Blogging Community

• DUST 514: EVE Online to get its First Person Shooter
• warp drive active » DUST 514 Announced
• sered's lives: Questions on CCP's new 'Dust 514' console game
• The Common Sense Gamer ? DUST 514: Odd but good
• Dust 514 « Roc’s Ramblings
• Letrange's EvE Blog: Woah
• A Nasty Marketing Ploy ›› EVE's Weekend Warrior
• So, we have Dust 514….a console game | The Wandering Druid of Tranquility
• Unexcited About DUST 514 ~ Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah
• Thoughts on DUST 514 | Morphisat's Blog
• Petition to get Dust 514 on PC | Articulated Sky
• Biomassed, Perplexed and Langour: Get out of my space!
• Heartless_ Gamer | Scott Jennings in Left Field, Finds Dust
• EVE Online tie-in Dust 514 Revealed :: GameDrone
• Quick! Someone grab the Swiffer!
• Adding some action to EVE
• Hit the Dirt
• Thoughts on Dust 514
• Dust 514 - The Implications
• Harnessing the power of Dust, Part 1: Dreams
• Harnessing the power of Dust, Part 2: Fears
• Death's Sweetest Kiss: DUST In My Head

Finally here are some official news from CCP

• CCP Unveils DUST 514 (Press Release)
• DUST 514 Interview with CCP Ceo

If you've written a post about this new EVE-based FPS, then please let me know about it in the comments and I'll add it to the list if I deem that it's relevant.

EVE Online's DUST 514 Teaser Video

Video: Dust 514 – Ego-Shooter im Universum von Eve Online – Gamescom 2009 (5:18)

This gives me goose bumps!

[Found via Warp Drive Active - Thanks Winterblink]

DUST 514: EVE Online to get its First Person Shooter

Oh boy am I excited about this one! I've been dreaming for quite some time about an FPS for EVE, and now CCP has announced that its Shanghai studio has been working on such a game! I first mentioned this desire of mine back in May of last year when I hinted that an EVE Online shooter would look somewhat like the dark and gory Gears of War XBOX 360 game. Later that year we got a glimpse of such a game (check the last video) but the details weren't too clear. Was this some sort of tease, or teaser? And then as recently as June of this year, I wrote an article about a possible EVE FPS. Man do I like to be proven right!

Here are some additional details provided in the Press Release:

DUST 514, featuring first-person shooter and RTS-style gameplay, will interact directly with EVE Online, CCP’s critically acclaimed flagship MMO. This interplay between the two games opens the EVE universe to console gamers and gives them a chance to become part of one of the most massive cooperative play and social experiences ever.

[...]

The primary gameplay of DUST 514 features brutal ground combat that takes place on the surface of planets from EVE, delivering the visceral, adrenaline-fueled experience of futuristic firefights. Developed for the current generation of consoles, DUST 514 combines equal parts battlefield reflexes and strategic planning, giving commanders and ground infantry real-time configurable weapons and modular vehicles to manage dynamic battlefield conditions.

Now entering its third year of production, DUST 514 is the primary development focus of CCP’s Shanghai studio. The team includes veteran designers of EVE Online and experienced talent from various sectors of the video game industry.

Add to that the fact that the idea behind my latest contest is about integrating planetary conquest into the EVE the MMO, and you'll understand why I'm pretty proud of myself at this very moment!

OK, that's enough chest pounding alpha-male behavior for one day! Back to my humble self I return. Still, I'm fracking excited about this one. Seriously!

[Press release]

[Dev Blog]