More DUST 514 info revealed in video interview with CCP Games CEO
by James Egan 
Aug 27th 2009 at 5:00PM
Filed under: Sci-fi, Video, EVE Online, Events, real-world, Interviews, MMO industry, New titles, Consoles, DUST 514
The DUST 514 announcement from CCP Games pretty much lit up the internet during Gamescom. In case you missed it, the creators of the space-based MMO EVE Online announced that DUST 514 is a console MMO that combines a first person shooter with elements of a real time strategy game. Console gamers will play as mercenaries in DUST 514, hired guns that conquer territories, cities, even entire planets for the EVE Online players who employ them. These are the very same planets found in EVE Online. The ever-shifting solar system borders between player alliance (guild) territories in EVE means there will be an endless supply of lucrative contracts, and presumably military hardware, rolling in for DUST mercs.
To simply call this intertwining of two separate MMOs "ambitious" would be an understatement. This is really new ground in the industry, and no one's certain how this is going to work out. Many are skeptical. Quite a number of people wonder about what DUST 514 is going to mean for MMOs and for FPS games. Can a console MMO really integrate with EVE Online? Will EVE players accept that gamers who've never flown a single day in their New Eden galaxy will be able to affect their control over solar systems? There are so many questions.
Fortunately, a video interview with CCP Games CEO Hilmar Pétursson at Gamona sheds a little more light on the game and its integration with EVE Online. Stick with us after the jump for a video embed of Hilmar discussing DUST 514.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Argee said on 5:08PM 8-27-2009
What console is being talked about? Sony and Microsoft have never let their consoles play in any network together so will there be 360 teams and other worlds with PS3 teams?
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Wisdomandlore said on 7:14PM 8-27-2009
Don't PS2s, PCs, and Xbox360s all hook up to the same FFXI servers?
Dblade said on 12:17AM 8-28-2009
FFXI is special though. It's the only game you can play on a 360 without need Live Gold-part of the deal i think for Microsoft to get a SE title on it was that it only needed silver access to play. No other games are cross platform like it-Phantasy Star Universe was split into Xbox360 servers and PS2/PC servers.
Most of the announced MMO for console have been specific to one system only, because of the nature of live.
Stormdragon said on 5:12PM 8-27-2009
Talk about the mouse that roared....CCP never ceases to amaze me.
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bartvanzegbroeck said on 5:34PM 8-27-2009
yay! let's blow shit up, it's our "skill" :p
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Stu said on 5:41PM 8-27-2009
Sony and Microsoft will. Think of Final Fantasy XI, its on PS2/3 360 & PC. not like traditional shooters.
I can't wait to hear more details of Dust 514
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brandoncrowe said on 7:50PM 8-27-2009
I just want to hear informatoin on WoD (World of Darkness). Such disappointment when they revealed that their next new game was not WoD.
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Evi said on 2:21PM 8-28-2009
Me too. I was so disappointed. I was really hoping they were finally going to give us a few snippets about WoD. Come on, guys! We know you're working on it! Throw us a bone here! :)
Ichamur said on 9:15PM 9-09-2009
Truthfully, I'm still very skeptical.
I would love for this game to work out and all but the thing is. I mean normally if a game fails no one really notices some may buy it then inevitably have to forget about the lost money. However, with a game such as DUST, they are trying to merge 2 different game worlds into one with a kind of communal relationships to one another. EVE works with DUST and DUST works with EVE. And along with introducing DUST they are altering EVE to fit in with the new game as well.
So my point is, if DUST fails it will be bad for EVE as well. And as an EVE gamer I just don't want my game to go downhill.
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CunningB said on 4:36AM 8-28-2009
Well you can rest assured then, as far as i can tell from all the related media i've read, Sov can still be won without Dust participation which ,aside from any economic transcations, will be dusts major impact on the game.
So if no one plays Dust large alliances will just have to go the other routes to hold down systems, and if no ones buying the possible items for dust warriors then no one in eve will take the time to produce them.
Its a pretty clever system, if it works it'll be a great step forward for mmo's, if it dosn't there should be little to no impact on everyday EvE life :)