I’ve spoken at length about my tentative pleasure for CCP’s formidable shooter, EVE Vanguard. The developer behind the venerable EVE Online needs to do one thing completely different with its tackle the FPS; it needs to take the shared-world shooter template laid out by the likes of Destiny and Helldivers 2 and apply all of the learnings of EVE to it. It needs to make it extra significant to the typical participant. It needs to reinvigorate the style.
Lots of people are doubtful concerning the lofty claims the sport is making. You may learn extra concerning the sport on the first hyperlink up above, and also you’ll get extra data on it as I proceed to cowl Eve FanFest 2025 over the subsequent few days, too. However phrases are low cost, proper? CCP Video games is eager so that you can attempt the rattling factor out for your self, and – as such – it has lastly introduced the early entry launch date for EVE Vanguard as a part of its keynote presentation at FanFest at the moment.
When you’re eager to get your arms on the sport, EVE Vanguard will enter into Early Entry by way of Steam in Summer time 2026. Earlier than that, although, there’s a public entry occasion taking play a lot earlier on September 16, that means that curious shooter followers which might be chomping on the bit to see CCP’s sort-of follow-up to Dust 514 can achieve this means earlier than its basic Early Entry launch. You could find extra data, and learn the way to get entangled, by way of the game’s Discord.
“As an MMOFPS, EVE Vanguard is being constructed as a player-driven FPS sandbox that includes quite a lot of completely different actions and experiences, all linked by overarching reward and development programs,” reads a press launch concerning the sport. “Gamers will set their very own targets and outline their very own victories, making their mark upon the continuing wars in New Eden. Scavenge, hunt rivals, and full hazardous contracts as you battle throughout the floor of worlds plagued by alternative and wracked with turmoil.”
That’s numerous advertising language, however – principally – it reaffirms what I’ve already seen of the sport; enjoyable, stable capturing underpinning a extra persistent and concerned world. It’s a novel providing, and one thing I feel gamers bored of the seasonal grind in most trendy shooters will truly vibe with rather a lot. However I’ve obtained embargoes to stick to earlier than I am going into extra depth about all that. Keep tuned.
For these which were maintaining rely, it’s possible you’ll realise that these newly-announced dates don’t line up with what we’ve beforehand revealed. In an article I wrote noting that we in all probability are going to get EVE Vanguard on console (we’ll just need to wait until 2028), I used to be given this set of dates:
- 2024 – Founder’s entry
- 2025 – Early entry
- 2027 – World launch
- 2028 – Console rollout
That Early Entry date has clearly been moved up a 12 months, nevertheless it’s at present unclear whether or not or not the remainder of the timeline has been affected (that is one thing I’m going to observe up with CCP Video games with over the course of the weekend). For now, although, anybody inquisitive about what Vanguard truly provides versus the likes of Marathon, Arc Raiders and extra will quickly have the very actual alternative to attempt it out for themselves.