EVE Online

Word on the street suggests that CCP, developers behind space MMO EVE Online may be looking to branch into the FPS genre, possibly even bringing the EVE universe to consoles.

At a recent presentation on the future of the game, company bosses Nathan Richardsson and Hilmar Petursson showed footage of a "Halo-like shooter", featuring an art design very similar to the current look of EVE Online, set on an Earth-like planet. Footage from a third-person perspective, showing a land vehicle driving across the planet was also shown.

Through the course of the presentation, Petursson also announced that the developer is keeping "some other tricks up our sleeve" in addition to both EVE Online and CCP's other as-yet-unreleased MMO, World of Darkness.

Looks like console development would be quite a tidy little trick to be working on - although Petursson was quick to explain that the company's main priority at this stage is to continue working on EVE Online's next expansion... sounds like any FPS developments are still a little way off.