EVE Online

If you've thought it a bit quiet the last few weeks, you're not alone; rather than just firing off and leaking information as usual, everyone seems to have been keeping very hush-hush in order to surprise everyone at GDC Europe. It's going to be a very busy few days, with any luck, and the first cab off the rank is a new title from EVE Online developers CCP, who've revealed a new MMO set within the EVE universe, Dust 514.

Dust 514 is set to appear on consoles rather than PC - presumably the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 - but despite the platform discrepancy actions and events taking place in Dust 514 will directly effect the game world of EVE and vice versa, creating a compelling reason for players of one to be interested in the other.

Fans of the game will be wondering how on earth CCP could possibly top the complex and rewarding gameplay of EVE, and the answer is: they're not even going to try. Dust 514 apparently concentrates on solid FPS action on the surface of planets, with a healthy does of RTS elements to spice things up:

"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."

Although it's already in its third year of development we have no idea when Dust 514 will make its debut, but keep your eyes peeled in early October when CCP promise to reveal further information to attendees of their annual Fanfest in Iceland.