EVE Online will merge with Dust 514!

CCP has offered new information about how EVE Online will link-up to its upcoming console shooter, Dust 514. It's an ambitious idea, with players from both games interacting directly, and Dust 514 players able to affect the EVE Online world through their actions.

Speaking to Gamasutra, CCP producer Thomas Farrer, explained that Playstation 3 owners who buy Dust 514 will be getting access to the same EVE Online universe, just from a different perspective:

"You know, between the PC and PS3, right now, we already have chat up and running, so players can type and talk to each other. Obviously, we're working on all of our communication options. EVE mail and Dust mail will be the same thing. You'll be able to interact via [community portal] EVE Gate, and also VOiP implementation as well."

It's definitely an interesting idea, particularly if PC gamers control the strategy side of things, while the PS3 players fight the in-game wars. What do you think?

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Ambitious Plans: The Marriage of EVE and Dust
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How EVE Online Will Merge with Dust 514

From a technical point of view, this is very overwhelming. Even if this is perfectly possible, the remaining problem are the players themselves. If one game can affect the other---hmm, I can't even think of the numerous possibilities here.

This sounds like it'll take some time. For one game to influence the other is very dramatic indeed. It'll be interesting to see HOW they influence each other. I can imagine a few things. For example while fighting an opposing faction, your benefactors in EVE drop supplies down to you. I'm sure they'll think of more interactions though.

This isn't news, its been the plan since the inception of DUST. Space combat players (EVE Online) paying ground combat players and corporations (DUST 514) for resource control on planets is the expected economic dichotomy. From a player perspective, space stations are where your avatars might interact, where both EVE Online players and DUST 514 interact, though there is no news about that released yet.

If you take into account the DUST 514 trailer that CCP released at E3, space combat (EVE Online) players may have a support role for the ground combat (DUST 514) players, which to me sounds like the difficult part of their implementation, the crossover in combat.

Well, the crossover in combat could work as following:

If player has X upgrade on his ship the players on the ground will receive X.

For example:

If the ship has a laser cannon cannon, players on the ground can call in an laser strike.

That would be very interesting :)!

I think that's a really interesting idea if Dust is the battlefield side and EVE is the tactical side. I could work since for Incarna they had that battlefield cinematic.

hm.. PC gamers control the strategy and PS3 ones control teh wars???

Sounds like the PS3 players got the fun things to do lol... and the PC gamers are going to be the douchebags that pop the PS3 players arses all day....

Can we get more details on the FPS/Dust side of the game? How the game play looks and feels for Dust players is still really foggy. Can you compare the combat to COD or Kill Zone? It would be great to have the epic shoot outs, kills and weapon selection and still add the EVE elements.

I am not sure but as far as I know, the game is just like a shooter, you aim down the sight and shoot...

People usually die in a few shots... (A health bar is included...)

i see, just like crossfire...