EVE Online is finally moving onto mobile.
The popular space MMO has a long successful 14 year run, developed by CCP Games. Free to download and play, the company has consistently evolve the game, while also allowing players to participate in finding exoplanets in real life.
Partnering with PlayRaven, the team will be bringing Eve Online-style multiplayer action to mobile devices. Currently dubbed as “Project Aurora”, the mobile game will be available for iOS and Android, with a launch date set for sometime in late 2018.
Although EVE Online has made appearance under other titles, including Valkyrie – originally released for VR. However, CCP Games has so far been focusing their efforts for EVE Online in PC-based titles. Project Aurora would be EVE’s first presence in the mobile arena. According to Endgadget, PlayRaven said Project Aurora will be set in the same universe as EVE Online, but will not be integrated with the MMO.
“We’re all long-time fans of CCP and EVE Online, so we’re immensely proud and honored to be working with such a legendary developer and beloved franchise. It’s really a dream come true to have the opportunity to create a new EVE experience on mobile,” said Lasse Seppänen, co-founder and CEO at PlayRaven in a statement.
Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of CCP Games, is also excited at the prospect. “For years and years we have wanted to bring the EVE Universe to mobile devices in a way that is tailored to the platform and EVE fans. We wanted to find a partner who is passionate about EVE, has a track record of producing high quality and deep mobile games and is capable of creating completely new experiences on mobile,” he said in the same statement. “PlayRaven fit the bill perfectly.”
