EVE Vanguard, the MMOFPS That Pledges to “Truly Respect Your Time,” Set for Steam Early Access Release Next Summer

Sure thing, here it goes:

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So, here’s the thing. I’ve been yammering on about EVE Vanguard – a shooter game from those EVE Online folks. They’re trying something, uh, newish with it. Basically, they want to shake up the FPS world using lessons learned from EVE. Sounds cool, right? I mean, if you squint a bit. Take Destiny and Helldivers 2, smush ’em together, and sprinkle some space wizardry on top. There you have it. A game that might actually matter to you or me, for once. Supposedly.

Anyway – hold that thought – there’s a boatload of skepticism floating around. Like, are these just hollow promises? You can dig up more deets at the link I threw in earlier. And hey, keep an eye on my ramblings during this EVE FanFest 2025 thing over the next while. Because, you know, you want to. Words can be fluff, let’s face it. CCP Games really wants people to just play it already. So, newsflash (or whatever), during this big hoo-ha at FanFest, they finally spilled the beans on the early access launch. It’s out there now: EVE Vanguard hits Steam Early Access in the summer of 2026.

Oh, and wait for it – there’s this public access thing happening way sooner on September 16. FPS fans itching for more after Dust 514, here’s your appetizer before the full course. Jump into their Discord if you want the fancy details.

So, they’re calling EVE Vanguard an MMOFPS, whatever that means in real language. Think player-driven madness, a sandbox with a bunch of stuff to do, and oh, some kind of reward-progress thing. You wanna set goals? Knock yourself out. Fancy being a space scavenger? Sure thing. It’s all about tooling around these war-torn planets.

Sounds very ‘corporate talk,’ am I right? But from what I’ve seen – okay, the fun part is the actual shooting, promise. It’s a fresh take, and honestly, those bored with the rinse-repeat cycle of shooters today might just dig it. Can’t get too specific yet – the embargo overlords would frown. More on that later, promise.

Now, something might confuse the detail-minded folks here. The dates aren’t exactly what I mentioned earlier. Yup, I once jabbered about EVE Vanguard possibly sliding onto consoles by 2028. Here’s the timeline I had before:

– 2024: Founder’s access
– 2025: Early access
– 2027: Global launch
– 2028: Console action

Seems the Early Access got a jumpstart – fancy that. Not clear if the rest of the schedule shuffled about. I’ll prod CCP Games about this over the weekend, so stick around. Curious minds who’d pick apart all these promises to see what’s under the hood – your chance is (almost) here.

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There ya go!