Future developments on EVE Online

A game feature is underway which CCP has been working on in order to enable players to exit pods and interact with other players avatars in the communal setting of the interior of a station. CCP prepare for the future development and make plans, one of which is the ability to enter a planet’s atmosphere and to interact with surface. At Eve Fanfest 2005, a working prototype demonstrated a Caldari Crow-class interceptor who could be seen flying around over a planet surface. However, CCP announced that an enormous effort will be required to make full-scale integration of such features but is only planned for post- Revelations production phases. It has been stated that further work on this will not be put on top priority until a proven in-game reason is found for planetary access.
During the 2009 Games Convention in Cologne, Germany, CCP release Dust 514, which is an upcoming title used for merging with the EVE Online universe. According to developers, players of the console-based MMOFPS would fight over planets employed by EVE Online corporations.