CCP, the developers of long-running MMO EVE Online have announced the existence of a new game they are developing that will be based in the same lore as the space-faring mega game as well as include some integration with it. The game which is being called Project Legion is being described as being a combination between an FPS game and an MMO. This might sound familiar to long-time fans of CCP, as they have released a game that was previously supposed to be this: DUST 514.

CCP have said that they are planning to use lessons they learned from DUST to make Project Legion more successful. One big change straight away is moving Legion onto the PC with its parent game as opposed to DUST which was a PS3 game, which instantly makes it easier for players to connect their EVE accounts to the ones in Legion. Another is that while DUST was more of a typical lobby-based FPS game in which players entered battles and then exited when they were over, Legion will include other elements such as travelling across the landscape of a planet, scavenging, resource collection and the potential to come across other players which could result in a small scuffle. Integration with EVE is going to be more detailed and prominent too, moving away from just being able to call down strikes from space during battle to actually being able to trade resources between the games.

The studio is planning to continue supporting DUST for a few more years but are turning their efforts more towards the development of this new game in hopes that they can make this game everything they hoped the older game could have been. Some early versions of the game have been shown off to journalists right now and so far it has been said to look like DUST does but graphically better.

If CCP live up to their expectations, Project Legion should appeal greatly to that community that they’ve built up around EVE. Whether it has appeal outside that market remains to be seen.