Eve Online - Interview @ OnlineWelten

OnlineWelten talks to EVE Online's Senior Game Designer Noah Ward.  The interview is available in both English and German .

OnlineWelten: CCP continues developing new content and, hard to believe, it's all for free. Two updates are eagerly-awaited. When can we expect Revelations Part 2 and the new graphic engine? Can you also explain in a few words the modifications coming up with those updates?

Noah “Hammerhead” Ward: We’re just pushing Revelations 1.4 out the door now. We’ve got 2.0 slated for release sometime this summer. Kali 3.0 should be out before the end of the year and the graphics upgrade should be early 2008. Revelations Part 2 is all about warfare and player infrastructure and lays the groundwork for Factional Warfare. We’re adding victory conditions, constellation sovereignty, medals and many other features which benefit the gameplay that revolves around warfare in 2.0. As for the graphics upgrade; it’s moving along nicely. All of the ships in the game have been remodeled in HiRes. We’re finishing up the final texturing now. The next task is modeling all of the other “stuff” in game like the space stations, stargates and starbase modules. It would be awkward to release the high resolution ships and have them flying next to low resolution space stations.