NetEase and CCP simply unveiled the launch date for eve echoes isk, the cell spin-off based on the huge online hit EVE Online.As part of a special presentation earlier today, Wei Su, Senior Producer at NetEase, confirmed that EVE Echoes is coming to iOS and Android in August 2020. DEVEloped as a joint undertaking involving China's NetEase and EVE Online's CCP Games, EVE Echoes brings the EVE experience to a whole new world of players who have missed out on the desktop race, and they won't have to wait either.
Within the course of one hour, three of EVE Echoes development team answered questions and provided fans in Twitch chat using an array of information about the upcoming sci-fi MMORPG. While anyone taking a fast glance in the trailer may believe that EVE Echoes looks like EVE, there are surely some differences. Fans of the original space-faring EVE Online will likely know that EVE Echoes happens to the stars in a brand new world that looks much like EVE's most important timeline. Ok, probably not that small an event after all.
Together with the huge space experience, this mobile launching provides an excellent opportunity for new players to get into EVE with a variety of systems designed to create like a little bit easier on this new platform. Tutorial systems for EVE Echoes have been designed to guide players that are new to the space-faring sim toward their favorite playstyle and the current beta testing has caused an autopilot system which should prevent commuters spending their travel time traversing space. Obviously, iOS and Android players may also find they don't have to drag a keyboard and mouse around together, because you can see from the iteration of the mobile UI over the past couple of decades.
Teased in several of the flow's gameplay pieces, the Yan-Jung were also revealed for the first time today. This interstellar mystery left New Eden long past, leaving little trace. We've to learn what the return of the force means.
Probably most importantly for players present throughout the live Twitch stream was the three dreaded words, Pay To Acquire. Monetization for EVE Echoes will include a monthly pass in addition to allowing players to buy items like their own Mega Clone. We don't have complete details about this but it appears, from some onscreen info, that PLEX and ISK are likely to be in place in a really similar form to the big screen version of EVE. Unlike several online multiplayer games, this doesn't seem like EVE Echoes players will probably just be able to eve isk for sale buy the biggest ship and fly off into victory.