CCP Opens First Free Test for EVE Vanguard, Extraction FPS Tied to EVE Online
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Key points
- The first free test for the extraction first-person shooter EVE Vanguard kicked off on Sept. 16, 2025.
- The event, titled Operation Nemesis, will continue until Oct. 2, 2025.
- EVE Vanguard is playable on PC only, available via the EVE Launcher.
The first free test for the extraction first-person shooter EVE Vanguard kicked off on Sept. 16, 2025. The event, titled Operation Nemesis, will continue until Oct. 2, 2025.
Following 2013’s Dust 514 shooter, EVE Vanguard is a second attempt by CCP, the developer and publisher behind the EVE franchise, to create a first-person shooter directly connected to the world of EVE Online.
EVE Vanguard is set within the vast star cluster of New Eden, where players assume the role of the immortal warclone, a technologically enhanced mercenary, who gets deployed onto different hostile worlds following the missions of his choice.
In Operation Nemesis, a World Event in EVE’s universe, which takes place simultaneously in both EVE Online (set in space) and EVE Vanguard (set on the planet’s surface), players of the latter are recruited by the factions of New Eden and the secretive Deathless Circle to disable Upwell defenses, push back Mordu’s Legion, and recover valuable secrets hidden across the combat zone, which will reveal the location of high-value convoys traveling through space and provide additional intel on further missions as intercepted and looted by EVE Online players.
As of the time of writing, EVE Vanguard is playable on PC only, available via the EVE Launcher.
EVE’s extraction shooter is in the early stages of development, according to its website, while the game’s Steam page cites Q3 2026 as a release period.
