Over the following three expansions, we’re going all in on Theatres of Conflict, increasing Factional Warfare and formalizing Army Campaigns as a core a part of EVE’s future
-CCP Director’s Letter
Final week I did a spherical up of 2026 roadmaps, however EVE On-line hadn’t posted one but. So I substituted in a mock up that anyone did on Reddit again when the 2025 roadmap dropped.
EVE On-line 2026 Roadmap Prediction
With that on the road, CCP then determined to put up their 2026 roadmap yesterday, as a result of that’s all the time the way in which this stuff work out. So how do the 2 roadmaps match up?
The EVE On-line 2026 Roadmap
First off, it’s tiny. When you strip off the boarder fluff, as I did, it’s only about 800×330 pixels.
Is there no person within the are division that might get them a 1920×1080 model to put up? Are they afraid that we’ll be capable to learn it or one thing? Or is the neighborhood group involved about utilizing up drive area for the web page? Significantly, go HD measurement or go residence man.
Anyway, nearly all the things listed on the Reddit mock-up aligns with one thing on the precise 2026 roadmap.
So, for Q1 we do have an replace to Catalyst, the latest growth, Q2 traces up 100% with Fanfest, Capsuleer Day, and the Q2 (now not summer time) growth. Q3 has the alliance event feeders, however lacks the anticipated replace (learn “end”) the Q2 growth entry, and This fall traces up precisely with the This fall growth, the alliance event, Crimson Harvest and the Winter Nexus.
So the prediction was 9 for 10 on gadgets it confirmed, with one being omitted.
However there are 15 gadgets on the precise 2026 roadmap, so what are the 6 new and/or sudden gadgets? Nicely, solely 4 of them are associated to EVE On-line.
For Q1 2026, as well as the the replace to Catalyst we’ve got:
- EVE Developed
- Gallente Election
As defined within the put up accompanying the roadmap, EVE Developed are factors the place we’ll see graphical updates to the sport exterior of the traditional growth cycle. These are usually good and the artwork group has not often allow us to down. I nonetheless miss the previous Cormorant mannequin and I’m nonetheless adapting to the brand new Scythe/Scimitar mannequin, however the recreation seems higher and higher because the years go on.
In the meantime the Gallente Election… seems to be an in-game lore occasion, probably related to Faction Warfare? [Edit: Lore link from the comments.] One of many massive statements within the put up, which I quoted on the prime of the put up, is that CCP can be targeted on Faction Warfare for the following three expansions. They’ll make low sec work regardless of how lengthy it takes!
For Q2 2026 the one change is looking the growth the Q2 Enlargement and never the Summer season Enlargement, most likely so pedants like me will cease mentioning “nicely akshully summer time within the northern hemisphere begins on the summer time solstice,” and actually I can respect that.
Once we come to Q3 we’ve got one other EVE Developed replace, so extra higher graphics as the brand new entry for EVE On-line. after which the CSM Elections, one thing not talked about in 2025. We’ll get to the opposite entry by itself.
- EVE Developed
- CSM Elections
And after we arrive at This fall the EVE On-line entries are the identical, the alliance event, and growth, and the 2 standard occasions.
So 4 of the 6 new gadgets are two graphical updates and two elections, one Gallente and one for the CSM. We’ll see what the previous finally ends up being, however I recall some lore merchandise in regards to the present Gallente president being in hassle. Or perhaps I dreamt it.
Which leaves the 2 different gadgets, each associated to EVE Vanguard. These are two occasions associated to CCP’s determined need to make an FPS recreation like the opposite cool youngsters… which making an attempt to tie it into EVE On-line, one thing that labored out so nicely final time.
As a part of that we bought this tidbit:
EVE Vanguard’s Steam Early Entry launch is transferring past Summer season 2026
So it’s being pushed out once more. Will that been autumn or winter for early entry? We will see.
In abstract the roadmap and supporting put up says:
- Faction Warfare is all the sport designers are targeted on
- The artwork group continues to be there for us
- In any other case, enterprise as standard for New Eden occasions
There’s additionally an accompanying video of CCP Rattati, CCP Burger, and CCP Okami speaking about all of this.
I used to be going to take heed to that however then they began off within the standard fashion of continuous self-congratulation and… I’m simply bored with that routine. So perhaps there was some helpful info within the video, or perhaps it simply the standard patting themselves on the again earlier than diving into the shooter recreation they’d apparently a lot moderately have than EVE On-line. I’ll by no means know as a result of I don’t have the persistence for it anymore.
And so it goes in New Eden.
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