EVE Galaxy Conquest, originally announced in the spring, is a 4X strategy title for mobile set in the universe of EVE Online. CCP has launched the game, combining resource management, combat, and a slice of diplomacy that lets you head into the reaches of New Eden in a new way.
CCP Games’ Shanghai studio developed the game, and there are some familiar elements that EVE players should be able to settle into quickly. Pick one of four empires–Amarr Empire, Caldari State, Gallente Federation, or Minmatar Republic–and Gain access to some iconic EVE ships to command as you strategize your moves and explore space.
If you are familiar with 4X strategy titles, you know that you'll have to explore, gather valuable resources, keep them flowing, upgrade your home base and your fleets and expand your empire. How you do that will be up to you, but you can choose diplomacy, even creating alliances, or you can go to war.
EVE Galaxy Conquest features a seasonal model, with new challenges, new conquests, and ultimately, ongoing competition for glory. Since there will be a seasonal model, no doubt that there will eventually be updates, more options, and new ways to play.
The game’s executive producer, Bing Mikael Xi, in a press release, says, “With EVE Galaxy Conquest, we are bringing the EVE Universe to players in a way that they have never seen before: massive 4X strategy. We’ve worked hard to combine the essence of EVE Online with the strategic depth of 4X gameplay, all optimized for mobile.”
And they do mean massive, in announcing the game, they're looking at tens of thousands of players participating in battles to crown one season winner. Then everyone starts all over again, learning from the last season, maybe taking on a different empire, and of course, getting back into the challenge
EVE Galaxy Conquest is available via the App Store and Google Play Store.