CCP Games Head Of PR Confirms Project Nova Cancellation

Yesterday, Project Nova Game Director Snorri Arnason revealed that CCP Games had officially canceled their EVE Online spin-off, Project Nova. CCP Games’ Head of PR George K, a.k.a. CCP Grendel, backed up Arnason’s post with a comment on Reddit.

“We’re continuing to develop our sci-fi multiplayer shooter game concept, actively evolving it beyond the original scope for what was formerly codenamed Project Nova. Development efforts on this concept are now the full focus of CCP’s London studio. Project Nova team members based in Iceland have been moved onto other projects at our Reykjavík studio.

This decision was taken because Project Nova’s gameplay experience as presented at EVE Vegas ’18 would not have achieved our ambitious goals for this concept. Moreover, it is very common for games in active development to evolve over time, often substantially. We remain committed to offering a rock-solid, action-oriented gameplay experience with stellar visuals, but due to significant changes in the scope and direction of our sci-fi multiplayer shooter game concept, it also made sense to update how we refer to this project internally. So, we are no longer using the codename Project Nova for this game concept.

Furthermore, we are moving away from publicly announcing our internal project codenames and will wait until we’re ready for a full reveal. We want to show you rather than tell you how we have evolved this concept and we’re looking forward to doing so when the time comes to present this concept as a fully-fledged game.”

Well, looks like it’s officially the end of the line for Project Nova. But, we’ll keep an eye on that new shooter they’re working on.