EVE adding Captain's Quarters

CCP have been working on the almost legendary Incarna-expansion for their space MMO EVE Online since mankind used stones as tools, but if everything goes according to plan it will finally arrive this summer. Inspired by how they rolled out their latest expansion, Incursion, in three phases they will start out small - by adding a Captain's Quarters to the game's spaceships.

"Captain's Quarters will offer interactions in the 3D space like slouching on your sofa and clicking an interface on the wall to bring up the planetary interaction (PI) interface, customizing your appearance through a vanity mirror and adjusting your fittings through a holo-model of your ship," CCP Chiliad writes in a new dev blog on the game's official site. "Another big change is that the current station hangar will be replaced with an enhanced balcony view where your character can gaze upwards at the majesty of your vessel as it looms above you inside the station," he adds - quite a change to a game where so far your character has been nothing more than a portrait picture in the corner of the screen.

"One important requirement in our approach to Captain's Quarters is that none of it will get in the way of a veteran player. You can dock, repair and refit your ship, dump your cargo into your hangar inventory and talk to agents with the same ease as you currently have."

The Quarters won't be available in the full game until this summer. We've included some of the concept art made available below.