CCP Games have announced some details about the next major release called Quantum Rise. The release will see a re-balancing of the core economy and industrial ships, to better suit the needs of industrialists, including the addition of a new capital Industrial, the Orca.

A certificate system will be introduced to measure a pilot’s skill in the various professions and tasks. A medal system will be added to allow for valued pilots to receive praise from their corporation.

Through the benefits of the recent additions of StacklessIO and EVE64 CCP can now push forward with a range of improvements, including hardware and server upgrades and replacements.

Torfi Frans Ólafsson, Senior Producer of EVE Online said “I can’t imagine a better game where you can engage hundreds of people simultaneously in highly immersive tactical combat or simply sit back and make millions off of the conflict via research, manufacturing or logistics. You choose your destiny; that’s the beauty of it.”

Not all of the features have been announced yet. The features we know about are:

• Weapon linking to make your onslaught easier
• Continuations of the massive Trinity graphics update
• Changes to autopilot routes and avoidance techniques

CCP Games have not announced the release date at this stage.