Nathan "Oveur" Richardsson, Executive Producer for the science-fiction MMO EVE-Online, recently blogged about the significant features and changes coming in the next expansion, titled "Revelations III", as well as looking further ahead to changes expected next year.

The most visible change will be a new graphics engine, with an accompanying rework to higher graphical standards of all ship, station and stargate models.  Other changes expected will be a rewritten network layer, balance changes, and adjustments to various aspects of existing gameplay.  However, Factional Warfare, a long-promised feature where players will be able to engage in missions that may have an affect on the background political landscape, will only be included if mature enough by the time of release.

Beyond Revelations III, planned major changes include further investment into the hardware running the server cluster – replacing the entire farm – and deploying a new user interface framework.

Revelations III  is tentatively scheduled for November or December, and, like all previous expansions, will be freely available to all subscribers.