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EVE Online: Quantum Rise Expansion Released in Full

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland November 12, 2008- CCP, one of the world’s leading independent game developers, today fully deployed EVE Online: Quantum Rise, the ninth free expansion for EVE Online. In September, CCP pushed the first staged delivery of Quantum Rise to the servers ahead of schedule—allowing for impressive 1000-player single-system battles and slashing lag in major market hubs and across all aspects of gameplay.

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EVE Online: Quantum Rise Expansion's Last Staged Release

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland, November 4, 2008 - CCP, one of the world's leading independent game developers, announced November 11th as the launch date for the final deployment in the two-part staged release of EVE Online: Quantum Rise, the ninth free expansion for EVE Online.

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EVE Online: Quantum Rise Multiplies MMO Power

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland, October 15, 2008 - CCP, one of the world's leading independent game developers, today announced the launch of the ninth free expansion for EVE Online, its popular science fiction massively multi-player online game (MMOG).

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Factional Warfare Erupts in EVE Online with Launch of Empyrean Age

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland – June 11, 2008 – CCP, one of the world’s leading independent game developers, today announced the launch of the eighth free expansion for EVE Online, its popular massively multi-player online game (MMOG). EVE Online: Empyrean Age destroys the peace of New Eden as long suppressed political tensions between the four major Empires of EVE boil over into direct conflict.

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CCP Announces Free Summer Expansion for EVE Online

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland – May 28, 2008 – CCP, one of the world’s leading independent game developers, has announced the features for the upcoming free expansion, EVE Online: Empyrean Age. Slated for a June 10th release, Empyrean Age brings an explosive end to the fragile peace that has existed for one hundred years between the four central races of New Eden and entices players to pledge fealty to their faction of choice to gain fame, wealth and power. The features page at http://www.eveonline.com/emp...

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CCP Announces Election Results for EVE Online’s Council of Stellar Management

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland – May 22, 2008 – CCP, one of the world’s leading independent game developers, has announced the results for the election of nine delegates to the Council of Stellar Management (CSM), a democratically-elected representative council of players chosen by fellow EVE Online players after an exciting two-week voting period that ended May 16. “Since the earliest days of EVE’s development, we have relied heavily on collaboration with our playerbase regarding world issues.

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CCP announces the Council of Stellar Management to empower players through representative democracy in EVE Online

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland – March 19, 2008 – CCP, one of the world’s leading independent game developers, has announced the formation of the Council of Stellar Management (CSM), the first democratically-elected governing body in a virtual world. Its inception marks a decisive leap in the evolution in online worlds, especially in terms of how a publisher interacts with its community.

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EVE ONLINE PUTS THE MMO IN STEAM

By Svarthol

Launching With 21-Day Free Trial and Steam Special Price for Full Game Bellevue, Washington and Reykjavik, Iceland - January 22, 2008 - EVE Online, the award winning massively multiplayer online (MMO) game from CCP, is coming to Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC games and digital content with over 13 million accounts worldwide. To celebrate the launch of Steam's first massively multiplayer online game offering, a special 21-day trial period for EVE will be available...

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