EVE Online Tops 10.000 Simultaneous Players In The Same World
By Svarthol
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, April 26
CCP announced today that EVE Online has broken through the 10.000 simultaneous users threshold, when 10.396 users played EVE Online at the same time in the same world. This confirms that a "one world" game design is not just a vision but a reality and breaks the boundaries a multi-world (shards) game design places on players.
"The EVE 'one world' design has enabled CCP to create the single largest MMORPG world to date according to our information," said Hilmar Veigar Petursson, CTO at CCP. "There have often been times when we thought this would not be possible, but by working closely with our community we have been able to create a game platform that players seem to enjoy, and is capable to handle the current and future influx of new users. "
In conjunction with the recently announced availability of online distribution and the availability of the Tech Level 2 Expansion Pack, EVE Online has emerged as on the fastest growing MMORPG with a prolific and multi-faceted player base from across the globe all connected to a single game world, something that is rarity in the MMORPG genre.
"Although having more than 10.000 players in the same world is a technical and architectural feat," said PhD Kjartan Pierre Emilsson, CCP's Lead Game Designer. "The most important thing is what this means to the players. It is well known that the richness and variety of interaction available between people rises dramatically with the number of people that can actually interact. With ten thousand people you have over hundred million possible link options. If you are notorious in EVE you are so to the whole population of EVE, not just in your little 'shard' of the game."
About EVE Online
EVE Online is the next generation in massive multiplayer online games. Set in a world of galactic magnitude, governed by a hyper capitalistic economy. Your aim is to establish yourself as a major mover and shaker, trusted by your friends and respected by your enemies. Your main tools to accomplish this, apart from the whole panoply of sophisticated equipment, space ships and corporations will be your business acumen and social skills, Machiavellian thinking and cunning combat strategies.
About CCP
CCP is a privately held company and a pioneer in the field of massively multiplayer games. Its mission is to develop online games that are on the leading edge in the areas of game play, graphics and user interaction. CCP is headquartered in Reykjavik Iceland and from there develops, publishes and distributes EVE Online.
http://www.eve-online.com