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EVE Online: Inferno 1.0.1 to be deployed on Wednesday, May 23

CCP Navigator — 2012-05-23T10:52+00:00

During an extended downtime today, May 23, we will deploy Inferno 1.0.1. Downtime will start at 11:00 UTC and is expected to finish at 11:45 UTC.

This patch will address issues introduced with EVE Online: Inferno including fixes for Unified Inventory, invention of the new modules and much more. Full patch notes are available here.

Eve University Opening 3 New Ethnic Corporations

ISD Ashen Talinthe — 2012-05-15T19:00+00:00

Our universe of New Eden is expanding by leaps and bounds. We are witnessing a unique time in history when the opportunity to become a capsuleer is being offered to more cultures than ever before. Eve University is capitalizing on this with the addition of new divisions.

I recently had the pleasure of visiting with Kelduum Revaan, CEO of Eve University and CSM7 representative. Their organization is spearheading the welcoming of new capsuleers into New Eden with the formation of three new corporations targeting three major ethnic groups within New Eden - German, Russian, and Japanese, with possible corporate expansions into other New Eden ethnicities if these endeavors are successful. Each group will have its own CEO and command structure, all under the guidance and direction of Eve University.

"Progress has been slow but steady. Most of our work has been toward ensuring our frameworks we have can scale and support different languages, as well as selecting the Director of Operations for each of the new corporations.", stated Kelduum. "Our existing Ivy League Navy will be expanded to encompass the new corporations, and we are working on cross-language fleet communications protocols to allow non-native speakers to both lead and take part in fleets."

When asked about how the different cultures would coexist with their unique mannerisms and traditions, Kelduum had this to say, "The differing cultures are the reasons why we formed new corporations rather than have the new pilots within E-UNI itself. Differing languages are of course a major issue, but the core concepts of EVE University itself, cooperation, and sharing experience, is something that is common to most cultures."

Public relations, and publicity have been slow but steady according to Kelduum, however Eve University has a significant list of capsuleers standing by to assist the new pilots in their native languages.

For now, the community should keep an eye on the UniWiki and watch for announcements about content which is flagged for translation. If you, or someone you know is interested in helping out with EVE Akademie, EVE Institut or EVE Daigaku, then drop an EVEmail to Kelduum Revaan.

Are you affected by the events in this article? Do you have information regarding another event in New Eden? If so, please contact us with any information that you may have.

Want to become a news correspondent with IC? We are recruiting.

Mass test on Tuesday, May 15th

CCP Spitfire — 2012-05-14T15:03+00:00

More missiles! Another mass test is being planned for testing missiles and other changes for Inferno on this Tuesday, the 15^th of May, at 20:00 UTC. Please follow the instructions on the Singularity page in Evelopedia for connecting to Singularity.

Testing should last around 60 minutes. All participants will receive two million skillpoints on our main test server Singularity.

Please refer to this thread for more information about how you participate in the test, and this EVElopedia article for more information on mass testing.

Rapid and surprising rise of technological advancements in previously stagnant fields

CCP Spitfire — 2012-05-14T14:40+00:00

Major advances have been made recently in various once-stagnant scientific fields, throughout all of civilized New Eden. While the full impact of these advances has yet to be measured, their effects, for good and ill, are already being felt at various levels of society.

Over the following days, we will present a brief overview of the current state of affairs. It must be noted that the brevity of this reportage is due partly to how new these advances are - The Scope always strives to be first - and partly because of the cloud of secrecy that overhangs them. There has been an intensification of high-level interest in the great factional wars, and it is believed, though not yet proven, that these scientific advances are due at least in part to the efforts of those political forces. It will not come as any surprise to our readers that all questions related, if even tangentially, to these forces and their effects on the war efforts are met with muted silence.

It must also be noted that the various entities responsible for these advances have remained extremely reticent to comment on any part of the process. This applies not only to those directly involved - scientists known to be working on related projects, educational and research institutions whose charters explicitly involve the fields in question, and so on - but also those believed to be indirectly involved, including the members and commanding officers of any scouting or expeditionary forces whose missions clearly have brought back more than anyone expected. Even when questioned about a tangential matter - such as rumors of a drug (reputedly codenamed "Inferno") whose functions have supposedly had a direct effect on the status of recent scientific advancements - there is near-total silence.

Nonetheless, we believe we have uncovered more than enough information to present a fair and balanced look at both sides of these new technological advancements. Their upsides, as our readers might expect from any new advancement in science, are numerous and apply to both the lowest rungs of earthbound societies and the upper echelons of capsuleerdom. Their downsides, however, are equally notable, not merely for the direct effect they have on certain parts of human society, animals and the environment in New Eden, but also for the damage they may be doing to progress in other fields - xenobiology, archaelogy, history and various social sciences.

Possible inaccuracy in EVE notification dates

CCP Phantom — 2012-05-12T16:47+00:00

Currently our Game Masters and developers are looking into an issue that causes some warning EVE mails and notifications that contain both dates and the name of a day (for example mails that remind you when a structure will come out of reinforced mode) to display inaccurate information. As of now the actual date (for example May 15th) seems to be correct in all cases, however the name of the day (for example Wednesday) may be inaccurate.

We are still looking into the matter, but as a precaution we advise everyone that receives these mails to double check the information as presented.

For further information please refer to this forum post.

Inferno Feature Site is Live

CCP Phantom — 2012-05-11T19:06+00:00

The feature site for EVE Online's 17th free expansion, Inferno, has been launched.

More than any other expansion in EVE's history, Inferno aims to shake up all levels of warfare in the 7,500 star systems in EVE's massive universe. Overhauls of major war-related game systems will affect player-driven conflict and the first set of many new ship modules to come promise to alter tactics at the most visceral levels.

Please go here to study the features that will help you set the universe on fire on May 22nd.

Meet CCP t0rfifrans and CCP Dr.EyjoG in Berlin on Wednesday, May 16

CCP Phantom — 2012-05-10T13:28+00:00

CCP will host a player gathering in the PLAY Berlin longue in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, May 16. Exclusive guests like Creative Director CCP t0rfifrans and Lead Economist CCP Dr.EyjoG will discuss EVE Online, the upcoming Inferno expansion and some sociological thoughts on German EVE players. The event will begin at 21:00 local time and lasts for at least 2 hours, admission is free. Free drinks are also available! Please checkt this forum thread for more information.

Mass test on Thursday, May 10

CCP Spitfire — 2012-05-09T09:39+00:00

Missiles! This will be the theme of the mass test on our test-server Singularity this Thursday, the 10^th of May, at 20:00 UTC. Please follow the instructions on the Singularity page in Evelopedia for connecting to Singularity.

Testing should last around 60 minutes. All participants will receive two million skillpoints on our main test server Singularity.

Please refer to this thread for more information about how you participate in the test, and this EVElopedia article for more information on mass testing.

Skyward Sphere - Live launch into space on May 9th, 12:00 UTC

CCP Guard — 2012-05-08T18:09+00:00

Wednesday May 9th at 12:00 UTC we will take our first step together into space!

This is our way of saying thank you to you our players and we hope that this endeavor brings a smile to your face.

The plan

We are releasing a high altitude balloon just north of CCP HQ and the hope is that the balloon will drift over the harbour and the CCP HQ. The balloon will carry a replica of an EVE pod, containing the names of our players, into the stratosphere as promised at the end of last year.

The students of the University of Reykjavík who are handling the launch have made the prediction that it will land in the middle of Kleifarvatn lake. Iceland Telecom who is partnering with us in this adventure is providing us with live video feed and GPS tracking via their 3G Samsung Note. The live feed will start shortly before 12:00 UTC and should last the whole flight all the way up to 100.000 feet.

Additionally we have 3 high definiton cameras on board and we will make the recovered recordings available in a few days time.

You will be able to track its flight progress over Iceland here.

The Icelandic Coast Guard is having their regular search and rescue exercise around 14:30 UTC and they made it their objective to retrieve our craft as part of the exercise.

Also you can check out the 'In Development' video about the project.

See you in space!

BIG Lottery Celebrates Ninth Anniversary

ISD Tedra Kerrigan — 2012-05-06T20:05+00:00

New Eden - BIG Lottery is celebrating its 9th birthday with massive prizes.

Time is running out for capsuleers to buy tickets for this extraordinary round that consists of a total of 45 billion ISK to be won along with 21 months of free flying time.

The prizes are:

25 billion ISK + 12 months

15 billion ISK + 6 months

5 billion ISK + 3 months

Tickets are 1000 ISK each with a limit of 200,000 tickets per-capsuleer and only tickets bought between 30 April and 13 May are eligible for the above prizes.

GalNet References

BIG Lottery Ninth Anniversary

Mass test on Thursday, May 3

CCP Navigator — 2012-05-02T15:24+00:00

The next mass test on Singularity will be this Thursday, May 3, at 20:00 UTC. In this mass-test we will test changes for the Inferno expansion and changes to process of jumping between server nodes. Please follow the instructions on the Singularity page in Evelopedia for connecting to Singularity.

Please refer to this thread for more information about how you participate in the test, and this EVElopedia article for more information on mass testing. Testing should last around 60 minutes and all participants will receive two million skillpoints on our main test server Singularity.

Ideally we would like to see between 350 to 500 players for this test.

Buddies are pretty awesome

CCP Navigator — 2012-05-02T10:17+00:00

Life in EVE can be hard for new pilots who aim to forge a path in the celestial heavens. Luckily, we have a Buddy Program that allows you to take a friend and introduce them to EVE for a special 21 day trial. If they convert to a full account during this time, you get rewarded with either 30 days free game time or a PLEX. There really are nothing quite like friends to bring us joy in EVE.