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Virtual economy research project starting at Helsinki Institute for Information Technology

By Svarthol

Helsinki, Finland - December 11th, 2007 - Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT) has secured funding and partners for a new research project into "virtual economies": systems where millions of Internet users create and trade virtual items and currencies, often for real money. The project, titled Advanced Virtual Economy Applications (AVEA), begins in January and will continue for 2.5 years. "We are excited to expand our pioneering research in this area.

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CCP Announces EVE Online: Trinity Launch Date

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland – November 28, 2007 – CCP, one of the world’s largest independent game developers, today announced that the highly anticipated EVE Online: Trinity expansion for its popular massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) will be available on December 5, 2007. Available as a free online download for all EVE subscribers, Trinity features a next-generation graphics engine that sets a new aesthetic standard for online games.

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EVE Online Available to Mac and Linux Users

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland and Toronto, Canada - November 7, 2007 - CCP, one of the world’s largest independent game developers, and TransGaming Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), a leading developer of software portability products for the electronic entertainment industry, today announced the availability of EVE Online, a leading massively multiplayer online game (MMOG), on the Macintosh and Linux platforms.

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EVE Online Kicks Off the Fourth Alliance Player Vs. Player Championship

By Svarthol

Reykjavík, Iceland and London, England – August 30, 2007 – CCP Games, one of the world’s leading independent game developers, and creator of leading sci-fi massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) EVE Online, and MMM Publishing, producer of E-ON magazine and EVE TV, today announced the start of EVE’s Fourth Alliance Player vs.

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EVE Online Upgrades Core Engine Technologies for Optimal Gaming Performance

By Svarthol

Reykjavík, Iceland – July 25, 2007 – CCP Games, one of the world’s leading independent game developers and creators of leading sci-fi massively multiplayer online game (MMOG), EVE Online, today announced the upgrade to Stackless Python 2.5, a high-level programming language, and its internal build system to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft’s flagship software development tool, providing additional support to EVE Online’s current programming infrastructure.

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EVE CCG to Offer $25,000 at Gen Con

By Svarthol

Atlanta, GA - June 23, 2007 – EVE: The Second Genesis, CCP | White Wolf’s collectable card game that debuted at Gen Con 2006, will be returning this year with a new expansion set and a $25,000 Championship Tournament. Taking place at the largest hobby show in North America, Gen Con Indianapolis, this year’s competition will offer more than double the prize pool of last year’s, making it one of the largest CCG payouts at the convention.

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EVE Online Appoints In-World Economist

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland – June 27, 2007 – CCP Games, one of the world’s largest independent game developers, today announced the appointment of a in-world lead economist for EVE Online. This is the first time an MMOG has commissioned a dedicated real world economist to operate at this level of economic monitoring and research for a virtual world.

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EVE TV Launches

By Svarthol

London, England and Reykjavik, Iceland - June 25, 2007 – MMM Publishing Ltd, the producers of E-ON the official magazine for EVE Online, and CCP, one of the world’s largest independent game developers and creators of EVE Online, have launched EVE TV. EVE TV is a weekly on-demand Internet TV broadcast dedicated to the virtual universe of EVE Online (http://eve-online.tv). EVE TV is dedicated to reporting on EVE Online’s ever-growing virtual society, the very latest in-depth news, in-game skirmish...

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EVE Online Launches Revelations II

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland – June 20, 2007 – CCP Games, one of the world’s largest independent game developers, today announced the release of EVE Online®: Revelations II, an expansion to the three-part Revelations series. Revelations II sets the stage for the third chapter of Revelations to be released later this year and will feature enhancements for the most experienced players to the newest.

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CCP Games Enters its Second Decade as a Leading Independent Game Developer

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland – May 30, 2007 – CCP Games, the world’s largest independent game developer, marked its 10th anniversary this week. EVE Online, CCP’s flagship game, is evidence of the company’s success in the massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) industry with more than four million people having played the game since its launch.

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CCP GAMES SELECTED BY RED HERRING FOR THE RED HERRING 100 EUROPE 2007

By Svarthol

CANNES, France, March 22, 2007 – CCP Games, a leading independent game developer and creator of EVE Online, a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG), today announced that it is a recipient of the Red Herring 100 Europe. This award is given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year by Red Herring.

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CCP Creates 100 Jobs For Game Developers

By Svarthol

Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, CA – March 7, 2007 – CCP Games, the world’s largest independent game developer, is announcing a plan for its two-year expansion of the company, adding 100 new employees to three locations internationally. CCP Games is searching for producers, programmers, artists, animation directors, testers and sound designers for creative game development.

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CCP Games Launches Voice Communication In EVE Online

By Svarthol

Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, CA – March 7, 2007 – CCP Games, the world’s largest independent game developer, today announced the integration of voice communication into leading Sci-Fi Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG), EVE Online®. Players will now be able to speak to each other for better coordination, negotiation, socializing and planning.

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EVE ONLINE: REVELATIONS

By Svarthol

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - November 30th, 2006 - CCP, the world's largest independent game developer, today announced that EVE Online®: Revelations was successfully released on the massive Tranquility super-computer cluster on Tuesday, November 28th. The large scale upgrade took 24 hours to complete and went through without any technical problems.

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