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Polygon

By CCP Alice

Connecting Dust 514 and EVE Online is 'absolutely the vision' for CCP Games

www.polygon.com

Gamasutra

By CCP Alice

Dust, EVE and CCP's new sandbox - EVE Online is a machine that allows players to create stories, and all its systems support that end. "It starts with the social structure -- corporations are the same in both games, so that PC and console can share the same shard from a design perspective, too."

www.gamasutra.com

Massively

By CCP Alice

Impressions of the New Eden Open - "The annual Alliance Tournament has always been the one opportunity I get per year to show my friends EVE and not get rolled eyes in reply. People who don't even play EVE tune in to watch spaceships explode, and I'll bet some of them go on to subscribe to the game."

massively.joystiq.com

MoMA.org

By CCP Alice

EVE Online included in Museum of Modern Art exhibit - "Are video games art? They sure are, but they are also design, and a design approach is what we chose for this new foray into this universe. The games are selected as outstanding examples of interaction design—a field that MoMA has already explored and collected extensively, and one of the most important and oft-discussed expressions of contemporary design creativity."

www.moma.org

WIRED

By CCP Alice

MoMA to Exhibit Videogames, From Pong to Minecraft - "Massively multiplayer games such as EVE will be brought to life through guided tours, built in conjunction with players and designers."

www.wired.com

VG247.com

By CCP Alice

EVE Online producer: "I don't ever want EVE to be nice and fluffy"

www.vg247.com

Eurogamer.net

By CCP Alice

As EVE Online Retribution expansion launches, CCP reveals master plan to make its famously impenetrable MMO accessible - "What we're going for is an easy to learn hard to master view towards what EVE is," he said. "We don't want EVE to become a super casual, very shallow not very complex game, but it shouldn't be impossible to learn how to get into the depths of what EVE is." - Exec Producer, Jon Lander.

www.eurogamer.net

Gamespy

By CCP Alice

EVE Online: Retribution Launches - Bounties, new crime system, and big combat tweaks hit the galaxy.

pc.gamespy.com

Massively.com

By CCP Alice

Everything there is to know about EVE Online's Retribution expansion - a full round up of feature articles from Massively's Retribution coverage.

massively.joystiq.com

Forbes

By CCP Alice

In An Age of Free-to-Play, EVE Online Sets Records - "But there's one game that's perplexing analysts as it not only is surviving using a paid subscription model, but thriving. That would be CCP Games' EVE Online, the space combat simulator which recently announced that it's broken 450,000 subscriptions for the first time in the games ten year history."

www.forbes.com

PC GamesN

By CCP Alice

EVE Online now has 450,000 subscribers; Chinese relaunch a success

www.pcgamesn.com

CNN

By Svarthol

Virtual reality - Avatar inspires gamer to hit the gym. [Marcus] Dickinson now eats 3,000 calories a day -- mostly lean protein and vegetables -- to sustain his body-building lifestyle. "Five years ago if I was eating 3,000 calories a day, it was because I had bags of Doritos in front of me," he says with a laugh.

http://www.cnn.com/

Gameranx

By Svarthol

EVE Online Player Loses Ship and Cargo Valued over $6,400 USD in the largest loss of any EVE Online player to date

http://www.gameranx.com/

Massively

By Svarthol

Write fiction for EVE Online, win fabulous prizes - An officially endorsed writing contest has just been announced, judged by representatives of CCP Games. And the prizes are nothing to sneeze at, including a new graphics card, a year's worth of PLEX, and over 20 billion ISK.

http://massively.joystiq.com/

Greenman Gaming

By Svarthol

CCP announces team-based tournament for EVE Online with a $10,000 prize pool. First ever cash prize for an EVE event.

http://www.pcgamesn.com/

Gamasutra

By Svarthol

Senior game designer Matt Woodward shares CCP Online's three design pillars for sandbox MMOs "Social is not just about friends. Social is everything to do with other people, every time it matters that a character is a person, not an NPC. We want to hit this as much as possible, we want our game to be about this."

http://www.gamasutra.com/

VG247.com

By CCP Alice

DUST 514 and EVE Online's worlds to be connected slowly - CMO David Reid on groundbreaking interconnection of two game economies, "We have to make sure we tune those dials carefully before the currency starts swimming between both games."

www.vg247.com

PlayStation.com

By Svarthol

DUST 514 Gets New Player Corporation Features, Integrates with EVE Online - The integration will "allow players from both EVE Online and DUST 514 to join the same Corporations. People will be able to be part of these Corporations regardless of which gaming platform they happen to be playing on – EVE Online on PC/Mac or DUST 514 on PS3 – and whoever created the corporation will become its CEO." - CCP Omen

http://blog.us.playstation.com/

CBS News

By Svarthol

Online gamers help raise over $100k for IT officer slain in Benghazi attack. "More than $100,000 was raised in two days by the fundraiser on YouCaring.com, organized and passed along by friends on EVE Online, a multiplayer role-playing game, and the Something Awful web forums. With 66 days left to go, it has far surpassed its initial goal of $50,000."

http://www.cbsnews.com/

The Washington Post

By Svarthol

In a look at the economics of video games, Brad Plumer reaches out to the economists of CCP and Valve, discovering how real these virtual markets truly are. "In some ways, the economy of Eve Online is a libertarian experiment on a grand scale. There are few overarching rules. Labor markets quickly bounce back from recession because there’s no minimum wage.

Massively.com

By Svarthol

DUST 514 and EVE Online 'initial integration' now playing on Singularity test server. "today's announcement marks an exciting first step in the firm's long-range plan to merge its long-running sci-fi MMORPG with its new PlayStation 3 shooter."

http://massively.joystiq.com/

Tech Crunch

By Svarthol

EVE Online Maker CCP Games Raises $20 Million. "[The funding] allows us is to do some of the things you need to do for IPO preparedness" - CMO David Reid

http://techcrunch.com/

Playstation.com

By Svarthol

Dust 514 Neocom App uses PS Vita to offer “MMO on the Go” - "It brings all the customisation, community and commerce features onto the Vita, " explains DUST 514 Director Cameron Payne, "You can interact with battles, purchase items on the market, play around with your dropsuit or vehicle and then save it so you can use it on PS3."

http://blog.us.playstation.com/

Machinima

By Svarthol

(video) Machinima's Mr. Sark interviews CMO David Reid at Gamescom 2012 on EVE, DUST and the ties between.

http://www.youtube.com/

Joystiq.com

By Svarthol

'EVE Evolved' takes a look at the player interactions that give sandbox-style MMOs their depth and engaging lasting-appeal in their recent installment entitled 'Sandboxes Make the Best Stories'

http://massively.joystiq.com/

PC Gamer

By Svarthol

Tyler Wilde goes deep into hostile territory to report on the massive war breaking out in Delve. Read his findings, complete with screenshots and combat video/chat recorded in real-time during the battle.

http://www.pcgamer.com/

Massively

By Svarthol

EVE Online's inbound Inferno 1.2 patch comes a completely overhauled tutorial experience for the game. Massively shares a quick breakdown of some of the key enhancements it includes.

http://massively.joystiq.com/

Gamasutra

By Svarthol

The secret to EVE Online's successIt's all bottom-up - "Listening to the player base that forms that social engine, and to the designers who are familiar with the different nooks and the crannies of the world itself, is more important than driving direction from the top." - Senior Producer, Jon Lander

http://www.gamasutra.com/

VG 24/7

By Svarthol

CCP working towards 30 year lifespan for EVE Online - “We believe in making virtual worlds, and they don’t have a shelf life. We want this game to be around in 10, 20, 30 years” - Senior Producer, Jon Lander

http://www.vg247.com/

Massively

By Svarthol

EVE EvolvedEVE Online's top selling points - Brendan Drain takes a look at some of EVE Online's features currently unmatched by any other MMO.

http://massively.joystiq.com/

IGN.com

By Svarthol

EVE Online Special Edition - Inferno Teaser Trailer Released

http://www.ign.com/

PC Gamer

By Svarthol

Eve Online's "gratuitous, missile-tastic" Inferno update is out today.

http://www.pcgamer.com/

Ten Ton Hammer

By Svarthol

Interview with Jon Lander "We have a ton of new modules to introduce... Already, just looking on our public test server, we've started seeing some crazy fits. People in a ship that I would normally be able to spot from a mile off and predict the exact counter to have been able to give me a bit of a bloody nose."

http://www.tentonhammer.com/

Violent Gamer Reviews

By Svarthol

EVE Online Inferno Expansion - "Inferno improves on so many aspects of the game that it's impressive."

http://www.violentgamerreviews.com/

Game Politics

By Svarthol

CCP Analyzes Aftermath of EVE Player Event 'Burn Jita' - According to data gathered by CCP Games, the total damage inflicted over the three day event was 45,117,952 hit points doled out in 249,021 hits. - "The trading center of the EVE Online universe really was on fire."

http://www.gamepolitics.com/

Venture Beat

By Svarthol

Developer stepping aside, excited for massive 14,000-ship Eve Online raid

http://venturebeat.com/

Fast Company

By Svarthol

Video Game Maker CCP Links PC and Console Gamers - "CCP wants to move past the days of gamer segregation. This summer, CCP will release Dust 514, an expansion of Eve created for PlayStation 3 users. When that happens, it will mark the first time users of two different platforms can play cooperatively.

http://www.fastcompany.com/

PC Gamer

By Svarthol

Coverage of player-driven Burn Jita assault. "Before time dilation, this would not be possible. Before TiDi, as it’s called, these fights would’ve been black screens, where you can’t do anything and you look back an hour later to find that you’re dead. Now, everything works. TiDi is truly amazing and has changed EVE." - Goonswarm Fleet Commander in response to how EVE Online is handling the massive battles going on

http://www.pcgamer.com/

Poetic Discourse

By Svarthol

Scenes from a Buring Jita - screenshots of the first night of the assault on EVE Online's major trade hub.

http://tagn.wordpress.com/

Eurogamer

By Svarthol

Players' attempt to destroy EVE Online economy is f***ing brilliant "We've got some seriously grown up server kit. Where we know there's going to be some really big, epic stuff happening, we can put it on this kit. We've said, okay, stick Jita on the big, scary server, and put all the surrounding systems on these other servers." - Jon Lander, Senior Producer

http://www.eurogamer.net/

GeekoSystem.com

By Svarthol

Players’ Attempt to Destroy EVE Online Economy Gets Thumbs-Up From Developers

http://www.geekosystem.com/

IceNews

By Svarthol

Leading game Developer CCP Games one of the newest clients of Iceland Data Center Verne Global

http://www.icenews.is/

PC Gamer

By Svarthol

EVE Online's Mad Time Dilation Tech Beats Lag - "The time dilation feature added to Eve Online last month is a good example of CCP’s weird genius."

http://www.pcgamer.com/

MMOAttack

By Svarthol

Dust 514 – What you’ve missed from EVE Fanfest - "Going by their record with EVE Online, DUST will be a game that is constantly in development. An FPS that’s forever getting better? Yes, please!"

http://mmoattack.com/

Freebooted

By Svarthol

Exploring EVE OnlineFanfest and The Nation of EVE - "Unreservedly, I can state that everything I witnessed in Iceland underlines the courageous and pioneering attitude of one of the world’s most innovative video game developers. There is no desire to roll out products that are facsimiles of their competitors; CCP have a unique philosophy in their approach to game design and an equally unique relationship with the community that grows around it."

http://www.guildlaunch.com/

Roc Wieler

By Svarthol

EVE Fanfest 2012 Trip Journal - "Met a LOT of fans today, more than I thought I had. Was good fun. EVE Keynote was great. Lots of good work coming our way."

http://rocwieler.com/

Scaurus.com

By Svarthol

Notes on the Fanfest Crimewatch panel

http://scaurus.com/

Startup Iceland

By Svarthol

EVE Fanfest 2012 - "I was mesmerized, and it took me back a long time when I was fascinated by video games and how I spent endless hours playing games although I did not have access to the latest or the greatest, I got hooked."

http://www.startupiceland.com/

PC World

By Svarthol

Inside EVE Online’s Fanfest 2012 - "During the EVE Keynote on Friday, CCP aired a trailer showing off improved animations for the game’s missle turrets. The audience went wild, but one fan demanded more. He turned to the crowd and yelled “COME ON! That’s awesome! AGAIN! AGAIN!” Soon enough the entire crowd stood, and joined him.

Escapist Magazine

By Svarthol

The Future of EVE Online "If you've ever been interested in EVE Online or if you were a prior player, now is actually a pretty interesting time to give the cutthroat space-trading MMO a chance."

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/

Gamasutra

By Svarthol

Letting Players GovernWhat Could Go Wrong? - A look at the Council of Stellar Management

http://www.gamasutra.com/

VideoGamer.com

By Svarthol

EVE Online to get string of updates before Inferno launch - "expect to see improvements implemented throughout February, March and April"

http://www.videogamer.com/

The MMOnitor

By Svarthol

CCP's CEO and CMO talk about Eve Online, Dust 514, MMORPG saturation, CCP as a cloud-gaming platform, World of Darkness, and EVE's future potential as a gestalt societal consciousness.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/

EVE Evolved

By Svarthol

Setting the Universe on Fire - The Inferno expansion aims to re-invigorate PvP with some long overdue gameplay changes.

http://massively.joystiq.com/

VG 24/7

By Svarthol

CCP - DUST 514 will be more intuitive than EVE Online.

http://www.vg247.com/

GamePlanet

By Svarthol

EVE Online and DUST 514 developer CCP announces restructuring but assures there’s still a full development team working on vampire MMO World of Darkness.

http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/

TechCrunch

By Svarthol

EVE Online Saw $66M In Revenue Last Year, Mulls IPO

http://techcrunch.com/

Reuters

By Svarthol

Long-term Price Visibility Helps CCP Games Select Verne Global's Icelandic Campus for Corporate Hosting

http://www.reuters.com/

MMORPG.com

By Svarthol

World of Darkness InterviewsCCP’s Plans to Dominate 2012 - "The team is committed to bringing the same quality that EVE has into the ground war of DUST."

http://www.mmorpg.com/

Ten Ton Hammer

By Svarthol

World of Darkness and DUST 514 Updates - A Q&A with CCP's Newest Exec - "We want to bring this experience to people who may not know EVE Online or CCP to the 60 million or so people connected on the PlayStation Network"

http://www.tentonhammer.com/

N4G.com

By Svarthol

New video guide for beginners to EVE Online

http://n4g.com/

MMORPG.com

By Svarthol

The War in the North is still raging strong in EVE Online

http://www.mmorpg.com/

VentureBeat

By Svarthol

CCP Games hires David Reid as chief marketing officer as Dust 514 nears launch

http://venturebeat.com/

Yahoo Finance

By Svarthol

CCP Games Names Gaming Industry Veteran David Reid as New Chief Marketing Officer

http://finance.yahoo.com/

MMORPG.com

By Svarthol

EVE Online - Player's Choice 2011 Game of the Year

http://www.mmorpg.com/

Press2Reset

By Svarthol

:Crucible expansion arrives on EVE Online - MMO introduces new ships, new visuals and a host of improvements

http://press2reset.com/