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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
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."
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.