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EVE Online: Dominion Expansion Released

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland – December 1, 2009 – CCP, one of the world’s leading independent game developers, today launched EVE Online: Dominion, the 12th free expansion for the highly successful sci-fi MMO, EVE Online. The battlefields of the universe will be gorged with wrecks as the player alliances of EVE, some over five thousand pilots strong, adapt to the new way in which territory is conquered and held.

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CCP Unveils DUST 514

By Svarthol

Cologne, GERMANY, Game Developers Conference Europe – August 18, 2009 – CCP today revealed DUST 514™, a console-based hybrid MMO/FPS set within the EVE universe. The announcement, which included a video featuring gameplay footage, was made during a keynote address by CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson at the Game Developers Conference in Cologne, Germany.

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EVE: The Burning Life

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland – Wednesday, July 1, 2009 – CCP is pleased to announce a grand space opera set in the universe of EVE Online, the largest and most successful science fiction Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) today with over 300,000 subscribers worldwide. EVE: The Burning Life will be published in November 2009 via partnerships with Tor Books and Orion Books. ‘The Burning Life’ is the first effort of novelist Hjalti Daníelsson who has worked in different capacities on EVE Online since i...

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CCP CEO to Deliver Keynote Address at 2009 Game Developers Conference Europe

By Svarthol

Berlin, Germany – June 10, 2009 – Hilmar Pètursson, Chief Executive Officer of CCP, one of the world’s largest independent game developers, will deliver a keynote address at the 2009 Game Developers Conference Europe entitled, “CCP: Winning the War”. GDC Europe will take place August 17-19, 2009 at Cologne Congress Center East in Cologne, Germany, bringing together top talent from across the globe to meet, exchange ideas and showcase some of the recent advances in video games and supporting tech...

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CCP Wins Media Momentum Award

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, ICELAND – May 14, 2009 – CCP, one of the world's leading independent game developers and creator of the critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online game (MMO) EVE Online, has been recognized for its remarkable year-over-year growth by being ranked on the Media Momentum's 2009 Larger Companies List.

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CCP Winning Awards Around the World for Innovation

By Svarthol

CCP's success at pushing technology to new horizons has consistently garnered the company worldwide acclaim. Several more awards for their achievements were recently added to the trophy room. In February, the Association of Businessmen and Economists in Iceland bestowed CCP with their 2009 award for Innovation and Knowledge.

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EVE Online: Apocrypha Expansion Released

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland March 11, 2009- CCP, one of the world’s leading independent game developers, has deployed EVE Online: Apocrypha, the tenth free expansion for EVE Online. Delivering a massive amount of content in a shortened production schedule, Apocrypha is sure to satisfy pilots of all types with the mysterious appearance of unstable wormholes that lead to dangerous and rewarding, hereto unexplored regions of space, a new level of technology that allows for a staggering echelon of ship produ...

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EVE Online: Apocrypha Features List

By Svarthol

Reykjavik, Iceland February, 26th, 2009 – CCP, one of the world’s leading independent game developers, today announced the full features list for EVE Online: Apocrypha, the tenth free expansion for EVE Online subscribers, which is due out on March 10th, coinciding with the availability of EVE in retail outlets across North America, Europe and Pan Asia.

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CCP and Atari Announce Contents of EVE Online Retail Box

By Svarthol

NEW YORK, NY February 24, 2009-Atari and CCP, one of the world's leading independent game developers, today confirmed details regarding the contents of the retail box version of EVE Online, coming to retailers in North America beginning March 10th, 2009 and in Europe and Asia Pacific regions beginning March 12th.

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