Archive for the ‘EVE Online Miscellaneous’ Category

Dates for EVE’s next expansion, retail launch confirmed in video interview

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Hilmar V. Pétursson, CEO of CCP Games, has given a rather softspoken video interview with Gamereactor on where the sci-fi title EVE Online is today, and what's on the horizon. The interview seems intended for those who haven't played the game before -- as Hilmar gives an intro to the ...

EVE Online player breaks 100 million skillpoints

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

One of the oldest characters in EVE Online, NTRabbit, made a fairly rare appearance on the game's official forums, reflecting back on the experience of having racked up over 100 million skillpoints. In EVE, hitting nine digits in skills imparts some serious bragging rights. In fact, those skills plus his ...

Would you hire a gamer?

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

I usually dislike writing about the things that everyone else is talking about, but I'm sufficiently motivated (read: ticked off) about this topic that I might as well throw in my two cents. With all due respect to my readers and the people who take the time to write in ...

EVE’s ‘Orca’ mining vessel facilitates suicide ganks against miners

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Among the changes to EVE Online introduced with the Quantum Rise expansion is a new class of ship, the 'Orca' industrial command ship.The ship is intended to be a major asset to mining operations in New Eden, but it's a flexible ship -- and this writer has been waiting to ...

Celebrating the holidays in EVE with snowball fights in space

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Space is cold. You wouldn't think 'holiday cheer' and EVE Online would be mentioned in the same context, but CCP Games has gotten in on the holiday action with the other MMO developers this season. Xiphos from the EVE blog "A Misguided Adventurer" had a holiday surprise from CCP when ...

EVE’s Alliance PVP Tournament returns

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

EVE Online players have been noting the conspicuous absence of the Alliance PvP Tournament, which was brought up at a dev panel at EVE Fanfest 2008. The news imparted at that time did not bode well for the future of the alliance tournaments, given the expense and level of involvement ...

Economic crisis may force CCP Games to leave Iceland

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

From: http://www.massively.com/2008/12/22/economic-crisis-may-force-ccp-games-to-leave-iceland/ The global financial crisis is hitting many companies and individuals very hard. This is especially prevalent in Iceland, home of CCP Games -- the developers of the sci-fi massively multiplayer online game EVE Online. The collapse of Iceland's banking system and currency has been devastating to the nation. "Icelanders ...