Category Archives: CCP
Fri, Oct 21, 2011 | 10:43 BST
CCP: Designing sub-based games “a flawed strategy” against F2P
CCP has admitted that designing a game that’s revolving around a subscription is more or less “flawed” when going up against F2P.
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Posted in: CCP, Free-to-Play, MMO, PC, PS3
Tags: eve online, Kristoffer Touborg
Fri, Oct 21, 2011 | 03:40 BST
CCP: “We’re going back to spaceships” with EVE Online
CCP has completely thrown out the content it had planned for upcoming EVE Online updates, and gone back to a spaceship-shaped drawing board.
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Posted in: CCP, MMO, PC
Tags: eve online, incarna, Kristoffer Touborg
Wed, Oct 19, 2011 | 16:19 BST
CCP to reduce its workforce by 20%, refocusing on EVE and Dust 514 development
CCP has announced it’s to layoff approximately 20 percent of its staff, with most redundancies occurring in the firm’s Atlanta, Georgia offices, with select positions at the firm’s Reykjavik, Iceland studio also affected.
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Posted in: CCP, Development, Jobs, MMO, PC
Tags: ccp layoffs, dust 514, eve online, World of Darkness
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 | 02:22 BST
CCP offers apologetic discounts to disgruntled EVE Online players
A discount has been offered to returning EVE Online players after a series of unpopular decisions saw many veterans throw in the towel.
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Posted in: CCP, MMO, PC, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Tags: eve online
Tue, Oct 11, 2011 | 00:39 BST
DUST 514 to be consoles’ first “proper” MMO, “deepest” shooter ever
CCP has finally given us an idea of what EVE Online’s console cousin DUST 514 actually is – and thrown a bit of boasting in there, too.
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Posted in: CCP, MMO, PS3, Shooter, Sony
Tags: Brandon Laurino, DUST 414, eve online
Wed, Oct 05, 2011 | 21:38 BST
CCP CEO issues letter of apology, more EVE Online changes coming this winter
CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson has issued a formal letter of apology to EVE Online fans over the hoopla surrounding the game in recent months, and claiming full responsibility for any feelings of “estrangement” fans may have had.
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Posted in: CCP, MMO, PC
Tags: eve online, Hilmar Veigar Pétursson
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 14:27 BST
CCP has listened to players, promises many changes are in the works
Arnar Hrafn Gylfason, CCP’s senior producer of EVE Online, has posted a brief, but important notice on the official site, which states that changes are coming to the MMO and these changes have a fan requested focus.
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Posted in: CCP, MMO, PC
Tags: Arnar Hrafn Gylfason, eve online, Torfi Frans
Thu, Sep 22, 2011 | 21:54 BST
CCP Newcastle working on future PC and console tech
CCP has told Develop it’s already working on tech for the next generation of consoles and future PC tech.
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Posted in: CCP, Development, PC, hardware
Tags: CCP Newcastle, Thor Gunnarsson
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 | 09:58 BST
World of Darkness details emerge from the Grand Masquerade
This weekend just gone, New Orleans played host for The Grand Masquerade, put on by White Wolf. Lucky for us, more than a few juicy tidbits of vampire lore were left over after the ball, all ready to be analysed and inspected.
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Posted in: CCP, Horror, MMO, RPG
Tags: The Grand Masquerade, white wolf, World of Darkness
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 | 23:12 BST
EVE Online offers bulk subscription for first time
EVE Online developers CCP have announced that they’ll be making their in-game subscription time available at a big discount for the first time, which is kind of significant if you play EVE.
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Sat, Aug 20, 2011 | 19:40 BST
CCP explains how microtransactions will work in Dust 514
CCP has explained to Joystiq how PSN will handle the microtransaction-based Dust 514.
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 13:03 BST
EVE Online to feature more high-priced items, says CCP
CCP has said that it’ll include more high-priced items for sale in EVE Online than a $70 molecule.
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Posted in: CCP, MMO, PC
Tags: Alex Gianturco, Arnar Gylfason, eve online
Mon, Jul 11, 2011 | 11:36 BST
Dust 514 to have intital cover charge, says CCP
CCP has said it’ll require a cover charge around the region of “$10-$20″ for the beginning of Dust 514.
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 | 16:53 BST
EVE Online to be released by CCP and Nexon in Japan this fall
CCP and Nexon have announced an agreement to bring a fully localized game client, as well as product services for EVE Online, to Japan this fall.
Wed, Jul 06, 2011 | 15:57 BST
EVE Online: Incarna’s multiplayer to launch sometime this year
Multiplayer for EVE Online’s Incarna expansion will be added this year sometime, according to the game’s senior producer, Arnar Gylfason.
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Posted in: CCP, MMO, PC
Tags: Arnar Gylfason, eve online, incarna
Sat, Jul 02, 2011 | 22:07 BST
EVE Online controversy gets resolution
EVE Online developer CCP was in hot water with its own player base over micro-transactions recently, but has found a resolution after a meeting with user representatives.
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Posted in: CCP, MMO, Strategy
Tags: CCP, Council of Stellar Management, eve online, Monaclegate
Wed, Jun 29, 2011 | 05:46 BST
Wednesday Shorts, overnight edition – PopCap goodies, quadruple chainsaw guns, Civ V patch
I’ve got to clear my inbox, or I’m going to have some kind of Wednesday-afternoon fit. Here are some bits and bobs I can’t stretch into a paragraph.
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Posted in: 2K, 3DS, Action, Atlus, CCP, Charity, Konami, MMO, MMOARTS, Marvelous, Mods, NIS America, PC, PS3, PlayStation Move, PopCap, RPG, Shorts, Sony Online Entertainment, Square Enix, Strategy, indie
Tags: Call of Duty: Black Ops, Civilization V, Devil Survivor: Overclocked, Diggity, Elevator Action Deluxe, eSports, eve online, final fantasy XIV, firaxis, Firaxis Games, Imageepoch, incarna, league of legends, Naruto Shippenden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generation, no more heroes, No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise, patch, Riot, riot games, Serious Sam: Double D
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 | 21:36 BST
EVE Online protests could cost CCP $1 million
CCP the developers behind the cult hit MMO Eve Online, have had a pretty bad week. Now estimates say they could be out over a million dollars over the outrage.
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Sat, Jun 25, 2011 | 19:03 BST
CCP responds to uproar over leaked company newsletter regarding EVE’s virtual store
An internal CCP newsletter titled Fearless was leaked yesterday, which stated the Noble Exchange virtual store would contain more items for sale than just cosmetics.
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Posted in: CCP, MMO, PC
Tags: Arnar Hrafn Gylfason, eve online, Fearless, Noble Exchange
Wed, Jun 22, 2011 | 07:35 BST
EVE Online economy upset by avatar items
CCP has caused major upset in EVE Online by introducing eye-openingly expensive customisation options, and thereby throwing the game’s economy into a whirl.
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