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Until now the ship browser tool within MMO title EVE Online has been known as the ‘Interbus Ship Identification System’. The acronym for which is very unfortunate. That’s all changed, however, with players recently discovering that an update to the game has given the ISIS screen a new name – …
Read More »Former EA marketing exec joins CCP Games
Maria Sayans to serve in newly-created role of chief customer officer
Read More »How Continuous Delivery keeps the EVE universe online
CCP Games shares its experience and advice on version management and Continuous Delivery
Read More »CCP Games raises $30m for VR projects
Eve Online firm believes "VR will revolutionise games and the wider technology industry"
Read More »Move over Elder Scrolls: Tera Online is now the biggest MMO of all time on Steam
In news that might surprise many, the biggest MMO on PC platform Steam isn’t Final Fantasy XIV, EVE Online or The Elder Scrolls Online. Instead, it’s relative newcomer Tera Online, a Korean free-to-play effort which only launched on the Steam store earlier this month, on May 5th. Tera’s developer En …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Iceland
Iceland is a thriving landscape for games, backed by strong government investment in the industry. According to technology website Wired, revenue from Iceland’s video games industry rose by more than 600 per cent between 2008 and 2011. Icelandic news outlet Eyjan reports that video games earned the country 1.9 billion …
Read More »RuneScape and Eve Online suffer DDoS attacks
A series of sustained distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks across a number of games including including MMOs RuneScape and Eve Online have caused widespread server disruption for players. RuneScape developer Jagex posted on the game’s forum warning users not to participate in dangerous/high-risk content such as PvP or high level PvM”, …
Read More »DDoS attacks hammer RuneScape and Eve Online
Disruption affects a number of online games, also reported to include League of Legends and ArenaNet
Read More »New EVE Online FPS Project Legion in development for PC
CCP has revealed a new first-person shooter from the same team working on its free-to-play console multiplayer game Dust 514. The new title will build on the ideas of the console shooter and expand on them.CCP exec producer Jean-Charles Gaudechon said the new game would offer more of a sandbox …
Read More »CCP reports $21m annual loss
CCP Games has recorded a loss of more than $21m for the company’s most recently completed fiscal year, down from the $4.6m in profit made in the prior year. A significant increase in the firm’s Research & Development budget was the main culprit for the downswing, clocking in at $56.5m …
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