Eve Hub

New Website up

2010-06-07T15:36:00.001+01:00

i have been busy over the past couple of months starting uni and getting settled in i have started a new website based around the same priciables EVE!!!

the linky is www.evehub.info <--- spread the word!!!

ccp invades frisco and gdc, march 9-13

2010-03-10T07:51:00.002Z

reported by CCP Manifest | 2010.03.09 16:37:12 | NEW

A small army of developers from CCP will be at GDC San Francisco (Game Developer's Conference), March 9-13. Specifically booth #2505 in the Career Pavilion in the South Hall. As you can imagine, we'll be doing some heavy recruiting, some interviews and lots of note-taking. We'll also be talking shop on Tyrannis and would love to chat with any EVE fans who make the trip.

Powerpoints are prepared and black dev shirts have been ironed. Come join us at any of the four speaking sessions we'll be a part of--from fighting the good fight against RMT to cloth simulation and from scaling EVE's universe to scaling CCP itself.

new chronicle: signs of faith

2010-03-10T07:50:00.001Z

reported by CCP Fallout | 2010.03.08 23:12:55

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but one symbol can define an Empire and cause a rift between two peoples.

"Signs of Faith" is a new EVE Chronicle written by CCP Greyscale. Published every other Monday, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here, and a comment thread for this particular story may be found here.

plex aid for haiti ends

2010-03-08T14:53:00.000Z

reported by CCP Fallout | 2010.03.05 19:38:16

March 3, 2010 marked the final day of the collection of PLEX to aid victims of the devastating Haiti earthquake. EVE Online players were extremely generous: 2776 PLEX were donated through 1107 contracts. An additional 9.5 billion ISK was donated, enough to purchase 37 additional PLEX from the market. 100 percent of your donations will be given to the Red Cross. Thanks again to everyone who participated.

eve online installer error on pc gamer dvd

2010-02-01T11:05:00.000Z

reported by CCP Wrangler | 2010.01.29 16:00:33

The latest issue of PC Gamer is landing in the mailboxes of their subscribers and includes a special disc that features the EVE Online game client. It's come to our attention that there is an issue with the disc that prevents a successful installation. The game client is available, along with a free 14-day trial, through our website at http://www.eveonline.com/future.

pc gamer mmo of the year!!!!!!

2010-01-29T11:14:00.000Z

reported by CCP Manifest | 2010.01.28 21:50:44 | NEW

The MMO you are playing is good. Still good. Very good.

The best.

"And more than ever, the players of EVE Online earned this award with their usual shenanigans..." reads the concluding paragraph of PC Gamer's upcoming Game of the Year Awards section on EVE Online. Look for it (and some interesting cover copy) in the March 2010 issue that will be hitting stands and mailboxes very soon.

Sincere thanks to the EVE community and high fives to the CCP dev team.

Let's celebrate by blowing some ships up.

Why We Love EVE Online Contest

2010-01-29T11:13:00.000Z

Crazy Kinux Musings is running a contest focused on why you love EVE Online. Winners will be awarded either EVE Store coupons or two weeks of game time. This special EVE Blog Banter contest ends on January 31, 2010.

Eve Online: Dominion 1.1.1 deployment Thursday, January 28, 2010

2010-01-28T09:35:00.000Z

EVE Online: Dominion 1.1.1 will be deployed this Thursday, January 28, 2010. The deployment process will begin at 10:00 UTC and is expected to be completed at 12:00 UTC. Patch notes are available for review and a discussion thread is available here.

new chronicle: the mercenaries, part iii

2010-01-28T09:33:00.001Z

reported by CCP Fallout | 2010.01.25 17:07:53

When last we saw our intrepid band of mercenaries, they were daringly breaking out of jail. We return to our merry band of mercenaries as they prep to catch their prey.

"The Mercenaries, Part III" is a new EVE Chronicle written by CCP Abraxas. Published every other Monday, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here, and a comment thread for this particular story may be found here.

mass testing on singularity, wednesday, 27 january.

2010-01-28T09:32:00.000Z

reported by CCP Navigator | 2010.01.25 13:52:59

Mass testing will take place this Wednesday, 27 January at 17:00 UTC in order to investigate the source of the current lag in large fleet fights. We would appreciate as many players as possible joining us so that we can identify and isolate any issues and work on fixing them as soon as possible. CCP and ISD personnel will be available in the "MassTesting" channel to answer questions and help players in general. You can find full details on the testing in this forum thread along with details on how to connect to Singularity here.

Tranquility downtime for Wednesday, January 13, 2010

2010-01-13T17:32:00.001Z

Tranquility downtime today will take place between 09:30 to 10:00 UTC/GMT. This means the regular scheduled downtime at 11:00 UTC/GMT will not take place.

mmorpg.com game of the year

2010-01-13T15:32:00.000Z

reported by CCP Manifest | 2010.01.12 16:48:54 | NEW

JÁ SÆLL! Splendid! 哦耶! Awwww yeah! These are just a few of the phrases yelled by the CCP devs in the past 24 hours. Some were not fit for print, but quite celebratory.

EVE won the Game of the Year Award from MMORPG.com! You should definitely read the article, but we have a sneaking suspicion that if you area already a capsuleer, you probably have a good idea why this honor fell on EVE. Since 2003, New Eden has remained a pretty good place to be. Pewpewpwnage (as also celebrated on MMORPG) is definitely a contributing factor, but it is truly the "Massively Multiplayer" part that you are providing to CCP's "Online" contribution that makes EVE, well, EVE.

new chronicle: the mercenaries, part ii

2010-01-13T15:29:00.000Z

reported by CCP Fallout | 2010.01.12 11:13:54 | NEW

When last we saw our intrepid band of mercenaries, they were confronting the Amarr traitor Shahoun Asa. Jailed for "disrupting the peace," how will our merry band get out of this one, and what will Scaara do with those pairs of underwear?

"The Mercenaries, Part II" is a new EVE Chronicle written by CCP Abraxas. Published every other Monday, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here, and a comment thread for this particular story may be found here.

Spaceships Art from Order of Elite Games

2010-01-09T15:30:00.003Z

i came across this amazing website with some amazingly epic pictures of real life thing combined with eve :)

heres one for you

sorry about the res to see the rest of his work goto

OEG - Order of Elite Games

all the rights goto the owner/owners of the origional pictures

you are tentonhammer's best community of 2009

2010-01-08T10:11:00.002Z

reported by CCP Manifest | 2010.01.07 21:49:25 | NEW

Capsuleers,

We salute you, and others do too.

TenTonHammer named you the Best Community of 2009 in their year-end wrap-up. You make EVE -- you are its tender soul and its terrible scourge. A truly unique phenomenon unlike almost any community for any form of entertainment ever before. Years of war, of peace, of profits and of even more war. There are hundreds of thousands of pilots each contributing to hundreds of thousands of rich stories as one single community.

The CCP Dev team has long known you to be worthy of praise and we've made countless toasts to you at Fanfest, in celebration of PCUs and when one of you just comes up with something so brilliant or nefarious that we are left speechless. Revel in this recognition. We're so proud, even though you did all the work!

CCP Oveur might just have something to say about 2009 in an upcoming dev blog...

Chronicles Returning 2010

2009-12-30T09:50:00.001Z

Our ever-popular Chronicles, which examine the various aspects of life in New Eden, will take a short sabbatical and return January 11, 2010. In the meantime, please feel free to re-visit the universe's best short stories by checking our our EVE Chronicles archives.

POD Splatter End of the Year Giveaway

2009-12-23T20:41:00.001Z

POD Splatter is celebrating the upcoming new year by giving away killboard hosting packages and PLEX to 15 lucky winners. Signups are as simple as visiting their contest page using the new in-game browser. Visit the POD
Splatter Web site for more information on the giveaway, which ends January 1, 2010.

http://www.podsplatter.com/

API Disabled For The Weekend

2009-12-19T19:11:00.001Z

Due to issues with the API system we will be taking it offline for the weekend. Service is expected to resume on Monday, December 21, 2009.

The Scanning Guide Tutorial Video

2009-12-19T19:09:00.000Z

Scan-curious? Wondering what to do with the Prototype Iris Probe Launcher affixed to your new holiday gift? Feeling like you've always wanted to explore the hidden riches of New Eden, from wormholes to archaeology sites, but never could quite reach 100% signal strength? Look no further than the new EVE Online Scanning Guide Tutorial Video and a comment thread may be found here.

You an also head over to the Evelopedia and check out the Apocrypha Probing guide for a written guide.

CCP Chat at XFire Today

2009-12-18T11:10:00.000Z

Join our very own CCP Soundwave and CCP Guard for a live chat with the XFire team today, December 17, 2009 at 20:00 GMT/UTC. The XFire client is required, and you must add “Chatteox” to your friend’s list to tune in.

More information about the live text chat and the EVE "til EVE contest can be found on the XFire Web site.

christmas comes early at eve radio

2009-12-17T14:18:00.000Z

reported by CCP Zymurgist | 2009.12.16 20:27:07 | NEW

EVE Radio is hosting a holiday giveaway celebration with their Christmas Comes Early 2009 event. Already in full swing, EVE Radio is giving away vast amounts of ISK and EVE store goodies. Christmas Comes Early ends December 20, 2009 with a grand prize drawing of 20 billion ISK and an EVE Caldari Raven battleship model. Check out Mr. Blades announcement thread for more information. Good luck, and happy holidays!

fleet fight planned? let ccp know!

2009-12-17T14:17:00.000Z

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.12.16 15:31:28 | NEW

Is your large corporation or alliance planning a huge fleet fight in the near future and you're a CEO or director? Let CCP know by filling out this fleet fight notification form 24 hours before your battle is set to begin. More information about fleet fight notifications can be found in this thread.

happy holidays from ccp!

2009-12-16T09:40:00.003Z

reported by CCP Manifest | 2009.12.15 18:43:59 | NEW

Were you always hoping to benefit from the hyperintelligence of an ascetic Intaki polymath but never got the opportunity? Well capsuleer, your wait is over! Beginnning Dec 18th 2009 and ending Jan 6th 2010, a single Zephyr ship shall be given to any who wish to claim it, courtesy of the Intaki Syndicate. Read more about it in CCP Wrangler's Dev Blog.

EVE Til EVE Returns to XFire

2009-12-16T09:40:00.001Z

Play EVE Online while running the XFire client from now until December 31, 2009 and you can have a shot at winning some amazing prizes, including an eVGA graphics card and one year subscriptions to the universe's best game ever. For a behind-the-scenes look at EVE Online: Dominion, tune in on December 17, 2009 for guided tour with your favorite EVE developers.

More information about both the contest and the live broadcast can be found here.

new planet tour video

2009-12-15T16:39:00.000Z

reported by CCP Manifest | 2009.12.15 14:13:06 | NEW

"A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth." -Sir Christopher Wren on EVE Online: Dominion's gorgeous and reimagined heavenly bodies.

After launching the Dominion trailer (BURN THEM ALL!), our video team took a bit of time to put together this beautiful, Sagan-esque tour of the new planets. We hope you enjoy.

new chronicle: the mercenaries, part i

2009-12-15T16:37:00.002Z

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.12.15 13:29:25 | NEW

Shahoun Asa betrayed the Amarr Navy, and they wanted payback. A small band of mercenaries have been sent to the distant Gurista station where he was last seen. What dangers will they uncover in the midst of pirates and traitors?

"The Mercenaries, Part I” is a new EVE Chronicle written by CCP Abraxas. Published every other Monday, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here, and a comment thread for this particular story may be found here.

new pcu record of 54,181 pilots

2009-12-11T17:02:00.001Z

reported by CCP Manifest | 2009.12.08 18:13:53

The weather outside is frightful as powerful solar winds buffet the battleworn armor of a Myrmidon aligning for warp. The fire so delightful of the Heavy Pulse Laser IIs as they carve through the hulls of Sansha's despicable followers.

What really warms our hearts this time of year is the recent breaking of our all-time Peak Concurrent User Record. This past Sunday, 54,181 pilots were flying in New Eden, unfettered and unbound but by the limits of their own imagination and skill. Thank you all for flying with us.

Introducing Play.EVEOnline.com

2009-12-11T17:01:00.000Z

With such a wealth of information available, what do you as a player say to someone who asks you "what is EVE Online?" Today we have launched our new Play EVE Online site, which is designed to introduce new visitors to EVE Online and provide them with all the necessary information to become a great Capsuleer.

upcoming sovereignty adjustments

2009-12-11T16:44:00.000Z

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.12.05 15:00:41

We will be making some adjustments to the Sovereignty system during our regularly scheduled downtime on Monday, December 7, 2009. This resolves an issue with strategic indexes that was reported in several systems. This adjustment will allow affected alliances to install their infrastructure hub and required upgrades. Due to the late arrival of this fix, we have decided to extend the grace period until December 15, 2009.

Additionally, we will be seeding Sovereignty Blockade Units on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, during downtime. These items will be made available from DED and CONCORD stations. This is in preparation for lifting the grace period.

More information about these changes and adjustments can be found in this thread.

About the last few weeks

2009-12-11T16:42:00.001Z

Firstly sorry about not updateing the website over the past month or so, i just changed my PC n had a bit of trouble all sorted now so everything will resume from where we left off :)

mondes persistants goes pirate hunting with ccp molock

2009-11-12T20:35:00.002Z

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.11.11 14:16:55 | NEW

Mondes Persistants recently interviewed CCP Molock, EVE Online's Lead Content writer, about the new pirate epic arc missions that will make their debut in EVE Online: Dominion. Molock discusses everything from the regions these epic missions occur to the standing requirements you'll need in order to access them. You can read the interview in its entirety here in French, or here in English.

CSM candidates debates- Round Two

2009-11-12T20:35:00.001Z

Three new CSM candidates take to the airwaves on Wednesday, November 11 at 21:00 UTC courtesy of Split Infinity Radio. They will answer questions put to them by the Planet Risk team and listeners. You can hear this week’s round of debates live here.

TrackIR Support Discontinued

2009-11-12T20:34:00.000Z

As of December 1, 2009, CCP will no longer officially support TrackIR in EVE Online and it has already been disabled in the current version of EVE Online: Apocrypha 1.5.1. We have enjoyed working with Naturalpoint's excellent head tracking product, but with the low number of users using it compared to the investment in software required to maintain it, CCP has decided to discontinue support for the product.

CSM candidates question time

2009-11-04T18:19:00.001Z

Coming to you live, tonight at 21:00 UTC on the Planet Risk Show, Split Infinity Radio is proud to pay host to four CSM candidates, who will be put on the stand to answer questions put to them by the Planet Risk team and you, the listener. More information on how to tune in can be found here.

all pics owned by their respectiv owners

New Chronicle: A Beautiful Face, Part I

2009-11-03T07:07:00.001Z

They say one's eyes are the window to your soul, but what of the face? What do the lines, the smiles, the furrowed brow tell people? Would you change your face if you could, and if you did, what would your face say then?

"A Beautiful Face, Part I" is a new EVE Chronicle written by CCP Abraxas. Published every other Monday, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here, and a comment thread for this particular story may be found here.

Startup tests during downtime this Thursday

2009-10-29T09:30:00.000Z

During downtime this Thursday, October 29, we will be running startup tests in preparation for the release of EVE Online: Dominion. You may get some "incompatible protocol," "incompatible client" or similar message from your client, but rest assured that they are only part of the testing process.

Ask a Dev Contest winner Xiphos83 interviews Noah “CCP Hammerhead” Ward

2009-10-28T09:44:00.000Z

CrazyKinux’s latest MicroWarpCast features an interview with CCP Hammerhead. The interview was conducted by Xiphos83, who won CrazyKinux’s “Ask a Dev” contest. Listen to the podcast and comment on the interview here.

come help us test sovereignty this friday, october 30, 2009

2009-10-28T09:43:00.000Z

reported by CCP Zymurgist | 2009.10.27 17:56:44 | NEW

We require a large number of players to test the new sovereignty system on Singularity this Friday, October 30 at 1700 GMT/UTC. For more information about the test, see this thread. To learn about how you can access Singularity, see this post.

winners announced for fanfest 2009 photo scavenger hunt

2009-10-21T11:33:00.000+01:00

reported by CCP Zymurgist | 2009.10.20 17:53:31 | NEW

Winners have been selected for the Fanfest 2009 Photo Scavenger Hunt and CCP would like to thank all teams for submitting great photos for this year’s competition. Check out the winning team’s photographs on the Fanfest 2009 Photo Gallery website. Please congratulate our winners in this forum thread.

new chronicle: present pieces

2009-10-21T11:31:00.001+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.10.20 11:39:55 | NEW

Chieron is a scientist who was on the verge of a great discovery. Kestor is a punk who was hospitalized after getting a beat down by his own kind. Together, they may just discover that there is a greater purpose to their seemingly random meeting in the hospital.

"Present Pieces" is a new EVE Chronicle written by CCP Molock. Published every other Monday, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here, and a comment thread for this particular story may be found here.

Power of 2 Offer Extended

2009-10-20T14:21:00.001+01:00

Due to an error, our Power of 2 offer ended prematurely. As a result, we've decided to extend this great opportunity for you to get a less expensive second account until midnight Thursday, October 22. Don't miss out on this special offer before time runs out!

PLEX Timer Added

2009-10-20T14:20:00.001+01:00

We are strengthening our anti-fraud measures in the PLEX system by adding a maximum 60 minute delivery delay at this time. This change goes into effect for all PLEX added to the system after downtime on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. More information about PLEX, including how they can be obtained in-game, can be found in this EVElopedia article.

account services upgrade tuesday

2009-10-20T14:18:00.000+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.10.19 11:52:28 | NEW

On Tuesday, October 20, 2009, we will upgrade our account services database server between 11:00 and 13:00 GMT/UTC. This will affect both account management and payment services. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.

This may affect those of you attempting to sign-up using an external site such as PayPal, WebMoney, PaySafeCard or PayByCash when downtime occurs. Please wait until services has been restored before making a payment.

New EVE Online shirts available from J!NX

2009-10-17T14:39:00.001+01:00

Do you lead a double life as a capsuleer? Have you yearned to free your inner pilot but have been awaiting clothing that perfectly mixes artistry, craftsmanship and just plain awesome to wear while doing so? WAIT NO LONGER. J!NX's EVE Online collection is now available, just in time for Dominion and the holiday season.

heres pics of gallente one

power of 2 offer ends saturday

2009-10-15T10:16:00.001+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.10.14 13:23:20 | NEW

Looking for a second account to cure your EVE fixation? Our popular Power of 2 program is set to end on Saturday, October 17, 2009. This is your last chance to create a new, second account for the discounted price of $49.95 for six months of play. Take advantage of this opportunity today by logging into your Account Management page.

a call to arms!

2009-10-13T10:34:00.000+01:00

reported by CCP Navigator | 2009.10.12 14:15:58 | NEW

With the release of Dominion almost seven weeks away, CCP Tanis has issued a call to arms for pilots to take part in a series of fleet fights and other mass testing on Singularity. The purpose of these tests are to gather performance data from the server and clients. Full details can be found at EVE: Dominion Mass-Testing. Please ensure that you follow the rules of the test server especially in relation to pod killing.

**Update** the schedule for the Dominion testing is being reviewed and the dates may be subject to change. Full updates will be provided in the EVE: Dominion Mass-Testing thread.

Fanfest vids

2009-10-08T16:35:00.003+01:00

As you all probably know Fanfest 2009 has just been and it looked like they had a good time this year as useal anyway here is a list of links to youtube videos what ccp have uploaded so enjoy.

Video's :

HTFU - Permaband

EVE Online Fanfest 2009 - CCP Presents!

EVE Online Fanfest 2009 - Dominion

EVE Online Fanfest 2009 - CCP Panel

EVE Online Fanfest 2009 - In Game Browser

EVE Online Fanfest 2009 - "Beer Ship", Nathan Richardsson's Entrance

EVE Online Fanfest 2009 - The Economy

DUST 514

EVE Online Fanfest 2009 - Play "The Silver Twin"

Enjoy all the vids and let me know what you thort about the updates and the videos

all the videos are owned by ccp

Extended Downtime on Tuesday, October 6, 2009

2009-10-06T07:45:00.001+01:00

Tranquility will be offline for an extended downtime on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 for server-side fixes. Downtime will begin at 0930 GMT and will be completed by 1200 GMT.

eve tv @ fanfest... live? live!

2009-10-02T13:39:00.000+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.10.02 09:22:34 | NEW

If you are unable to attend this year's EVE Online Fanfest, have we got the perfect remedy for you! On Saturday, October 3, 2009 from 12:00-17:00 GMT, EVE TV will be streaming events live. Watch the finals from the Fanfest PvP tournament, view Torfi Frans Ólafsson's keynote on EVE's next expansion, Dominion, from the night before, and witness Saturday's keynotes on the future of CCP, EVE Online, and DUST 514. Keep an eye on EVE Tv's page on the Fanfest mini site as well as http://www.eveonline.com/evetv for the streaming player.

For those of you who more audio-oriented, our EVE Voice partner, Vivox, will broadcast the keynotes and panel through our EVE Facebook page from 15:00-17:00 GMT. Keep an eye on that page for more information on how you can listen in!

Power of 2 - A Second Account at a Special Discount

2009-09-30T09:05:00.001+01:00

Power of 2 - A Second Account at a Special Discount
The incredible savings of the Power of 2 are up for grabs again, offering a great deal for those looking to start that extra account. Create a new account with six months of subscription time included for the reduced price of 49.95. Details and information are available in Account Management. Offer expires October 17th.

EVE Buddy Program

2009-09-30T09:02:00.000+01:00

Get your friends into EVE online and inside their very own shiny new starship by inviting them to EVE with the Buddy Program. All buddies will receive a 21-day trial find out all that New Eden has to offer! See the Buddy Program wiki page for more information and how you can get 30 days free game time.

If your friends are still having trouble deciding if EVE is for them have them watch “The Butterfly Effect.”

Second Open Cruisers Tournament

2009-09-29T07:36:00.000+01:00

The EVE-RU.com community is doing the all-EVE Second open cruiser class T1 tournament. On October 3 players will be competing for over 8 billion ISK in prizes. Check out this link for more information.

russian text on website.

alliance tournament vii draws to a close.

2009-09-26T11:01:00.000+01:00

reported by CCP Navigator | 2009.09.24 14:43:26

Alliance Tournament VII has now drawn to a close and we would like to congratulate Pandemic Legion on a fantastic defence of their title. We hope you all enjoyed the new HD format and the final results can be found here. Our YouTube page also features the matches for day five and day six for your enjoyment. Finally, we look forward to seeing you all once more when Alliance Tournament VIII rolls around!

three days remaining to win a tour of the ccp office in iceland

2009-09-23T11:19:00.002+01:00

reported by CCP Navigator | 2009.09.22 14:51:24 | NEW

The Office Tour allows a player and one friend to have a tour of the CCP office in Reykjavík before Fanfest. The tour takes place on the day before Fanfest officially opens, meaning the winner will have their tour on September 30, 2009.

Our CEO, Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, will conduct the tour and take players through the Game Design, Software, Operations, Art and Production departments within CCP and the winners will get a chance to see how EVE is created and maintained first-hand. Lunch in our canteen will also be provided, as well as some goodies during the tour.

Only 3 days left ! Don't miss the chance to have a closer look at CCP headquarters and discover how the EVE universe is created behind the scenes as well as meet the fabulous team behind it all! Hurry! Place your bid at officetour@ccpgames.com to win this great opportunity and remember the bidding closes at 00.00 UTC on the 25th September 2009.

EVE API disabled until downtime Wednesday, September 23.

2009-09-23T11:19:00.001+01:00

Following the upgrade from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008 earlier today, the EVE API will be disabled until downtime on Wednesday, September 23. Our operations team will use the next 24 hours to monitor Tranquility to ensure that there are no problems following the upgrade at which time the EVE API will be reactivated.

new chronicle: a man of values and faith

2009-09-22T14:32:00.001+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.09.21 16:12:30 | NEW

The Ammatar Mandate, a nation of Minmatar ex-pats, sided with the Amarr in the great wars. Yonis Ardishapur, one of the Amarr Heirs, rules over the Mandate now. His popularity grows each day as his social programs find success amongst the people. But not everyone is pleased with this man of values and faith.

"A Man of Values and Faith" is a new EVE Chronicle written by CCP Abraxas. Published every other Monday, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here, and a comment thread for this particular story may be found here.

Over $1000 USD raised for Get-Well Gamers

2009-09-20T10:47:00.002+01:00

Thank you to all the participants that donated to the Get-Well Gamers charity auction. The response was so good that over $1000 USD was raised. Because of this response, an Apocalypse and Tempest battleship model were raffled off as well!

Alliance Tournament VII Finals this weekend!

2009-09-20T10:47:00.001+01:00

Following two exciting qualifying rounds we are pleased to announce the final live show to determine who will be crowned the Alliance champions for the seventh tournament. Previous qualifying matches are available and details of our live show schedule and how to connect can be found here.

extended downtime this tuesday, september 22 for database upgrade

2009-09-20T10:46:00.003+01:00

reported by CCP Wrangler | 2009.09.18 16:34:09

The downtime this Tuesday, September 22, has been extended and will start at 08:00 UTC. During the downtime we will upgrade the Tranquility SQL server database to SQL 2008. The EVE Online website, including account services, will be down until approximately 10:00 UTC and the Tranquility server will be back up at 12:00 UTC. We appreciate your patience while we perform this upgrade to the server.

EVE API will be disabled this weekend

2009-09-20T10:46:00.001+01:00

The EVE API will be disabled this weekend on Saturday, September 19 at approximately 14:00 UTC. We will enable it again on Monday, September 21 during the scheduled downtime. We are disabling the EVE API to minimize the risk of any issues on Tranquility during the Alliance Tournament.

get-well gamers charity auction

2009-09-15T11:48:00.003+01:00

reported by CCP Zymurgist | 2009.09.14 22:07:21 | NEW

Get-Well Gamers, a charity that provides video games for children’s hospitals, will be selling raffle tickets at this week’s Austin Game Developers Conference. A mere $5 donation gives you a chance to win a Caldari Raven from the EVE Battleship Collection. Raffle tickets may be purchased at the CCP booth or online via Network for Good. Read this post for more information.

Summer Buddy Contest has come to a close.

2009-09-15T11:47:00.001+01:00

A winner has been found for the Summer Buddy Contest. This lucky winner and their buddy will be receiving an awesome trip to Fanfest on CCP! We have emailed our winner so everyone who has participated in this contest needs to check their email box to see if they and their buddy get a free trip to Fanfest.

api downtime continues

2009-09-15T11:45:00.000+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.09.14 11:23:52 | NEW

Due to the continued investigation into the server issues we experienced over the weekend, we will continue to keep the API offline until downtime Tuesday, September 15, 2009. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.

the forums, however, are back in service. Enjoy!

bid now for the office tour and read about our other events!

2009-09-12T10:48:00.001+01:00

reported by CCP Navigator | 2009.09.11 11:51:47 | NEW

With less than three weeks remaining until Fanfest 2009 we are finalizing plans to make this the biggest and best Fanfest ever. From the thrills of the PvP Tournament to the Party at the top of the world we are sure to have something for everyone. Our ongoing support for Child's Play means even more in terms of fun for Fanfest attendees with the Office Tour, Silent Auction, Battle of the Bands and No Limit Texas Hold-em Tournament. This year's silent auction features some really excellent collectables including a hand knitted EVE Online sweater which is truly one of a kind! The Office Tour will be closing for bids on 25 September 2009 so make sure you get your bids in for this great opportunity to meet the men and women behind EVE Online.

EVE Online Apocrypha 1.5.1 Deployed

2009-09-11T09:55:00.000+01:00

reported by CCP Navigator | 2009.09.10 12:04:41 | NEW

The EVE Online Apocrypha 1.5.1 deployment has now been completed and Tranquility is open for business. This latest patch in the Apocrypha series contains some fantastic new fixes including a permanent fix to desync issues along with fixes to weapon tracking and market deviation filters. Patch Notes are available for review, including some last minute additions, and we would encourage anyone who is experiencing any game play issues to submit a bug report so we can investigate the matter as soon as possible. A feedback thread and issues thread are also available to help make us aware of any problems or feedback in general.

Nathan Richardsson Discusses the Future of Indie MMOGs

2009-09-11T09:54:00.000+01:00

Will the next great change in the industry come from an independent developer? Does publisher backing limit or liberate the team? CCP's Nathan Richardsson weighs in with TenTonHammer in the article Independent States: The Future of Indie MMOGs.

Image right goes to their respetive owner

Server downtime thursday the 10th instead of the 9th!

2009-09-10T10:28:00.000+01:00

EVE Online: Apocrypha 1.5.1, previously scheduled for release this Wednesday, has been postponed until Thursday, September 10, 2009. The delay is due to issues found in the testing process which we require some additional time to resolve. The extended downtime will start at 08:00 UTC and lasts to 12:00 UTC as previously announced, only the date changes.

Pub Crawl with a Dev!

2009-09-09T10:33:00.001+01:00

Experience the nightlife of Reykjavik with fellow EVE fans and a member of the CCP Dev Team during Fanfest's CCP Pub Crawls!

alliance tournament vii - qualifying round one results and replays

2009-09-08T11:11:00.001+01:00

reported by CCP Wrangler | 2009.09.07 15:22:44 | NEW

Over the weekend, we saw the first of three rounds of fierce competition in Alliance Tournament VII where 64 Alliances battled their way through Qualifying Round One. Official Match results are available, along with the team rankings and the schedule for Qualifying Round Two. Full video replays of all matches are available on CCP’s YouTube channel (playlists: Saturday and Sunday). Full match reports and other statistics have been compiled by the Interstellar Correspondents and are available on their website.

More tournament action is coming up in the next two weeks, with Qualifying Round Two next weekend (September 12 and 13) and then the finals will be broadcast live in HD on EVE TV on September 19 and 20!

new chronicle blind auction

2009-09-08T11:09:00.001+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.09.07 09:46:07 | NEW

They met in secret, these three, at an undisclosed station. As they paused in their negotiations, they watched ships dock and undock, admiring the myriad Scorpions and Rattlesnakes as they passed into view. Meanwhile, Tibus Heth moved forward with his plans to carve up what the Caldari have captured of Federation space.

"Blind Auction” is a new EVE Chronicle written by CCP Greyscale. Published every other Monday, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here, and a comment thread for this particular story may be found here.

eve online apocrypha 1.5.1 deployment wednesday, september 9, 2009

2009-09-05T11:51:00.000+01:00

reported by CCP Navigator | 2009.09.04 19:24:13 | NEW

EVE Online Apocrypha 1.5.1 will be deployed on Wednesday, 9, September 2009 between 08:00 and 12:00 GMT and contains several fixes to enhance your enjoyment within New Eden. Our teams have made great strides in recent releases to reduce desync issues on Tranquility and now they have taken the biggest stride by hopefully eradicating desync issues permanently. Patch Notes are available and a thread is located in the EVE Information Portal to discuss the deployment.

HINT: Please ensure that your skill queue is populated with enough skills during the downtime.

Follow Alliance Tournament VII on Twitter

2009-09-04T11:56:00.002+01:00

This weekend marks the grand start of EVE Alliance Tournament VII, where the best of the best will battle it out in space. Be sure to follow all the action by subscribing to our newest Twitter feed!

alliance tournament vii begins this weekend!

2009-09-02T15:02:00.002+01:00

reported by CCP Navigator | 2009.09.02 10:41:17 | NEW

The 7th Alliance tournament is the ultimate battlefield in which the top pilots in EVE Online fight for the glory and honour of their Alliance. 64 Alliances compete over three weekends of intense, explosive action, with the final weekend broadcast live via EVE TV HD. HD? That's right, this year EVE TV will be broadcast for the first time live in High Definition, as well as in our regular standard definition streams. Watch our new teaser trailer for a taste of what it will look like!

You can listen to Qualifying Round 1 this weekend, September 5th and 6th, and Qualifying Round 2, September 12th and 13th, on EVE Voice as well as on EVERADIO, Split Infinity Radio and New Eden Radio. Then EVE TV takes the reins, broadcasting the final weekend live on the 19th and 20th of September. For more information on radio shows, prizes and match schedules check out the Alliance Tournament website and listen to the first official Drone Bay Podcast. Gentlemen, start your engines!

eve online: dominion set for winter 2009

2009-09-01T09:56:00.000+01:00

reported by CCP Manifest | 2009.08.31 19:56:35 | NEW

Ten free expansions down. Now an eleventh. Set for Winter 2009, EVE Online: Dominion will focus on what is often cited as EVE's "end game" - alliance warfare. It offers a complete overhaul of the current sovereignty mechanics in favor of a system that's a brilliant mix of our game design vision and the input we've received from fans on forums, at conventions (FANFEST!) and via the CSM. Savvy alliances will benefit greatly from following and understanding these changes, which will receive extensive testing.

In addition, we'll be adding some new epic arcs for pirate factions, offering the first iteration of the integrated social networking platform known as COSMOS, setting our artists free to rebeautify planets and more.

As always, more information is in the pipeline from any number of sources. Check in with our dev blogs, CCP interviews at conventions like PAX and Austin GDC, coverage from Fanfest and Alliance Tournament VII, gaming news and fansites, our forums, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and the newly launched (but still mysterious) EVE Online: Dominion feature page.

ccp at pax, 4-6 september and more....

2009-08-28T10:18:00.001+01:00

reported by CCP Manifest | 2009.08.27 15:47:57 | NEW

Each year we use the convention season to gear up for Fanfest. Once again we'll be bringing EVE Online to Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle. 4-6 September. It's one of our favorite shows each year, bringing the unbridled enthusiasm of video games to the downtown area. We'll have developers in tow and some stations set up for your PvP pleasure, so please stop by if you are planning on coming.

In addition, we'll also have a couple panels at DragonCon (Atlanta 4-7 Sep) and a booth setup at Austin Game Developer's Conference (Austin 15-18 Sep). If you are in the area or attending any of those, please join us!

new chronicle: the human painting

2009-08-25T11:12:00.002+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.08.24 15:49:11 | NEW

They say that Jacus Roden, one of the biggest arms dealers in the Federation, is an eccentric freak, a lunatic whom the Federation's elite Black Eagles can easily overcome. But no one, especially their leader Mentas Blaque, would ever expect the delicious deviousness of Roden uniting the e***TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED***

"The Human Painting" is a new EVE Chronicle written by CCP Gnauton. Published every other Monday, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here, and a comment thread for this particular story may be found here.

Downtime News: Monday, August 24, 2009

2009-08-24T10:31:00.000+01:00

In order to fix the Minmatar Epic Arc “Playing All Their Cards,” we will be extending our normal downtime on Monday, August 24, 2009 by a few minutes.

Summer Buddy Program Comming to a Close.

2009-08-22T10:13:00.001+01:00

reported by CCP Zymurgist | 2009.08.22 07:54:30 | NEW

There is still time left to win a trip to Fanfest 2009. The 2009 Summer Buddy Promotion is quickly coming to an end. There are only 9 days left for you and a buddy to win a free trip to Iceland for Fanfest. To enter, simply tell your friends about EVE and get them signed up with a buddy account! For rules and information see this EVElopedia page.

See you in Iceland!

eve online apocrypha 1.5 deployed

2009-08-21T11:57:00.001+01:00

Credit to www.eveonline.com for this post.
reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.08.20 17:45:36 | NEW

The EVE Online Apocrypha 1.5 deployment has now been completed and Tranquility is open for business. This latest patch in the Apocrypha series contains some fantastic new content in terms of Epic Mission Arcs, multi-sized rigs, changes to bays and holds and much more.

Patch notes are available for review and we would encourage anyone who is experiencing any game play issues to submit a bug report and we will investigate the matter as soon as possible. A feedback thread and issues thread are also available to help make us aware of any problems or feedback in general.

note on cargo hold changes in apocrypha 1.5

2009-08-21T11:54:00.000+01:00

Credit to www.eveonline.com for this post.
reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.08.19 18:00:56

We wanted to call attention to some extensive changes to the amounts that cargo holds will be able to hold on certain ships. Please be advised that if, after Apocrypha 1.5 is deployed, your ship's cargo hold is too full, you will be stuck in space.

Carriers, dreadnoughts, titans, and Motherships class ships base cargo capacity are affected by this change. The affected ships are:

* Motherships: Nyx, Hel, Wyvern, Aeon
* Carriers: Archon, Chimera, Thanatos, Nidhoggur
* Dreadnoughts: Revelation, Phoenix, Moros, Naglfar
* Titans: Leviathan, Erebus, Ragnarok, Avatar
* Black Ops: Redeemer, Widow, Sin, Panther
* Jump Freighters: Ark, Rhea, Anshar, Nomad

Apocrypha 1.5 has a long list of changes and additions. Be sure to review them prior to deployment on Thursday, August 20, 2009. You may discuss the upcoming patch in this thread.

unholy rage

2009-08-19T12:30:00.003+01:00

Credit to www.eveonline.com for this post.

reported by GM Grimmi | 2009.08.17 15:05:09 | Comments

For the better part of 2009, we here at CCP have been formulating new strategies to address the issue that all persistent services on the Internet ultimately face, i.e. the data persisted in our systems has meaning to people and everything that has meaning has value. Frankly speaking this has been something that we have been strategizing about since 2004. Even though we have throughout the years kept the Real Money Trading element at bay with manual actions from our game masters, we have always realized that this is a bigger issue that needs to be addressed with innovation and thoughtfulness. As early as 2005, we came up with the seed which was later released in November 2008 as the Pilot's License Extension(PLEX). It has had many names through the years such as 28days and CCP Points, and it has been refined and iterated to the point that it is accepted by you, our players, as something that adds value to EVE and that is something we care deeply about.

So our solution is based on two vectors; managing the demand for ISK and addressing the supply of "illegal ISK." In my previous blog I had mentioned PLEX and how that creates an official channel that keeps the value within the EVE ecosystem. Now it's time to talk about the "Unholy Rage." The name might sound dramatic to you, but it is representative of the sentiment that many here at CCP feel towards the RMT element which we feel is exploiting our game (in the original French meaning of the word). We feel violated, but we still understand that we must address this in the manner of the FDIC not the SWAT.

Based on our new strategy and methodological process, CCP was finally prepared for a major offensive against the Real Money Trading (RMT) element in EVE Online. Codenamed "Unholy Rage," the operation was launched on June 22nd and is still ongoing. Previously, we had done some test runs to tune our systems, notably with the launch of Apocrypha in early March when we banned around 3,000 RMT type accounts. A lot of wisdom was gained from the tests we had done, and planning and preparations for another large-scale FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) style action went full steam ahead.

In the weeks and months building up to June 22nd we monitored and analyzed activity of ISK sellers, and in particular, their supporting groups of macro-miners, ratters, mission farmers and other RMT related units. The information obtained by this research was then used to identify further RMT type accounts and to prepare lists to process in the action. The preparations also included identifying various items of interest that we wanted to monitor and measure, such as market activity, server performance, petition trends and so on, as our intent was to examine the effects of the action in a scientific way and in as much detail as possible. Finally, a lot of work was put into gathering information on and collecting lists of RMT type accounts to be targeted in the operation.

During scheduled downtime on June 22nd a little over 6200 paying accounts were banned in one go.

Here's what happened:

The effects were immediate and dramatic. First and foremost, we saw a massive drop in the load on our server. I'd like to draw your attention to this:

!!Click image to see full image!!!

Now, that is a beautiful graph if I ever saw one. Check out that purple line representing average CPU Per User. This clearly shows the very disproportionate load the RMT type accounts imposed on our system. While the number of accounts banned in the opening phase of the operation constituted around 2% of the total active registered accounts, the CPU per user usage was cut by a good 30%. That is a whole lot of CPU for the rest of you to play with, people.

Load issues for certain solar systems that were hubs for RMT activity have also dramatically altered. Anyone who has travelled to Ingunn in the past can testify that this particular solar system was well clogged up with haulers and shuttles running missions pretty much 23/7. Here's a little graph showing the population in Ingunn before and after June 22nd.

!!Click image to see full image!!!

Clearly, the state of Ingunn has improved so dramatically that one can hardly recognize it as the same system. The same is true for many other systems previously chock full of macro miners and mission farmers.

Another great improvement is that space is now suddenly full of belts of oversized asteroids that were previously sucked up by hoards of macro miners of the RMT persuasion. Regular players are now starting to see mining as a viable means of making some ISK and they are moving in to take over the business.

One of the main focus of our monitoring is the effect this operation has had on the in-game market. As we expected, prices of Attribute Enhancement Implants were immediately affected by the bans. A good example of this is the Memory Augmentation - Standard implant.

!!Click image to see full image!!!

Immediately after the launch of Unholy Rage the average price (blue line) went up by nearly 100% and the quantity (red line) went down considerably. The spike there in quantity and the drop in price happened when RMT accounts that had been temporarily banned for research purposes became active again and flooded the market with implants they had stashed away. A permanent ban was quickly applied to all the accounts as it was quite clear that they would be returning to their old ways.

Aside from a few implants, the in-game market has been remarkably unaffected by all this. We have closely followed the total number of daily market transactions and total amount of ISK traded per day.

!!Click image to see full image!!!

As can be seen above those numbers have gone down by only around 10% overall.

In the weeks that have passed since June 22nd, we have continued to remove new RMT type accounts as they have been identified.

The war against the RMT element continues. We strive towards driving their operating costs to unsustainable levels. Our objective is to get rid of them, plain and simple. They are a heinous nuisance and a serious drawback on our systems and resources. Credit card fraud and account hacking is their game - the recent hacking troubles have been the work of the ISK sellers. They must be driven out and kept out.

This will not be possible without help from you, the players. The demand for ISK is what keeps the RMT element alive. They'll keep coming back as long as players are willing to do business with them. We realize that the demand for ISK will not go away and we offer an alternative.

The alternative I speak of is, of course, PLEX. The benefits of PLEX are enormous. Your money is channeled into making EVE greater rather than ruining it. Players are able to pay for their subscription that otherwise would not be able to play. It's win-win people!

Just say NO to RMT ISK.

EVE Online Apocrypha 1.5 deployment Thursday, 20th August, 2009

2009-08-18T23:36:00.001+01:00

Credit to www.eveonline.com for this post.

reported by CCP Navigator | 2009.08.18 15:12:15 | NEW

EVE Online Apocrypha 1.5 will be deployed during downtime on Thursday, 20th August 2009 between 6:30 until 12:00

This latest patch in the Apocrypha series contains some fantastic new content in terms of Epic Mission Arcs, multi sized rigs and changes to Black Ops Battleships. In addition there have been major fixes applied to our Need for Speed initiative, scanning and fixes to sound.

Patch Notes are available and a discussion thread for this deployment can be found here

CCP Unveils DUST 514

2009-08-18T23:33:00.006+01:00

Credit to www.eveonline.com for this post.

Our CEO Hilmar, speaking in a keynote at GDCE Europe earlier today, unveiled the first look at DUST 514, one of CCP's major projects that we've kept a secret for too long. Read more about it in the press release, look for more info coming here and keep getting friends to join EVE--as the massive universe of New Eden will be getting more massive in the future with DUST 514.

here is a good video og the game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=772W3I-Vmps

also here is an interview with helmar ccp ceo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIEtw3QfFKk&feature=related

!!Click image to enlarge!!

eve online apocrypha 1.5 mini expansion

2009-08-16T11:05:00.000+01:00

reported by CCP Wrangler | 2009.08.15 11:41:13 | NEW

EVE Online Apocrypha 1.5 will be released on 20th, August, 2009. This mini expansion will bring new and exciting content to New Eden including four new Epic Mission Arcs, one for each of the main Empire factions. These arcs will be at Level 4 mission difficulty to provide a challenge even to experienced mission runners. Multi sized rigs will be available, allowing pilots to fit smaller rigs on smaller ships while maintaining the same effect. Changes have been made to Factional Warfare; lag has been reduced substantially allowing for much smoother fleet fights, loyalty point stores now offer substantial discounts on Navy Issue ships while incorporating unique faction modules to pilots. Players can earn loyalty points for the stores both by completing agent missions and by killing player ships belonging to the enemy militia. Black Ops Battleships now have a dedicated fuel bay that can be used to store fuel for their covert cynosural generators and jump drives while the Orca and Rorqual now have a dedicated bay for storing ore.

In addition to all of this new content we have made multiple changes to the scanning and probing mechanics, added to our ‘Need for Speed’ initiative to reduce lag and improve performance along with a host of other fixes and changes.

win an interview with a ccp developer.

2009-08-16T11:04:00.000+01:00

reported by CCP Zymurgist | 2009.08.14 15:18:32

Have tons of questions and a desire to get a chance to ask your favorite EVE dev? Here’s your chance! CrazyKinux is conducting a writing contest where the lucky winner gets to interview a dev in his podcast. For all the details, check out the CrazyKinux Web site, and feel free to discuss the contest in this forum thread. The contest ends on Wednesday, August 19, 2009. Good luck to all entrants!

new chronicle: the precious tableau

2009-08-13T07:54:00.003+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.08.12 14:30:19 | NEW

Welcome to our brand new holochamber, where all your dreams can be turned into three-dimensional virtual realities! Our newest model makes kings out of princes and turns the lonely into lovers. It can even edit out the mistakes of your unforgiving past into the promises of a brighter tomorrow. Be the hero of your dreams in your own virtual reality today!

"The Precious Tableau" is a new EVE Chronicle written by CCP Abraxas. Published every other week, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here, and a comment thread for this particular story may be found here.

SQL Upgrade Pushed to September

2009-08-13T07:50:00.001+01:00

info from eve-online websit

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have decided to perform the SQL upgrade in early September after we deploy Apocrypha 1.5. More information regarding this downtime will be available at that time.

The BIG "Triple Titan" Lottery

2009-08-10T17:20:00.002+01:00

This is a BIG Lottery special with three prizes, each being a titan (incl. a travel fit)

1: Avatar
2: Erebus
3: Erebus

(check website for fittings)
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Each ticket costs 10 million ISK, with no limit on amount of tickets.
Each ticket is valid for all 3 draws (so 10 million ISK could win you 3 titans!)
30,000 tickets will be sold, for a total of 300 billion ISK.
Send your ISK to BIG Games in multiples of 10 million ISK, with reason Titan (make sure it's the *exact* text)
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Any errors (in reason or amount) will result in your purchase buying you regular BIG Lottery tickets (note that the BIG Lottery has a cap of 10M ISK, so anything above that will be lost)
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The BIG "Triple Titan" Lottery ends when 30,000 tickets have been sold.
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If you buy tickets after the lottery has closed (all 30K tickets are sold), then your purchase will be refunded, up to two days after the draw.
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The winners will be found via the same public method as has always been used with the BIG Lottery.
Check the BIG Lottery website for details.
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Ticket receipt can be found on the website (only works in the IGB)
Do check the time on the website for when the next update is (updates are done approx once every 65 minutes)
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Good Luck all!

This comp has nothing to do with www.evehub.blogspot.com
source of the comp: EvE insider forums
Good luck all!

Extended Downtime on Wednesday, August 12, 2009

2009-08-10T17:16:00.000+01:00

Tranquility will be offline for an extended downtime on Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 in order to upgrade the database to SQL Server 2008. Downtime will begin at 08.30 GMT and will be completed by 12.00 GMT.

win a trip to fanfest!

2009-08-02T11:29:00.002+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.08.01 14:47:31 | NEW

The Buddy Program summer promotion is still going on. For one more month you will be able to enter the drawing to win a free trip for you and your buddy to go to Fanfest! For every buddy invite sent out between July, 01 2009 and September 01, 2009 that signs up for an EVE account enters you into the drawing. See the EVElopedia page for more information.

come join us on sisi for apocrypha 1.5 testing!

2009-08-02T11:27:00.000+01:00

reported by CCP Navigator | 2009.08.01 00:34:59 | NEW

Over the coming weeks our QA Dept will be conducting rigorous testing of Apocrypha 1.5 on Singularity. Live testing on Singularity is important for us to effectively stress test changes for this upcoming release and to ensure that they work correctly. We are looking to get at least 100+ players participating in these events, but if we get 400 then we will have much better results. If you wish to participate then please see the Test server information thread in our Test Server Information channel. A full list of details and dates is available at this thread courtesy of CCP Tanis.

vote for the ennie awards!

2009-08-01T11:29:00.000+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.07.31 08:26:46 | NEW

White Wolf has been nominated for a number of ENnie Awards this year and voting is open until this Saturday, August 1, 2009. Game companies from around the world send in their products, and a panel of judges chooses their top few in each category. But, after the nominations are determined, the general public casts the deciding votes. You can be part of the process by going to this URL: http://www.ennie-awards.com/voting/ballot.asp

Our Nominees are in the following Categories:

*Cover Art - Scion: Ragnarok
*Best Writing - Hunter Horror Recognition Guide
*Best Rules - Hunter: The Vigil
*Best Adventure - The Rose Bride's Plight
*Best Monster/Adversary - Night Horrors: Grim Fears
*Best Supplement - Hunter: The Vigil & Scion: Ragnarok
*Best Aid or Accessory - Hunter Horror Recognition Guide
*Best Regalia - Art of Exalted & Hunter: Deadly Prey
*Best Electronic Book - Collection of Horrors: Razor Kids
*Best Free Product - Hunter: The Vigil Quickstart
*Product of the Year - Hunter: The Vigil & Scion Ragnarok

While we would love your support and hope you would vote for us, the important thing is to vote! Please pass the word on to your friends and give them the URL as well.

fanfest 2009 pvp tournament: pre-registrations are open!

2009-07-31T10:23:00.003+01:00

reported by CCP Navigator | 2009.07.30 15:35:14 | NEW

There will be 64 team slots available for the Fanfest tournament; pre-register and guarantee your team a slot, head on over to the signup page and sign your team up now!

EVE³: The EVE Online Fanfest 2009 tournament will consist of a series of fights between two teams, with each team piloting three Strategic Cruisers to victory or death in some explosive EVE PvP action. Yep, that's 3v3 Tech3!

introducing: the butterfly effect

2009-07-30T08:01:00.001+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.07.29 16:00:29 | NEW

Today we unleash a video unlike any we have done before: a video showcasing the essence of EVE. This story could be your story or it could be your friend's story--the friend you showed this video to which inspired them to check out EVE and pilot a lone Wolf through a remote asteroid belt...

This is "The Butterfly Effect." This is your EVE. Show everyone you know.

* YouTube
* Facebook

Please leave your opinion in the comments.

new chronicle: the ever-turning wheels

2009-07-28T09:07:00.001+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.07.27 15:26:47 | NEW

In its ongoing war with the Caldari State, the Gallente Federation has suffered grave defeats at the hands of the capsuleer forces. Life on the backwater Gallente colonies, often mismanaged and impoverished, is already a challenge. After the Caldari 'liberate' one of these colonies, will Tibus Heth's infamous meritocracy make a difference, or will corruption continue its stranglehold?

"The Ever-Turning Wheels" is a new EVE Chronicle written by CCP Abraxas. Published every other Monday, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here, and a comment thread for this particular story may be found here.

avatars united eve online app contest

2009-07-28T09:03:00.003+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.07.27 11:56:13 | NEW

Are you an EVE application developer or have a cool idea for a killer app but can't code it yourself? Then we have got the contest for you!

Beginning July 27, 2009, Avatars United is giving talented and inventive developers a chance to win:

- $1000 in cash
- $1000 Amazon Web Services credits
- Asus GeForce GTX 295 1792MB PhysX CUDA
- Asus 24" VH242H Wide Gaming LCD TFT Monitor
- Popcorn Hour A-110 Media Tank
- 1 year subscription to EVE Online
- 1 year EON subscription
- EVE Online special edition box signed by EVE Dev team
- 1 ship model from the EVE store

The app contest ends September 15, 2009.

Idea submissions can win:

- 32 gig iPod Touch
- 6 months subscription to EVE Online
- Avatars United Goodie bag

The idea contest ends August 15, 2009.

More information about this contest can be found on their Web site. You can discuss this contest in this thread.

alliance tournament vii - round 1 teams announced!

2009-07-21T10:59:00.000+01:00

reported by CCP Zymurgist | 2009.07.20 18:45:38 | NEW

Last week the signups for Alliance Tournament were closed, and the 64 participants for round one were drawn from a manly pink cowboy hat by CCP Claw and CCP Soundwave. You can find the results here. In total there were 91 valid signups, of which 11 were automatically granted a place due to their standing in Alliance Tournament VI. Among the remaining 80 signups, 53 were drawn from a hat to see who would get the remaining slots. Additionally, ten alliances have been drawn as reserves, should anyone pull out.

Thank you to everyone who applied, and to those who did not make it in – better luck next time!

the eve/j!nx mashup

2009-07-17T09:07:00.003+01:00

reported by CCP Manifest | 2009.07.16 15:26:03 | NEW

J!NX has made quite the name for themselves as a clothing brand that supports gaming lifestyles in all of their glorious incarnations. With stunning, innovative designs, it seems perfectly natural that they're the ones to provide a new medium for EVE's beautiful visuals. Expect the first wave of apparel to arrive in early October, when you can purchase the finest threads that New Eden has to offer. Check back here for more details as they are announced.

win eve: conquests and plex at ten ton hammer

2009-07-16T10:52:00.003+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.07.15 17:37:40 | NEW

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introducing ccp core technology platform

2009-07-14T13:48:00.003+01:00

reported by CCP Fallout | 2009.07.13 16:54:01 | NEW

Hey, marketeers and other pilots with an interest in Jita... have you noticed anything "different" lately? No, not that, I have ointment for that. I'm talking about smooooooth sailing through the tranquil seas of space. I'm talking about a lot of pilots, and not a lot of lag. It's nice, right?

Want to know more? CCP Explorer gives us the skinny on the CCP Core Technology Platform and how it's making life in New Eden a lot nicer and a lot more lag-free. Read all about it here.

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