CCP has announced that EVE online will receive an expansion this coming winter.  The Trinity Expansion will include a major graphics update as well as a number of additions to the game's content and will be free to all EVE subscribers.

Reykjavik, Iceland - October 11, 2007 - CCP, one of the world's leading independent game developers, today announced an upcoming expansion of EVE Online, a popular massively multi-player online game (MMOG). The Trinity expansion will feature a next-generation graphics engine. The release of the new graphics engine aims to fortify the position of the popular MMOG as the market leader in graphical excellence. The expansion will not only enhance the visual impact of every element of the game, but also includes a myriad of content additions. As always, the next EVE Online expansion will be free to all subscribers.

The new graphics engine leverages Shader Model 3.0 technology to enable rich dynamic range imaging, including bloom, shadows and enhanced geometric detail, while maintaining a high frame rate on supporting platforms. Visual changes entail remodeled and retextured ships, stations and stargates.

The Trinity expansion ushers in a host of fresh content and gameplay improvements to EVE Online. Upgraded content includes advancements in combat tactics and battlefield management, additional capabilities that lend greater depth to the pilot experience and multiple new Tech II class ships.

"CCP has been on a continuous quest to offer cutting-edge virtual world experiences to engage the most advanced users on the Internet," said Halldor Guðjónsson, chief technology officer of CCP. "With the launch of our next-generation graphics engine and gameplay improvements, we aim not only to enhance the in-world experience of our dedicated EVE players, but also to capture the interest of new gamers. While EVE Online has been arguably one of the most visually appealing MMOGs, the quality of the images enabled by our advanced graphics engine sets a precedent for visuals that blurs the line between a computer game and a movie."

 

The 'EVE Online: Trinity' expansion includes: A new graphics engine:

• All spaceships, stargates and space stations in EVE Online have been remodeled; each object is comprised of several million polygons and multiple layers of high resolution textures
• Native Shader Model 3.0 engine
• Environmental effects, such as shadows and nebula-based lighting models, tie graphical assets into the different solar systems of EVE Online
• Ground-breaking visual fidelity, which blurs the lines between a game and a movie

Combat advancements:

• Heat damage attenuation and repair while in space
• Better drone management capabilities
• Mid-flight bomb deployment capabilities along forward trajectories
• Attribute Reassignment Modifier (ARM) scripts to modify bonus attributes of sensor boosters, dampeners and tracking modules
• Eased transition from rookie to elite pilot with revamped New Player Experience
• Fleet integration and enhanced management of fleet operations with EVE Voice

Content additions for Player versus EVE (PVE) gameplay:

• Hundreds of new kill missions and a re-introduction of mining missions
• Multi-frequency probe for more versatile exploration
• Faction loyalty points store items

New Tech II ships:

• Black Ops battleships - For undetectable infiltration and covert operations in hostile territory
• Marauder battleships - Optimized for massive damage output to spearhead assaults in enemy territory
• Suppressor Heavy Interdictor cruisers - A more lethal interdictor whose warp-jamming suppression sphere moves with the ship
• Specter Electronic Attack ships - For quick propulsion lockdown and sensor suppression of enemy ships

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Cant wait! I'll probably go for Black Ops.

 Eve aways ahead of everyone else when it comes to improving there product.played off an on since beta and though i dont agree with how they changed alot of there game play since the beginning.they still do a hell of a job.

Mining Missions? Oh god, so long ago... :D

I know i will love the new t2-frigates!

Great time to be a EvE player for sure!

Cant wait for this expansion, all of it looks good.

The new t2 frigs look cool :).

So does the new graphics.

Not only is it a good time to be a EVE player, just imagine how great it will be to be a EVE player once Ambulation comes out.

EVE doesn't get worse from aging; it's one of the few MMORPGs that get better with time.

 I can't wait either! I'm really looking forward to it!

Very excited indeed. Looking forward to ambulation also and beyond for planetary landings etc. Eve will just get better and better!

MMORPG.com PLEASE do some fact checking before you post your news events. The features you list are not one but TWO SEPARATE expansions.

Trinity is EVE Online's Graphical Framework. (see: pretty colors) It is getting a signifcant overhaul to be fully Dx9 compliant.

Revelations Part III is ALSO coming out this winter. This is a content Expansion.

So ... Trinity = gfx, not content.

hih planetary landings ? ambulation?? :p

the only thing i ever saw was a movie where you could see a ship flying in the atmosphere of a planet. Do you got any new info about the future of EVE Online? If so, could you give me a link.? :)

since i don't play this game, but i still try to stay updated with the latest info :]

Originally posted by L0k1-

hih planetary landings ? ambulation?? :p

 

the only thing i ever saw was a movie where you could see a ship flying in the atmosphere of a planet. Do you got any new info about the future of EVE Online? If so, could you give me a link.? :)

since i don't play this game, but i still try to stay updated with the latest info :]

www.youtube.com/watch

At last! EVE gets the visual upgrade to put its graphics on the same level as its gameplay.

The planetary landings, bases on planets, mineral extraction on planets and all that have been mentioned as directions they want to head in the future. These mentions are in the devblogs. I'm not sure which one/ones discussed it, but it's probably  where they talk about ambulation since that's the first step in that direction.

I'm sure any planetary involvement will be years into the future....nothing anywhere near soon. Near future seems to be ambulation, factional warfare, and tech 3.

Originally posted by bobbiac

MMORPG.com PLEASE do some fact checking before you post your news events. The features you list are not one but TWO SEPARATE expansions.

Trinity is EVE Online's Graphical Framework. (see: pretty colors) It is getting a signifcant overhaul to be fully Dx9 compliant.

Revelations Part III is ALSO coming out this winter. This is a content Expansion.

 

So ... Trinity = gfx, not content.

You're wrong.

Revelations III has been renamed 'Eve Online: Trinity' as per the press release the news article here at MMORPG.com references. Trinity II will be delivered in the same expansion as the content in what was previously kali/rev III. You seem to be getting confused with the DX10 support, which isn't coming in this expansion. New graphics are.

Originally posted by Jaklet

 

Originally posted by bobbiac

MMORPG.com PLEASE do some fact checking before you post your news events. The features you list are not one but TWO SEPARATE expansions.

Trinity is EVE Online's Graphical Framework. (see: pretty colors) It is getting a signifcant overhaul to be fully Dx9 compliant.

Revelations Part III is ALSO coming out this winter. This is a content Expansion.

 

So ... Trinity = gfx, not content.

You're wrong.

 

 

Revelations III has been renamed 'Eve Online: Trinity' as per the press release the news article here at MMORPG.com references. Trinity II will be delivered in the same expansion as the content in what was previously kali/rev III. You seem to be getting confused with the DX10 support, which isn't coming in this expansion. New graphics are.

Do show the gold post where Rev3 is now called trinity. I would love to see that.  And no, I was NOTunder the impression this was the dx10 upgrade. It does set the basis for dx10, though with rebuilding the models to get a high poly count, etc.

http://eve-online.com/news/newsOfEve.asp?newsID=461

[12.10.2007 21:09:54
Trinity: The expansion you have to see

We're getting an expansion this winter, and it's real shiny. In fact, it's so shiny that we had to add a lot of other things just so you could see how shiny it is. Its shininess includes 50 man-years of work remodeling all spaceships, stargates and station exteriors and interiors, plus all the improvements and additions that go hand in hand with introducing this kind of burning luminosity. It is, in fact, a brand new graphic engine, tuned and tweaked with everything from asynchronous resource loading to intelligent fallback mechanisms to give the best performance possible, and we're very proud of it.

To show off its shininess we're adding a host of Tech II ships that include the eerie Black Ops, the spearheading Marauders and the warp-jamming Heavy Interdictors, not to mention the lockdown terrors that are the Electronic Attack Ships, and the masters of the supply chain, the Jump Freighters. That's not to mention an abundance of PvE content, including hundreds of new kill missions, and various game advancements ranging from improved drone management to new booster production regions. EVE, our tranquil and magnificent vision, has been given a terrifying new beauty.

Originally posted by bobbiac

MMORPG.com PLEASE do some fact checking before you post your news events. The features you list are not one but TWO SEPARATE expansions.

Trinity is EVE Online's Graphical Framework. (see: pretty colors) It is getting a signifcant overhaul to be fully Dx9 compliant.

Revelations Part III is ALSO coming out this winter. This is a content Expansion.

 

So ... Trinity = gfx, not content.

Can't wait for it to come out!! :D

Originally posted by Grifin

 Eve aways ahead of everyone else when it comes to improving there product.played off an on since beta and though i dont agree with how they changed alot of there game play since the beginning.they still do a hell of a job.

haah i agree wholeheartedly.

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Originally posted by bobbiac
Do show the gold post where Rev3 is now called trinity. I would love to see that. And no, I was NOTunder the impression this was the dx10 upgrade. It does set the basis for dx10, though with rebuilding the models to get a high poly count, etc.

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Yes, I suspected ever so slightly that this would cause confusion ugh Not my fault!

There is only one expansion (1, einn, un, ein, uno; Wrangler is now going to hit me with the "English-only hammer").

It was codenamed "Kali3" and would have been named Revelations III except that we were unable to conclude factional warfare this time around.

So it was renamed to EVE Online: Trinity in reference to the graphics and art update that is the core of this expansion.

Winter starts in Iceland on 27 Oct this year. First day of summer is 24 Apr 2008, so the press release doesn't pin us down but we're still aiming for a Nov release as previously stated.

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson
Software Director
EVE Online, CCP Games

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