MMORPG.com EVE Online Correspondent Kevin Schram writes this look at four different fan made applications that make the EVE Online experience that much easier.
Reported on Oct 30, 2009At MMORPG.com, we've talkeda lot about EVE Online's Council of Stellar Management program that allows players to elect a board to consult with developers on the future of their game. Today, we start an interview series with the people on the council, putting faces to the program. We begin the series by talking to Dierdra Vaal, the program's chairperson.
Reported on Oct 22, 2009MMORPG.com's Jon Wood outlines the many plans that the developers at CCP have for their sci-fi sandbox universe as EVE online continues development both inside of the game client and out.
Reported on Oct 21, 2009MMORPG.com's Jon Wood akes a look at how content is handled in a sandbox game like EVE Online as opposed to in a more typical theme park game.
Reported on Oct 19, 2009CCP Games is seeking at least 100 pilots to put Dominion through the paces on Singularity. The goals of the test are to evaluate large-scale space battles and sieges of player-owned starbases in the new expansion. The first test will begin tomorrow, October 15th.
Reported on Oct 14, 2009MMORPG.com's Jon Wood writes this look at how CCP is expanding their game and its marketing to highlight the social aspects of their sandbox, including the introduction of a new social tool known as New Eden.
Reported on Oct 12, 2009MMORPG.com EVE Online Correspondent Kevin Schram writes this look at wormholes and wormhole exploration introduced with the Apocrypha expansion to CCP's sandbox MMO.
Reported on Oct 12, 2009Most MMO companies are loathe to give out even the most trivial of their game's numbers. Not so for EVE developers CCP who, at this year's Fan Fest, gave out a number of new statistics just waiting for our collective consumption.
Reported on Oct 08, 2009The EVE Online team are known for their zany antics, and they've set a new bar with the release of a new music video by their in-house band, "Permaband". The title of the song is "HTFU", which I'm sure you can figure out the meaning of.
Reported on Oct 07, 2009There's a fledgling democracy in EVE Online and Kevin Schram reports on it and some of the controversies that have surrounded it and the game so far.
Reported on Oct 05, 2009Today at CCP's Fan Fest, the developers announced that the release date for their upcoming free expansion, Dominion, will launch on Dec 1st, 2009.
Reported on Oct 02, 2009MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller recently spoke with EVE Online Senior Producer Torfi Olafsson about all things CCP including the new EVE expansion, Ambulation and Dust 514.
Reported on Sep 29, 2009MMORPG.com EVE Online Correspondent Kevin Schram writes this in-depth look at the changes coming to the game's sovereignty system.
Reported on Sep 28, 2009While much of EVE Online's allure is the emergent gameplay the game allows for, many players are content to experience EVE at its more basic levels. One such example is the fact that many players stick to NPC corporations as opposed to joining player ones. After all, NPC corporations do offer some cushy benefits, no one can declare war on an NPC corporation, and NPC corporations also do not tax their members. That latter bit? Well that'll be changing soon.
Reported on Sep 23, 200964 teams entered, and after a grueling few weekends, one has come out on top as the winner of Alliance Tournament VII: Pandemic Legion. This is Pandemic Legion's second year in a row as first place winners, winning the tournament in a fairly quickly decided bout against Circle-of-Two.
Reported on Sep 23, 2009The first bits of Dominion were pushed to the EVE Online test server yesterday, and among them is a planet featuring the new planet graphics that will come as part of Dominion. YouTuber Flamewave 357 has put together a brief video showing off the excellent new eye-candy.
Reported on Sep 17, 2009MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh spoke with CCP's Scott Holden about what's coming in the near future for the space-sim MMO and what to expect further down the line.
Reported on Sep 11, 2009What little details we've known about the upcoming Dominion expansion to EVE Online centered around changes to sovereignty gameplay. Today, those changes have been fleshed out with details on what sort of sovereignty system changes we can expect with the release of Dominion later this year.
Reported on Sep 10, 2009The first weekend of EVE Alliance Tournament VII has wrapped up after an explosive two days of fierce competition. The Interstellar Correspondents, who are volunteer in-game reporters in EVE Online, and also serve as commentators on the tournament, have updated their website with reports and results for all the weekends matches. You can also view both the Day 1 and Day 2 matches in HD at the official CCP Games YouTube account.
Reported on Sep 08, 2009The seventh EVE Alliance tournament will begin this weekend, September 5th, 2009, at 15:00 GMT. The tournament will pit EVE Online guilds against each other in brutal PvP competitions spread over three weekends, with the tournament finals to be broadcast over live video.
Reported on Sep 03, 2009