EVE Online

The editorial staff here at MMORPG.com has made their decisions, and today we continue to unveil the winners of the 2009 MMORPG.com awards by naming our 2009 Game of the Year.

CCP Games is kicking off the New Year with the announcement that the previous concurrent user record of 54,181 logged on December 6th, 2009 has already been broken. On Sunday, January 3rd, 2010, CCP Games logged a concurrent user count of 54, 446, besting the previous record by a slim 265 players.

CCP Games have announced a new ship called the "Zephyr" as a holiday gift to all EVE Online players.

EVE Online's always outspoken Executive Producer Nathan Richardson answers the question: Sandbox games have proven that they stand the test of time. Why do you think the sandbox model appeals to players even after all these years?

Breathtaking sights abound in this latest trailer for EVE Online. This newest trailer shows off the new planet graphics introduced to the game with the recently launched Dominion expansion.

MMORPG.com EVE Online Reporter Andrew Wallace writes this look at the 12th EVE Online expansion, Dominion, which launched at the beginning of the month.

A new site called Play EVE Online has been launched by CCP Games with the intent to answer potential new players' most pressing questions about the game, such as, "What exactly is EVE Online?" The site will serve as a hub of information for newbies of the game in order to help get them acclimated to the oftentimes overwhelming universe of EVE Online.

Dominion, the 12th free expansion to EVE Online is scheduled to begin deployment tonight at 6PM PST. There is a catch, however, to today's announcement. There will be some considerable downtime during the expansion's deployment, as the game is not scheduled to return until Tuesday, December 1st at 1PM.

CCP Games has announced that the site for their upcoming Dominion expansion to EVE Online has been launched! Previously, the site was merely a teasing splash page but it now contains a number of new sections, including a feature page that has cataloged all the devblogs on the expansions features all in one convenient spot for your perusal.

MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller recently spoke with CCP's Noah Ward about the upcoming EVE Online expansion, Dominion. In the interview, among other issues, Ward addresses a CCP decision regarding changes to Motherships.

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.

At 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.

MMORPG.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.

MMORPG.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.

CCP 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.