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Read More »CCP discusses Eve Valkyrie and being a VR pioneer
CCP’s VR dogfighting title Eve Valkyrie was one of the most visible virtual reality titles ahead its launch earlier this year. We catch up with the game’s global brand manager Ryan Geddes to see how the roll out of both Valkyrie and virtual reality has gone. Eve Valkyrie launched in …
Read More »CCP Games outlaw EVE Online gambling and real money trading sites
Changes to EULA prohibit buying and selling in-game items
Read More »CCP cracks down on Eve Online gambling sites
The company behind Eve Online is latest firm to go on the attack against video game gambling sites. In a post on its development blog, CCP said it was making changes to Eve Online’s End User License Agreement (EULA), specifically the section about buying items and object. The firm has …
Read More »Is PlayStation going to dominate VR?
After years of hype and promise, VR finally became a reality for consumers in 2016. The year kicked off with the PC-based and expensive Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets rolling out. And in just a few weeks virtual reality is coming to the console space in the form of …
Read More »CCP’s Hilmar Veigar Pétursson explains the company’s London move
The UK games industry can be contrary at the best of times and right now, in the face of Brexit uncertainty, it’s contradicting even the most optimistic of analysts. The vote to leave the EU saw some countries threaten to pull support from Britain. It saw the pound plunge, share …
Read More »Eve developer CCP latest to open new London studio
Brexit preventing any “formal corporate structural changes”
Read More »Eve Online makers CCP and Six developer Gram Games open new UK offices
Yet another major games company is opening a development studio in London. CCP has joined Endemol and Gram Games by launching a new outfit in the English capital. The Eve Online maker is also moving its senior management team to the city. However, CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Ptursson says its …
Read More »CCP takes EVE Online free-to-play after 13 years
Subscription tier will be maintained, with paying users granted uninhibited skill progression and faster levelling-up
Read More »EVE Online makes free-to-play switch
CCP’s popular MMO space sim EVE Online is dropping its compulsory subscription fees. The developer describes the move as one of the biggest changes to the EVE universe ever, exponentially and aggressively fuelling the boundless potential of EVE’s greatest game content – its players”. From November players will be split …
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