Three years on from a major shake-up spurred by falling financials, cancelled projects and layoffs, Eve Online developer CCP has posted record profit numbers and is helping to lead the VR revolution. CEO Hilmar Pétursson reveals how the studio reversed its fortunes – and what comes next
Read More »PS3 shooter Dust 514 going offline
Developer CCP has said that it is calling time on online PS3’s EVE-themed shooter Dust 514. In its place will arrive an in-development and untitled PC project that will build on what the defunct shooter tried to offer. Dust 514 will be shut down on May 30th. We are very …
Read More »New EVE Online FPS Project Legion in development for PC
CCP has revealed a new first-person shooter from the same team working on its free-to-play console multiplayer game Dust 514. The new title will build on the ideas of the console shooter and expand on them.CCP exec producer Jean-Charles Gaudechon said the new game would offer more of a sandbox …
Read More »CCP re-imagines Dust 514 as Project Legion for PC
New title to offer a sandbox experience 'more akin to Eve Online'
Read More »CCP reports $21m annual loss
CCP Games has recorded a loss of more than $21m for the company’s most recently completed fiscal year, down from the $4.6m in profit made in the prior year. A significant increase in the firm’s Research & Development budget was the main culprit for the downswing, clocking in at $56.5m …
Read More »CCP’s Gaudechon: Free-to-play can be as big on console as on mobile
Dust 514 exec believes there will be a surge towards the business model in triple-A titles for console
Read More »CCP hires Battlefield Heroes executive producer Gaudechon
Dust 514 developer CCP Games has hired EA’s former free-to-play specialist, Jean-Charles Gaudechon. Games Industry reports Gaudechon will assume an executive producer role for the microtransaction-driven FPS. He joins CCP Shanghai, and will report to senior VP of product development Sean Decker –another former EA free-to-play executive. Gaudechon previously served …
Read More »Former EA veteran Jean-Charles Gaudechon heads to CCP
Executive producer joins Shangahi studio to drive development on Dust 514
Read More »EA’s Sean Decker heads to Eve Online developer CCP
New exec to oversee worldwide game development at MMO outfit
Read More »CCP negotiates changes to Sony submission process
Dust 514 maker working with Sony to evolve procedures for free-to-play games
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