Thursday, March 4, 2021

EVE Online: 10 Most Expensive Ships (And How Much They Cost)

  Given the fickle economy of Eve Online determining the cost of a ship is no small feat. The price of any given ship is determined by the fluctuating cost of materials, hanger rent, tax, usefulness in battle, and popularity. A ship could be worth billions one month only to drop to millions the next thanks to a patch.  That...

EVE Online will let you 'borrow' skills to try new ships soon

  In EVE Online, it's not just enough to accrue the millions of ISK required to fly a battleship. You also have to train up the skills required to fly one, an act that can take months of actual time. But soon, CCP will let you take EVE's spiciest ships for a test drive, letting you borrow the required skills with new "Expert...

CCP RATTATI TWITCH Q AND A

  CCP Director of Product CCP Rattati gave a Q&A yesterday on the economics-focused Twitch stream of Oz_Eve. The frank and friendly conversation began with a discussion of CCP Rattati’s promotion to director of product, a leadership and strategic role that covers all CCPs gaming properties, after more than 13...

Player-Led EVE Online Event. Frigate Free For All, Happening This Saturday

  EVE Online's player exploits are legendary within the video game world. Large scale wars, Cold War-esque spy thrillers and more have littered EVE's history, but so have some of the player run events intended to bring capsuleers together. This weekend will see one such event, the 7th annual Frigate Free For All.  In...

Sunday, February 28, 2021

EVE Online’s Short Squeeze And Real-World Economy Ambitions

 EVE Online had its own unique short squeeze last year - in time, you may even be able to trade between EVE's economy and real ones. The studio behind EVE Online calls it the “endlessly scalable storytelling engine.” That’s according to Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of CCP Games and the project manager who oversees all...

EVE Online Had A Fully Functional Bank In 2009 Before Its CEO Robbed 200 Billion From It

An EVE Online player set up a fully-functional bank in 2009 before going on to become the CEO and rob it, exchanging the funds for real-life currency. EVE Online boasts a proprietary virtual economy that’s almost as complex as a real one, having seen its very own GameStop-esque short-squeeze just last year. Given that...

17 BEST FREE PC MULTIPLAYER GAMES TO CHECK OUT

"Eve Online is among the most player-driven MMOs you can play. It has mega-corporations that players run, and there are massive space battles where you can have over 5,000 pilots taking part. It’s chaotic but gorgeous, and a free multiplayer game you can really get lost in."  "Eve gives you the freedom to select your...

Interview with Reload/Tatius Jorgstern of Eve Online

 During my day job, I listen to a lot of talk radio. I also like to watch interviews on YouTube and this is what inspired me to want to get to know the actual players that play characters in the game Eve Online. There are some interviews out there that are interviews of the in-character players, I wanted to know about...

Interview with Hideo Date of Eve University

1: What motivates you to Play Eve online specifically, compared to other games you may play? The vast, complex and beautiful universe which allows you to do pretty much anything you can think of - if we are strictly talking of the game itself.Central to any MMO is of course achieving something together with others. An aspect...

Interview with Rixx Javix of Eve Online

 Since I started doing these interviews, I have always wanted to know someone who play a pirate in game and wondered how they played their characters. This is a small look into someone who not only plays a pirate but leads the biggest pirate corporation within the game! I have also linked his artwork, blog and Twitter...

Interview with Laura Karpinski CEO of Eve University

I personally was in Eve University awhile ago before joining the current corporation I am in now. I had not found another corporation and or group of people that had dedicated themselves to the new player experience than I did with Eve University. This Corporation is a must look at for any new player and also for any experienced...

EVE Online 'Reign' Update Improves Fleet Features

 There are few games with a relationship between players and devs quite like EVE Online. EVE's playerbase is known to be cut-throat and competitive, while also being devoted to the title, and its developer is known to foster the unique community of EVE Online as best it can. The result is a game that mixes the civilized...

Saturday, February 27, 2021

10 Things You Need To Know Before Starting Eve Online

There are gamers who play MMORPGs for fun and camaraderie and then there are EVE Online players. It's not that the game isn't fun per se, it's just that it's one of the most complicated sandbox MMORPGs out there. It has even earned another nickname in the gaming community, "spreadsheet simulator" because of how much number-crunching...

How EVE Online and Borderlands 3 merge citizen science and gaming

The idea of citizen science isn’t a new one. Amateur scientists have been making important discoveries as far back as Ug the Neolithic hunter and her 'wheel', while even Newton, Franklin, and Darwin were self-funded for part of their careers, and Herschel discovered Uranus while employed as a musician. It’s only from the late...

World Records, Arms Race And Cinematics - An Interview With EVE Online's Creative Director And Brand Manager

Oftentimes when we hear about CCP Games filing away yet another world record for their massively multiplayer game, EVE Online, it's easy to just dismiss it as it's old-hat. At this point, multiple records have been racked up over the years, leading me to joke during the interview that the team is going to have to install...

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