Cloudflare Security Solutions Help CCP Games Stop DDoS Attacks & Credential-Stuffing Bots

  Headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland, CCP Games develops cutting-edge, massively multiplayer online (MMO) games — including EVE Online, an MMO whose 300,000+ active players populate a virtual universe, traveling in intricate spacecrafts that require years of time and thousands of dollars to build.  EVE Online’s global...

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Graphic designer

 I had a new logo created in the image of Anubis the Egyptian God of death, mummification, embalming, the afterlife, cemeteries, tombs, and the Underworld. I have always had a fascination with him and what he represents in Egyptian lore.  I started to follow a graphic artist on Twitter named Emma Wilson. She...

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EPIC, HISTORIC FFA

 Yesterday A Band Apart & Stay Frosty held our 7th Annual FFA Event in Ouelletta and all of Eve Online was invited to participate. And while all of them didn't show up obviously, a big number of them did.  Ok, so deep breath. All in all we handed out aprox 6,300 Frigates. It is hard to know exact numbers...

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INTERVIEW: CCP GAMES TALK STARTING OUT IN EVE ONLINE

  Multiplayer sandbox games are a tough genre to break into, often leaving new players lost in all the features and options available. EVE Online, being a sandbox space simulator, takes that even further by placing as few restrictions on the player as possible while still being a competitive MMO. The choices come...

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YC 123 New Eden Capsuleers’ Writing Contest

In light of the successful contest the last seven years I am pleased to announce the EIGHTH (yay!) year for a writing contest for stories or poems by or about Capsuleers/Baseliners and their worlds and cultures.  BASIC DETAILS: CATEGORIES: There will be FOUR categories this year: Poetry Prose Academic/Scientific...

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EVE Online's New Jump Tunnels Spice Up Travel In A Much Needed Way

  One of the things I dislike most about EVE Online is the time it takes to travel from one system to the next. Spending an hour getting from Jita to some far-flung system in New Eden can be a chore sometimes, especially if you live on the outskirts of HiSec like I do (I've started to make my home in LowSec to do some...

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Hilmar Veigar Pétursson interview: Remembering 20 years of Eve Online

Hilmar Veigar Pétursson has worked at Eve Online maker CCP Games, Iceland’s biggest game studio, for 20 years, and he has been CEO since 2004. For the service, he gets the honor of getting a big Viking sword.  To date, CCP Games has given out 80 swords. Pétursson takes pride in that because CCP Games has built a...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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