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Massively: EVE Evolved: Dominion be damned
Filed under: At a glance, Sci-fi, EVE Online, Expansions, Forums, Game mechanics, Patches, PvP, Endgame, Opinion, EVE Evolved EVE Evolved: Dominion be damned originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Massively: CCP's Ryan Dancey on keeping EVE Online compelling
Among other things discussed in the interview, Gamasutra asks how White Wolf has changed following the merger with CCP Games nearly three years ago. Dancey tells Gamasutra: "It's just an imprint... White Wolf used to have a fairly large staff. It doesn't anymore. It's focusing primarily on th...
Thursday, Nov 5
Massively: CCP reaching out to potential EVE players with "Get a Clone"
EVE Online creators CCP Games are taking a different approach to promoting the game with a new website. All players in EVE's setting of New Eden are "capsuleers" -- starship pilots who have attained immortality through cloning technology. CCP's "Get a Clone" site invites you to "Clone you...
Wednesday, Nov 4
Massively: EVE Online's CSM candidates debate live on today's Planet Risk radio show
A number of EVE Online fans who've needed their podcast fix have been tuning in to Planet Risk in recent months, a great mix of music and commentary from players who spend most of their EVE time exploring the uncharted expanses of wormhole space. Planet Risk is a live show that airs on Split In...
CrazyKinux's Musing: Duvolle Laboratories: Get your Clone, Now!
CCP Games seems to be exploring various new ways to promote your favorite capsuleer MMO. Their previous videos and promos were different from the rest of what was currently being done by other MMO publishers, but they were still "typical marketing material". This somewhat changed when th...
Tuesday, Nov 3
The Ancient Gaming Noob: Hulkapocalypse?
Things may be warming up a bit for us in New Eden. Gaff has reactivated an account or three. I am coming to the end of a training cycle that will let him fly a Hulk at last. It might be time to leave the hanger and earn some ISK. Posted in entertainment, EVE Online Tagged: EVE Fitting Tool, Hulk, Min...
Sunday, Nov 1
Massively: The Daily Grind: What's your favorite non-MMO genre?
Long before we had the soaring crafts and grand interstellar vistas of EVE Online, most games that involved spaceships were of a very set type. They usually involved one small ship, a horde of other ships, bullets flying everywhere, and a number of lives that were expressly designed to eat...
Saturday, Oct 31
Massively: EVE Online's candidates for 4th Council of Stellar Management announced
Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Game mechanics, News items, Politics EVE Online's candidates for 4th Council of Stellar Management announced originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
The Ancient Gaming Noob: October in Review
In EVE Online Potshot, Gaff, and I were playing with fleets and I was flying a shiny new ship. EVE Online Coming Up Posted in blog thing, Dungeons & Dragons Online, entertainment, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Star Trek Online, TorilMUD, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft
Massively: One Shots: One among many
The one thing that really differentiates EVE Online from many other MMOs out there is the depth of control that players have over sectors and all the machinations that go on daily in the universe of New Eden. You never know when friend will become foe; when trusted ally will become ultimate e...
Limited Edition: From here on out video games are about FUN for me!
2 great titles in a row for me, surely not? This cannot be beaten I must be out of games that are fun and good this year. Out of nowhere comes Borderlands, I mean seriously this game was very low on my radar. The week before it launches I pickup some chatter on twitter about it and look at it. It looks t...
Friday, Oct 30
Massively: Darkfall gets its own analog of EVE University: Newborn on Agon
The settings of Darkfall and EVE Online are worlds apart, but there is some common ground between the titles. PvP combat permeates both sandbox games, and given a potentially hostile environment when starting out, it's always good to have a helping hand. EVE Online players have training c...
Thursday, Oct 29
Massively: EVE Online Sovereignty playtest to be held on Friday, Oct 30
CCP Games is holding a play test of the new Sovereignty system in EVE Online on Friday, October 30th at 17:00 GMT/UTC on the Singularity test server. The devs are looking for players to jump in and help them fine tune Sovereignty for the Dominion expansion release, which is very much focused...
Wednesday, Oct 28
Massively: Major EVE Online alliance CVA disbanded: espionage or hack?
Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Events, in-game, Guilds, News items Major EVE Online alliance CVA disbanded: espionage or hack? originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Massively: GameX 2009: Victorian spaceships with Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
We pitched the fast talking reviewer some questions to get his opinion on the MMO genre beyond his reviews of Tabula Rasa and EVE Online, and found out some interesting things -- like victorian steampunk spaceships are awesome. So what breaks the MMO genre for Yahtzee? Will more MMOs be sma...
Massively: MicroWarpCast interviews EVE lead game designer Noah Ward
The EVE Online-focused podcast MicroWarpCast returned this week, hosted by our friend CrazyKinux with guest Noah Ward (aka CCP Hammerhead), who is a Lead Game Designer at CCP Games. We mentioned a while back that the winner of a contest CrazyKinux was running would get to interview an EVE...
Hardcore Casual: DarkFall’s version of EVE University
As frequent readers here know, one of the reasons I greatly prefer a sandbox MMO over a themepark is the amount of control players have in shaping their game and the world around them. While that control is a double edged sword (EVE University vs Goonswarm), I’ll take that risk over a foam swo...
Tuesday, Oct 27
CrazyKinux's Musing: EVE Blog Banter #13: Your mission, should you decide to accept it...
EVE is known as the sand box of MMOs, where PvP is the core and heart of the game, and PvE is but an afterthought. But that would be stretching it a bit. Player versus Environment, or PvE, has indeed been neglected in the past, but in recent times, it has recent some much needed TLC.
Massively: GameX 2009: Video interview with Nathan Richardsson and "Alli" Óttarsson
Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Game mechanics, MMO industry, Massively Interviews, Massively Event Coverage GameX 2009: Video interview with Nathan Richardsson and "Alli" Óttarsson originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of f...
Massively: EVE Online technical director explains new feature: Fleet Finder
The next EVE Online expansion will be Dominion, slated for a December release, which will introduce some major changes to the game and new features as well. The "Fleet Finder" is one such feature, explained in today's dev blog by EVE Online Technical Director Jon Bjarnason (aka CCP Atlas).
Massively: GameX 2009: Mobile EVE Online app, codenamed NeoCom, and IM program in development
Later in the day, we'll be putting up our video interview with Alli Óttarsson and Nathan Richardsson on a variety of topics, Neocom included. Check back for more exclusive coverage of GameX 2009!Filed under: At a glance, Sci-fi, EVE Online, Game mechanics, MMO industry, News items, Mass...
CrazyKinux's Musing: MicroWarpCast - Special Edition: The Hammerhead Interview
When the opportunity presented itself to do a contest and have the winner interview one of the CCP Devs during a podcast, I knew that this was the perfect opening to get the show back on air. What you have below is the result of efforts by a few determined EVE Bloggers, by the winner of that conte...
Monday, Oct 26
Massively: EVE's Council of Stellar Management chairman interviewed
One of the things that sets EVE Online apart from most other MMOs running is its Council of Stellar Management (CSM) -- player-elected representatives who work with developer CCP to improve the game. Garret Fuller at MMORPG.com recently sat down for an interview with CSM Chairman Dierdra...
Sunday, Oct 25
Massively: EVE Evolved: Postcards from EVE: Wish you were here!
Filed under: Sci-fi, Galleries, Screenshots, EVE Online, Culture, Lore, Wallpapers, Hands-on, EVE Evolved EVE Evolved: Postcards from EVE: Wish you were here! originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Saturday, Oct 24
Massively: WRUP: It's all about EVE. And Aion. And...
As another weekend dawns upon us, we're left with some tough decisions to make. Namely, with countless MMOs (and let's not even get started on the non-MMO options) at our disposal, what should we play this weekend? Decisions, decisions...
Friday, Oct 23
Massively: MMO Family: The family that groups together
MMO Family is your resource for leveling a gaming-specced family ... From tips on balancing gaming with family life to finding age-appropriate niches for every family member, MMO Family offers you advice on MMO gaming of the family, by the family and for the family.
Thursday, Oct 22
Massively: EVE pirate corp Hellcats running player event, Saturday Oct 24
Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Contests, Events, in-game, PvP, News items, Giveaways EVE pirate corp Hellcats running player event, Saturday Oct 24 originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Wednesday, Oct 21
Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Buying gold makes baby murlocs cry
Attacking gold-selling just for the related crimes of hacking and botting is as weak as the reason that it makes baby murlocs cry. If EVE Online can hire an economist, then World of Warcraft could easily finance an economist as well. I'd love to see a well founded and researched argument agai...
Massively: Cryptic's Steve Nix explains character progression in Star Trek Online
The next Cryptic Studios MMO Star Trek Online should be an interesting mix of avatar 'away mission' gameplay with the ship-based combat that existing sci-fi titles like EVE Online offer, as well as what's on the way with Jumpgate Evolution and Black Prophecy. We'd mentioned that the STO d...
Monday, Oct 19
Massively: EVE Online's faction ships due for a boost in Dominion expansion
CCP Games would like to get more players to actually fly those ships again instead of relegating (a few of) them to shiny hangar ornaments. EVE game designer CCP Ytterbium looks at the changes CCP Games is making to navy and pirate faction ships with the Dominion expansion and explains the r...
CrazyKinux's Musing: Ship Setups - Crusiers: All Purpose Uglies, by the Gaming Griefer
Most PvP veterans will tell you Caldari ships, except for ECM specialized ships are crap. I think that's complete rubbish. Though it is true that missiles are underpowered in PvP, and also true that shield tanks usually use up precious mid-slots normally reserved for tackle, like anythin...
Thursday, Oct 15
CrazyKinux's Musing: You realize you play EVE Online too much when... (Part 2)
You realize you play EVE Online too much when...You try to run from an accident so you don't get podded, Kyle LangdonYou consider buying a new PC solely to play eve on maximum GFX settings, FluffydaveYou're driving along and then abruptly get stuck at a red light and the first thing you think is...
Massively: Solidifying the design of DUST 514
Everyone was more than a little surprised by the announcement and sudden appearance of DUST 514, the console-based shooter cousin of CCP's EVE Online. Information about the game has been coming at a steady and yet almost agonizingly teasing pace, but MMORPG.com has brought out more infor...
Massively: New starry backgrounds in EVE Online spotted
CCP Games has been rolling out some major graphical improvements to EVE Online since the Trinity expansion launched, bringing with it a new graphics engine and an updated look to the game's setting through the premium client. The first iteration of graphics enhancements added a shiny ne...
Tuesday, Oct 13
Massively: EVE soundtrack performed by 16 string symphony orchestra
CCP Games made the Fanfest performance available on YouTube, and we've got the video of this embedded for you after the jump.Continue reading EVE soundtrack performed by 16 string symphony orchestra Filed under: Sci-fi, Video, EVE Online, Events, real-world
Monday, Oct 12
Massively: CCP Games seeking Dominion expansion play testers, Oct 15th onwards
Thursday, October 15, @ 17:00 GMT Friday, October 16, @ 18:00 GMT (this is specifically a Sovereignty test) Thursday, October 29, @ 17:00 GMT Read the full post from EVE Quality Assurance dev CCP Tanis for more info on the tests and how players can connect to the Singularity test server. Pla...
Sunday, Oct 11
Massively: EVE Evolved: Running your own corporation
For all those that have ever wanted to run their own corporation, in this article I explain how to the process of starting a corp, recruiting and keeping the corp secure against threats. I also go into detail on some of the corp operations you can hope to enjoy with friends.Continue reading EV...
Saturday, Oct 10
WarCry Network : Latest News: EVE Online: EVE: DUST 514 Video Released
CCP Games released their DUST 514 video from last August's GDC Europe event, showcasing the ground combat in this EVE Online console tie-in and promising full integration with the already established space MMO. Video after the jump!
Friday, Oct 9
Massively: DUST 514 trailer released
EVE Online creators CCP Games made quite a stir when they announced the console title DUST 514 in August. It's one of the more ambitious game concepts we've heard about in quite a while. A ground based console MMO that ties in with EVE Online? Two separate games, one setting and one community?...
Massively: Playing the numbers game with EVE Online
Among the more interesting statistics is the stated goal to have EVE's total population exceed that of its country of origin, Iceland -- a goal that the game has either nearly reached or exceeded if you count in the game's trial accounts, which are a bit of a revolving door but add a signific...
Hardcore Casual: What’s that monthly fee really buying you?
On the other hand, Tobold’s re-review of WoW is a good example of what five years of $15 a month might get you. Read his review, and now remove everything about WoW that was already in place in 2004; what’s left/changed? Do the same exercise for EVE Online. Now adjust for the fact that EVE just re...
Thursday, Oct 8
CrazyKinux's Musing: Friday Video: DUST 514 - The Full Trailer and more!
Dust in looking more and more as one hell of a shooter. And looking at the way CCP Games wants to integrate it into the EVE Online Universe, it just makes me want to loose myself in the game just as I did the first time I popped that Halo DVD into that rented XBOX way back when.
Massively: EVE Fanfest 2009 videos are up
We mentioned some highlights from EVE Fanfest 2009 in Reykjavik the other day and Permaband's "HTFU" video went down very well with a lot of our readers. Now CCP Games have made video of some of the Fanfest panels, presentations, or general madness available on their YouTube page as well. Of...
Tuesday, Oct 6
Massively: EVE players to tap new resources with Dominion expansion
Big changes are on the horizon for EVE Online in the Dominion expansion and beyond. Alliance sprawl in 0.0 security (lawless) space is going to be curbed, in favor of a new paradigm where alliances claim less territory but can derive much greater value from what they hold sovereignty over. Th...
Wednesday, Sep 30
CrazyKinux's Musing: EVE Blog Banter #12: Tying the dots and locking me in!
List of Participants:CrazyKinux's Musing - Tying the dots and locking me in!A Merry Life and a Short One - I Don’t Own a Working PhoneYarrbear Tales - EVE on Mobile Devices? Eh.Hands Off, My Loots! - EVE Mobile…Possibility?Achernar - Trapped on Planet Horror Rettic’s Log - The Cronofile –...
Friday, Sep 18
MMORPG Games & MMO News - MMOCrunch: To Twink, or Not To Twink…
On the other hand, everyone has a different set of “gamer ethics” that they use while playing a game. Mine is was that I will not sell a PLEX for money and just rely on my real-life trading skills in order to fund my characters advancement. I have been wildly successful at it, so much so, as the cor...
Wednesday, Feb 25
Massively: EVE Online's first Epic Mission Arc to arrive with Apocrypha expansion
It's no secret to EVE Online players that running missions in high security space is pretty much a guaranteed path to wealth, even if only because of how predictable the scenarios are. Speak with an agent and accept a mission, look up the details by pointing your in-game browser to EVE-Surv...
Thursday, Jan 1
Opinion: CrazyKinux's Musing: Looking back at 2008, the year of possibilities!
In late March of last year I hit a speed bump in my professional career and found myself with a lot more time on my hands. Ever the optimistic, I leveraged this opportunity to turn this humble little EVE Online Blog and make it the best EVE blog on the Intertubes! The rest as they say, is history!
Sunday, Nov 30
The Ancient Gaming Noob: November in Review
I was hoping to have some more EVE Online Blog Pack profiles to post, but that Crazy Kinux has been jet setting around with the “Who’s Who” of the EVE Online world. I hope we’ll get back to that this month. I was going on about MMOs on a single server again, focusing on EVE Online and why its unique...
Thursday, Oct 30
The Ancient Gaming Noob: October in Review
EVE Online EverQuest Coming Up It will be a month of too many topics, not enough time. Posted in blog thing, entertainment, EVE Online, EverQuest, Lord of the Rings Online, Other PC Games, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft Tagged: TorilMUD
Friday, Oct 10
Opinion: CrazyKinux's Musing: EVE Online Speedlinking for October 10th, 2008
EVE Online News: EVE Online: Trade & Industry EVE Blogosphere: Capsuleer v1.0 finally released! Eve Online Twitter Pack a follow-up to Winterblink's original post EVE Online Makes The Daily WTF Tribal Glory 1B ISK from Contributors Acknowledged
Monday, Sep 29
Massively: Changes and new features in EVE's latest Empyrean Age patch
Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Game mechanics, Patches, News items The next EVE Online update is the Empyrean Age 1.1.1 patch, which deploys on September 30th. It brings with it a number of fixes and a few new features as well. These features are centered around the Jita problems, with three...
Sunday, Sep 28
WarCry Network : Latest News: EVE Online Empyrean Age Patch Notes
Set to be implemented on September 30th, CCP has posted the EVE Online: Empyrean Age v1.1.1 patch notes. Check out the laundry list of changes, improvements and bug fixes by clicking below.
Friday, Sep 26
Opinion: CrazyKinux's Musing: EVE Online Speedlinking for September 26th, 2008
EVE Evolved: Electronic Warfare, part 3 - The 3rd and last part of Nyphur's article series on EW.The meaning of life in EVE Online really is 42 (no joke) - Don't forget that towel of yours!EVE Online Et tu, brute? - Massively's James Egan reports on our very own Mynxee, about her quest to hunt d...
Wednesday, Sep 17
Opinion: CrazyKinux's Musing: EVE Online Speedlinking for September 18th, 2008
EVE Online News: EVE Online: A Look at Factional Warfare - MMORPG.com's article on the state of EVE's latest expansion.CCP Announces Agreement with Umbra Software - This should help create a better looking EVE!A World Where No Such Road Will Run - A new EVE Chronicle.
Wednesday, Sep 10
Opinion: CrazyKinux's Musing: EVE Online Speedlinking for September 10th, 2008
EVE Online: The Politics - Another great article by Mr. Rossignol.One small step for man, one giant leap for Eve-kind. - EVE-Stratics brings us more news on Ambulation.Eve: Conquests, the EVE Online Board Game? - CCP White Wolf rolls out a new EVE game.The Great War - Another great story penned...
Saturday, Sep 6
Massively: Age of Conan direct download available on Steam
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, MMO industryAge of Conan is now available for purchase and download on Steam, the direct download service run by Half-Life 2 publisher/developer Valve Software. It joins EVE Online in representing the genre in the massive digital store.
Wednesday, Sep 3
Opinion: VirginWorlds Blog: Sadly Accurate
I've been occasionally accused of loving EVE Online. This is probably because I frequently find myself pointing at the MMO of the month and it's various design flaws and saying "EVE fixed this." After several rounds of that, I eventually ended up ending every such phrase with "- but it's not...
Tuesday, Jul 29
Patch: CrazyKinux's Musing: EVE Online Postcard for the week of July 29th, 2008
me stops whining now! More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
Friday, Jun 20
The Ancient Gaming Noob: My First Factional Warfare Mission
I had a couple of hours the other night so I thought I would finally dive into the whole factional warfare thing that the Empyrean Age has brought us in EVE Online. Considering that my standings with the Blood Raiders is 0.00 and with the Guristas is -0.04, both NPC pirate factions that I have spe...
Tuesday, Jun 10
Opinion: CrazyKinux's Musing: EVE Strategic Maps - Never undock without it!
With Tranquility being upgraded to the Empyrean Age expansion, I thought I'd take some time to review Serenity Steele's EVE Strategic Maps (ESM). As I mentioned in the last episode of The Drone Bay, I got my copy of the ESM about 2 weeks ago.
Saturday, May 10
The Ancient Gaming Noob: EVE Online Smacktalk: A Primer on How To Do It
Stolen wholesale from the in-game profile of an EVE Pilot named Darth Vaders, who may have written it himself or grabbed it from another source. Rule #3: Remind them you have powerful friends Rule #7: Nothing proves your superiority more than threatening real life physical violence
Wednesday, Apr 16
Hardcore Casual: Understanding failure, the PoTBS story.
What’s most surprising to me about the news is people’s general take on the game, stating that it’s most similar to EVE Online, and that perhaps it could see an EVE-like growth rate in the future. The major problem with that growth prediction is that PoTBS is basically EVE-lite, attempting...
Monday, Oct 29
EVE Online: Trinity: Get a load of these beauties
We are so excited about our next expansion, EVE Online: Trinity, we have to show it off. Don't be fooled by the sleek lines and sheer beauty of these ships. Trinity is not just a pretty face. It's absolutely bursting at the seams with new content: agent missions, combat advancements, Tech II sh...
