Whoa, we’re half way there. You might be wondering why I’m spouting Bon Jovi lyrics. It’s because much like Tommy who worked on the docks and Gina who worked in the diner all day, we at CCP are also half way there. Half way to bringing you Tyrannis, the next free expansion to EVE Online. I’m CCP Hammerhead, Lead Game Designer of EVE. Take my hand and we’ll make it… Continue reading
The Singularity test server has been returned to service, and we will be conducting our next mass test on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 20:00 UTC for both fleet fight and session changes. Medium and large-sized Alliances are welcome to take part in this testing. More information can be found in this thread.…
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It‘s that time of year again. CCP‘s developers have finished planning and preparing and have started work on the next expansion for EVE Online. The exact release date will be announced later, but let‘s say that it will happen before the summer solstice.
What‘s in the package?
For a long time we have had people asking us for more options to build up their own infrastructure. It‘s something that comes up… Continue reading
We will be conducting extensive testing on the Singularity test server between Tuesday, February 16 and Thursday, February 18, 2010. Singularity will be unavailable to players during this time.
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One of the neato things about CCP is how much they engage the players with their vision of the future, and take feedback on upcoming changes.
No seriously, stop laughing.
Sure there has been the odd bump in the road in this, but overall they’ve had a pretty solid track record in the past. Carrying on with that tradition, the… Continue reading
At FanFest a couple of years ago, Hilmar promised “no more lag!” to the masses in attendance. Surprisingly, and within the time period promised, it had looked like the goal had been accomplished. Apparently, we all missed the wink, which meant “for a while”.
It’s no surprise to anyone who plays EVE that lag has reared its ugly ass again, especially since the recent Dominion expansion. Luckily for us, CCP Tanis… Continue reading
It seems that the deployment of Dominion has been completed, with a minimum of pain and suffering. Well, unless you’re the IT guys at CCP in charge of handling the deployment.
I deliberately avoided the test server so as to experience the new planets and vistas first hand when the expansion went live, and to say the game looks gorgeous is an… Continue reading
In preparation for the release of our next expansion, EVE Online: Dominion, we are changing the daily downtime for our Singularity server (test server). Starting on Monday, November 16, and continuing for three weeks, the downtime will start at 12:00 GMT/UTC and last until 13:30 GMT/UTC. We will be updating the server on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays, but that will not require any additional downtime.…
With the release of Dominion almost seven weeks away, CCP Tanis has issued a call to arms for pilots to take part in a series of fleet fights and other mass testing on Singularity. The purpose of these tests are to gather performance data from the server and clients. Full details can be found at EVE: Dominion Mass-Testing. Please ensure that you follow the rules of the test
Hello, everyone! I am CCP WeirdFish, one of the new additions to CCP’s QA department. I’m sure most have you have seen me on Singularity where I am usually causing trouble and responding to player issues. I have the opportunity to talk to you about my current task, which is to work with the Bug Hunters and QA to run some public test events and to monitor the test server… Continue reading
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