Category: EVE Online News

EVE Online is a delicate game, and sometimes I have to wonder how CCP can ever make changes because comprehending how drastically those changes can affect its ecosystem would probably require its own degree. Yesterday during the EVE Online Nottingham (EVE_NT) meetup, it was revealed that a fairly major, and much asked for, change is finally being implemented into the game: The watchlist is being removed.

The ability for EVE Online players to extract skills to create a Skill Injector has arrived with the latest game update. Skill Injectors can be traded or even sold for in-game currency via markets with buyers able to use them to boost skill levels on a character of their choosing.

It’s no secret that the model for subscription-based MMORPGs is rapidly shrinking. Where coughing up fifteen dollars a month used to be par for the course in most online games, things are shifting towards the “freemium” subscription model where the cost of entry for games is free but as soon as you step inside you’re likely to be funneled down a corridor made of hands that are constantly groping you until you finally throw them your wallet just to make the awkward torture stop.

If you want one good reason why EVE Online is unlike, and in some ways more capable than, any other MMORPG, you only need to experience the joy of the hunt. The thrill of watching your prey, biding your time until that perfect moment when they are at their weakest. That moment when the stars align and their guard slips–who would notice?–and you’re there to make them bleed for that tiniest of mistakes. That is the EVE Online I love.

Few things in EVE have garnered as much attention from the outside world as the art of spying and counterintelligence. That shouldn’t be all that surprising considering it is an aspect of play that is almost wholly unique to EVE Online; few other games will ever reach the depth and scale to make spying not only profitable, but downright necessary in order to succeed.

Owners of Oculus Rift DK2 headsets can sign up to help CCP alpha test EVE: Valkyrie beginning January 18th. Newly signed up players will be added to the testing in waves prior to the start of the first alpha event.

CCP Phantom has posted a great look back at the year that was in a new forum letter to EVE Online players. It took three long posts to revisit the year’s highlights, both updates to the game via patches, in-game events, and player created activities and content.

Collectors take note: The holiday collectibles for 2015 have officially launched into EVE Online. Players can take part in a couple of fun events to score a Festival Snowball Launcher, a Festival Fireworks Launcher and a pretty sweet looking festive coat or dress.

There is a huge discussion to be had with regards to EVE Online and the way it treats new pilots. I’ve touched on that discussion at certain points in the past, either relaying my own experiences with EVE, talking to pilots who went from nobodies to some of the biggest players in the game, and more.

It’s no secret that CCP is betting big on Oculus technology with EVE: Valkyrie. Today marks a seminal point in the relationship between the two companies with the announcement that EVE: Valkyrie will be bundled with Oculus when the Rift launches in 2016.