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Dust 514: New Mercenary, Veteran and Elite Packs Available to Celebrate Launch
Dust 514 is finally our of beta and to celebrate CCP has released three new purchasable packs for the game, Mercenary, Veteran, and Elite. The Mercenary Pack will set you back $19.99 and includes boosters, weapons, and dropsuits. The $49.99 Veteran Pack includes both active and passive boosters, a light attack vehicle, and over 200 ... Read More»
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Dust 514′s Uprising Update Now Live
Dust 514‘s massive Uprising patch is now live and available to download, revamping the game’s skill system, improving graphics, plus much more. This massive patch goes live just one week ahead of the game’s official launch on May 14, when a few more changes will made to the game. You can check out some of ... Read More»
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Dust 514 Official Release Date Announced
CCP has announced the official release date of its Eve Online universe shooter Dust 514. The game has been in open beta since January, but is almost ready for an official release. The game will release exclusively for PlayStation 3 on May 14. Before this on May 6 the game’s biggest update yet, titled Uprising, ... Read More»
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EVE Online’s “day in the universe” visual experience detailed as MoMA games exhibit opens
EVE Online will become part of the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection as part of its new Applied Design installation. EVE is just one of fourteen video games which will be on display at the New York City museum through January 31, 2014. For its portion of the exhibit, CCP Games created a “day ... Read More»
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World of Darkness MMO being played internally at CCP
CCP has said its World of Darkness MMO is being played internally at the studio. According to CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, EVE Fanfest attendees in April will even get a “tiny” piece of the title. “[Development] is going on very nicely, w’re playing it internally at CCP. It’s actually a problem that some of our ... Read More»
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EvE Online passes 500,000 subscriber milestone
EvE Online has defied the trend of MMOs going free-to-play by smashing through the 500,000 subscriber milestone. As EvE enters its second decade, the game’s global subscriber numbers spiked as a result of CCP’s latest game update ‘Retribution’. The content lets you place bounties on other player’s heads, sparking skirmishes, betrayal and other conflicts across ... Read More»
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DUST 514 trailer hypes MMO features
DUST 514 may be a shooter, but its ties to EVE Online mean it’s just as much a political battlefield as the sprawling sci-fi MMO. This trailer does an excellent job of making that clear. EVE Online corporations can hire DUST 514 players to damage enemy interests or protect their own, and provide support via ... Read More»
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EVE Online patched to rebalance Tier 1 ships
CCP has patched EVE Online, overhauling the user interface and module system, adding the skill Armor Honeycombing, and enacting some art tweaks. That’s all well and good, but the update also rebalances nine more Tier 1 ships, so expect the usual roars of outrage over nerfing and overpowered buffing. Full patch notes are available on ... Read More»
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Crytek, CCP see F2P future for next-gen consoles
Both Crytek and CCP expect Sony and Microsoft to be more open to non-traditional business models with new platforms. Both platform holders have made cautious explorations of the freemium sphere, with Sony notably embracing CCP’s Dust 514, which is not only free-to-play but interacts with PC MMO EVE Online, both unthinkable concepts in the PlayStation ... Read More»
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EVE Fanfest 2013 sold out, live streaming options to be announced “soon”
CCP has announce EVE Fanfest 2013 has completely sold out, with 50% more tickets sold than last year. However, don’t be sad: in the coming weeks, the firm will reveal its plans to live stream the event. So, that’s at least some consolation if you weren’t able to secure tickets. EVE Fanfest takes place in ... Read More»
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EVE Fanfest 2013 teaser video released by CCP
EVE Fanfest will be rocking Iceland’s Harpa Concert Hall in April, and to get attendees excited over it along with the EVE 10th anniversary celebrations, CCP has released a teaser trailer for the event. EVE Fanfest takes place April 25-27, and according to Massively, there will be “plenty of alcohol, live bands, DUST 514 shenanigans, ... Read More»
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EVE Online’s Battle of Asakai had 3,000 participants over the weekend
Over the weekend, the Battle of Asakai took place in EVE Online and 3,000 players were present in the Asakai VI region of the Kurala constellation to battle it out. Apparently, the battle was the result of an accident, reports RPS. What happened, was a Titan pilot of the ClusterFuck Coalition, which is a splinter ... Read More»
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DUST 514 beta opens its doors, trailer teases PvE
The DUST 514 open beta flung its doors wide this morning, and to give you an idea of what to expect in it, CCP has released a trailer. While PvE isn’t live in the beta, and the developers haven’t said when it’s coming, the game does contain plenty of PvP, so log in to the ... Read More»
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Dust 514 Open Beta Dated
CCP Games has announced an official start date for the open beta of its PlayStation 3 exclusive shooter Dust 514. The shooter is designed to interact with the developer’s other title–the popular MMO Eve Online–and earlier this month CCP merged both sets of servers into one allowing players of both games to communicate with one ... Read More»
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Dust 514 and Eve Online Servers Merge Tomorrow
CCP has announced that Dust 514 and Eve Online‘s servers will be merged tomorrow, signalling the end of a long journey. From tomorrow Eve Online players will be able to interact with Dust 514 beta players. “This is a massive technical and game design endeavor and so the overlap in gameplay is intentionally contained for ... Read More»