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Read More »EVE trials virtual currency for graphics card offer
Online players accrue an insane amount of in-game currency and now CCP is giving it customers the chance to use this to buy PC hardware. The creator of EVE Online has teamed up with nVidia to allow players to buy a high-end GTX 560 graphics card using PLEX, the MMO’s …
Read More »Eve man ‘ashamed and sorry’ for suicide jokes
'I don't want people to kill themselves in real life over an internet spaceship game'
Read More »CCP investigation into ‘suicidal player jokes’
Eve Online studio says it never condones 'abhorrent' mocking of depression-afflicted users
Read More »Sony ‘removes PSN restrictions’ for Dust 514
'We have complete ability to service and update the game as much as needed', says CCP exec
Read More »Dust 514 skips retail and goes free-to-play
Cover charge removed to 'avoid customer confusion'
Read More »Dust 514 WILL be free to download
Developer CCP has had a change of heart and confirmed that Dust 514 will be completely free to play. The studio had previously claimed that a cover charge” would be required to download the game, with the expense refunded in the form of in-game credits. However, speaking to Eurogamer executive …
Read More »CCP ponders IPO after $66m year
EVE developer shows a strong year despite community uprising
Read More »‘Virtual items policy’ in the works for PS3
Sony Computer Entertainment is negotiating an in-game currency policy for all virtual items traded on PS3, the CEO of CCP Games has said. Hilmar Pturssontold Developthat the studioexpects that the negotiations will establish pricing tiers of virtual items, as well as the revenue split between Sony and developers. The talks …
Read More »Sony ‘negotiating PS3 virtual item policy’
Dust 514 to establish universal PSN microtransaction rules; Game could still hit retail
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