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Eve Online firm believes "VR will revolutionise games and the wider technology industry"
Read More »EVE dev CCP gets $30m virtual reality injection
CCP has won itself investment to the tune of $30m to ensure it is ahead of the VR wave. The company currently has two virtual reality titles in development – Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR launch title EVE: Valkyrie, due out in the spring, and Gunjack, which is hitting Gear …
Read More »Paradox acquires CCP’s White Wolf Publishing
Paradox has acquired World of Darkness publisher White Wolf from CCP in an all-cash deal. Tobias Sjgren, who previously held the role of business development at Paradox, will lead the newly acquired company. Paradox said its new subsidiary would work independently from the publisher, with its own dedicated team. White …
Read More »Paradox buys White Wolf Publishing from CCP
Stockholm-based publisher picks up rights to World of Darkness, Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Read More »CCP: Virtual reality won’t take off until next year
Studio's Hilmar Veigar Pétursson says there's still some way to go before VR becomes a hit
Read More »CCP boss says not to expect virtual reality boom in 2016
It will take longer than some people think for VR to hit the big time, the CEO of CCP has said. While excited by the technology, Venture Beat reports that Hilmar Veigar Ptursson told the SlushPlay conference in Reykjavik that disruptive technologies always take longer to bed in than most …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Iceland
Iceland is a thriving landscape for games, backed by strong government investment in the industry. According to technology website Wired, revenue from Iceland’s video games industry rose by more than 600 per cent between 2008 and 2011. Icelandic news outlet Eyjan reports that video games earned the country 1.9 billion …
Read More »CCP closes San Francisco office as key execs leave
CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson aims to 'combine and simplify' business
Read More »Execs depart EVE Online developer CCP as San Francisco office closes
CCP, the maker of expansive MMO space sim EVE Online, has announced plans to close its San Francisco office, with two executives also set to depart from the firm. In the company’s latest financial report (via Eurogamer), it was revealed that chief marketing officer David Reid and chief financial officer …
Read More »CCP re-imagines Dust 514 as Project Legion for PC
New title to offer a sandbox experience 'more akin to Eve Online'
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