CCP Games has announced that for the first time in its ten-year history, internet-spaceship simulator/grand sci-fi alternate universe EVE Online has passes 500,000 paying subscribers.
EVE is the only MMO to have grown year-on-year since its launch, but that's not the only reason this game is unique. EVE is famous for its political dramas, huge-scale battles between warring factions and real-world crossover consequences. EVE Onilne: Retribution, the game's 18th free expansion, was released in December. PS3 free-to-play shooter DUST 514, part of the EVE universe, is still in open beta.
CCP's CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson had this to say: “Ten years after release, it is incredibly inspiring that, through a lot of hard work from our EVE Online team, we are crossing the half-million subscriber mark. For me, this is a true testament that EVE can live on forever, as long as we do right by her. We have not come to this point alone; millions of players have helped push us to this milestone. I now know in my mind what I previously only believed in my heart: that EVE will outlive us all.”
EVE Fanfest takes place every year in Iceland, bringing players of the game together in the real world to see where it's headed. We headed there last year, and came away with a significant realisation: internet spaceships are serious business.
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Source : ign[dot]com
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