Gaming News - December 2005

Reykjavik, Iceland (December 16, 2005) - CCP Games today announced the launch of EVE Online: Red Moon Rising, a new content upgrade for EVE Online: Exodus.

“We are delighted with how smoothly this update went through” said Magnus Bergsson, CMO of CCP Games. “EVE Online has become the most massive and dynamic playground on the market today with over 100,000 active players all on the same server, so updating such an enormous game universe is no small feat."

From CCP Games:

In EVE Online: Red Moon Rising, the empires are marching towards the brink of full scale war as the tentative peace presiding over the galaxy continues to slip away. Nations begin to conspire against one another, secretly preparing for the inevitable conflict that threatens to redefine the borderlines of EVE forever.

“Red Moon Rising is a massive content addition to a universe that grows larger and larger each day,” said Nathan Richardsson, Lead Producer for EVE Online. “No other expansion that we’ve released thus far has been executed while hosting such a large number of subscribers, and we’re thrilled to see this trend continue for future expansions as well.”

Some of the key features of this upgrade are:

• Titans: The largest, most fearsome space faring battle vessels ever created
• Carriers: Front line capital ships providing fighter coverage and support for fleets
• Bloodlines: The addition of Asian bloodlines available to each of the races
• COSMOS Constellation Expansion: Addition of constellation missions to Gallente and Amarr territories
• Fighters: The main offensive and defensive weapon of the Carrier
• Starbases and sovereignty: Additions of roles to improve control access of services and improved calculations of player-determined Sovereignty
• Titans: The largest, most fearsome space faring battle vessels ever created
• Carriers: Front line capital ships providing fighter coverage and support for fleets
• New Bloodlines: Asian bloodlines will be made available to each of the races
• COSMOS Expansion: Constellation missions will be added to Gallente and Amarrian territories
• Fighters: The main offensive and defensive weapon of the carrier
• Starbases and Sovereignty: Roles to improve control access of services and improved calculations of player-determined sovereignty
• Next-Generation Manufacturing & Research Facilities: Addition of mass-manufacturing and remote industry management capabilities
• Performance Optimizations: Major optimizations to core systems designed to enhance game performance at all levels
• Mining Industry Upgrade: Powerful new equipment, ships and skills for miners
• Combat Enhancements: Varied improvements to combat, enhanced defenses and configuration overhauls
• Jettisoned Canister Flagging: Marking players who steal from jettisoned containers as thieves
• Drone Enhancements: New drone capabilities and improved performance
• An Eye for an Eye: CONCORD will allow lawful retribution for the unlawful destruction of your ship
• Tech II: 23 new ships, including destroyers, battlecruisers and mining barges
• New Corporate Logos: Corporations have more options to create their own identity
• NPC Changes: New NPC's featuring elite ships with advanced capabilities such as cap draining
• UI Improvements: Numerous changes to enhance user’s client management
• Full Unicode Client: The EVE client now supports any language in the universe