CCP Games, the Icelandic developer of EVE Online, has announced that stretched
resources and tight economic times have forced the company to dismiss about 20%
of its staff. The company's output has been divided between EVE Online, the
MMO/FPS Dust 514, and White Wolf tie-in World of Darkness; this week's
announcement includes news of a renewed focus on EVE, with remaining staff
reshuffled to meet the company's commitments to its other properties...
Planning to join Dust 514's free-to-play party? Better bringing a few bucks for admission. CCP has confirmed it will be charging a small, one-time entry fee for access to its online first-person shooter; money which will then be handed back as in-game currency to be used in the free-to-play game's virtual economy...
Icelandic developer CCP has dished out more details on how its recently announced shooter for the PS3, Dust 514, will integrate with nearly every aspect of its long running PC MMO, Eve Online. According to CCP community manager James Egan, the so-called EVE-Dust Link will represent something of a first for the industry, allowing players of the PS3 exclusive unfettered access to Eve Online's virtual economy, interplanetary resources and established community...