EVE Online First MMO To Get Steamed

Posted on January 23, 2008
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This is HUGE…

Bellevue, Washington and Reykjavik, Iceland - January 22, 2008 - EVE Online, the award winning massively multiplayer online (MMO) game from CCP, is coming to Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC games and digital content with over 13 million accounts worldwide.To celebrate the launch of Steam’s first massively multiplayer online game offering, a special 21-day trial period for EVE will be available, free of charge, to all Steam gamers. Steam gamers will also save $5 off their first full month of EVE Online.

“Launching EVE on Steam means the addition of another fantastic PC game and the introduction of MMOs on Steam,” said Jason Holtman, director of business development at Valve. “The team at CCP continues to expand EVE’s universe and gameplay for the legions logging in to play each month, just as we continue to expand Steam’s consumer and developer features.”

EVE Online is a leader in online gaming technology, hosting hundreds of thousands of players in the same persistent universe. The latest EVE Online expansions, which are always free for players, introduces a graphic update of gargantuan proportions and a host of new gameplay features. Every ship, station and stargate is rendered in an amazing splendor of spacefaring sights.

“We are immensely excited and honored that EVE Online will be the first MMO on Steam,” said Magnus Bergsson, VP of Sales at CCP. “Steam has been the leading online distribution platform for a long time and home to some of the most dedicated gamers around, so we couldn’t think of a better fit for EVE Online.”

For more information on EVE Online and Steam, go to www.steamgames.com.

CCP are going to have their hands full for the next wee while I think. Even the biggest gaming supercomputer in the world is going to have difficulty handling the load when the Steam users start signing up.

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4 Responses to “EVE Online First MMO To Get Steamed”

  1. Lynsey on January 23rd, 2008 9:59 am

    Thats not lag. It’s a feature.

  2. Tom Donald on January 31st, 2008 2:11 pm

    Hello Keith!
    Hello to Lynsey too!
    Also, hello to the infants!
    One is in spain, and it’s a jolly good place to be too. Sunshine, balmy breezes, siestas, yes, it’s a great country.
    I’ve put a few photos up already, and I’m just off to get some more to put up later. Wi-fi in hotels is definitely a very good thing.
    Do feel free to put a comment up there!
    http://clearwood.co.uk//?cat=27 gets the pics…
    I hope everything’s ok back there!
    Cheers!
    Tom

  3. mandrill on February 1st, 2008 12:06 am

    Glad your having a good time, weather here is bloody miserable :)
    Marvellous Photos, would you mind awfully if I used a section of one in my header? I was thinking maybe this one.

    Enjoy yourself with the Wi-Fi.

  4. Tom Donald on February 2nd, 2008 12:27 pm

    Having internet access in a hotel room does rather change the experience of being away from home. Fortunately I don’t really get any emails about mundane things like work or money, so I’ve really just got a great way of keeping in touch with my world while being somewhere else.
    It does make me think that if I could earn my living by working on line, I could easily live anywhere at all. Given such freedom, I might not choose Dumfries…
    On the other hand, it is a spot among loveliness.
    Right! Off to take some pictures of the buses, or some windows, or pigeons, or some water or dust.

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