With our upcoming expansion, Empyrean Age, being just around the corner we thought it would only be fitting that the next Live Dev Blog focused on it. Mindstar, our always present host, will be joined by Greyscale from Game Design and t0nyG, author of the upcoming EVE novel, to discuss and answer your questions about Empyrean Age.

To listen in all you have to do is join the in-game channel 'Live Dev Blog' at 20.00 GMT this Thursday, 15 May, and join audio.
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That’s right, most of you are wrong about EVE Online. EVE is more than just a pretty face, she’s got character. CCP has decided to re-introduce the MMOG community to all of EVE Online’s features by highlighting the top 5 misconceptions that haunt the game.
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BIG Games are perhaps the most well known group within the densely packed lotteries and competition market so it should come as little surprise that they will be celebrating the anniversary in style.

Well known throughout the cluster, BIG are one of the few corporations who have good relations with the main empires, independent factions and mega-corporations.
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I’ve always thought of EVE as in intergalactic sweater, stitched directly out of economic greed, genocide and skullduggery. But, it keeps you oh-so warm at night. In all seriousness, author Sytes pens an evocative POV piece on the nature of EVE Online.
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These are exciting times, not only for EVE but for the future of virtual worlds in general as the first democratic elections began today for the Council of Stellar Management. EVE Online subscribers may vote for their representatives who will then represent them as council members interacting directly with CCP.
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The downtime this Tuesday, 6 May, will be extended by one hour and last from 11.00 to 13.00 GMT. During this time we will apply server-side changes to Tranquility.

This also sets a new record, I don't believe we've ever announced two different extended downtimes this close to each other.

Jon Wood’s article on EVE’s upcoming expansion is up over at MMORPG.com. Wood spoke with a number of CCP staffers at the event to get the inside scoop on Empyrean Age. For the full review follow the jump here.

Piak - Reports are coming in from the Caldari State that three Caldari Constructions factories in the Piak, Aikantoh, and Litiura systems have been seized by rioting workers. Reports of halted production and shipping schedules from each of these sites have been verified by on-scene news agents.
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Piak - Home Guard dropships have landed at the Armor Forge manufacturing facility on Piak III, deploying mechanized infantry to counter what is now being called a "hostage situation". According to a statement released by Caldari Constructions, a rogue employee named Tibus Heth is blackmailing the corporation "at the expense of his own coworkers", and is threatening to kill those inside unless his demands are met.
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Yulai - Caldari mega-corporation shares across the State have begun to freefall following word that Home Guard troops have been deployed to the Constructions Armor Forge facility on Piak III. This follows a spate of bad news for the State in recent weeks as investors continue to sell off Caldari assets and move to more secure investments, in particular Federation securities.
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Reykjavik, Iceland – March 19, 2008 – CCP, one of the world’s leading independent game developers, has announced the formation of the Council of Stellar Management (CSM), the first democratically-elected governing body in a virtual world. Its inception marks a decisive leap in the evolution in online worlds, especially in terms of how a publisher interacts with its community.
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Launching With 21-Day Free Trial and Steam Special Price for Full Game 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.
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Helsinki, Finland - December 11th, 2007 - Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT) has secured funding and partners for a new research project into "virtual economies": systems where millions of Internet users create and trade virtual items and currencies, often for real money.
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