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EVE Online Box Includes 60 Day Game Time
CCP today revealed the contents of the upcoming EVE Online retail release, which is set for launch on March 10. The box will include the game itself and ten of its free expansions, including the upcoming update “Apocrypha”. In addition, it will also ship with 60 days of free game time.
A monthly subscription to the MMO costs $14.95, and the retail box costs $34.95, so this means the thing will nearly pay for itself.
The studio added that the game time can be used to extend an existing subscription or be split into two 30-day codes that can be sold for in-game currency.
There will also be other extras in the box, including instant war access, exclusive career guide, VIP pass and an exclusive in-game ship.
World of Darkness MMO Coming 2010
VideoGaming247 reports that a MMO based on White Wolf’s World of Darkness vampire/werewolf franchise is set for launch in 2010, according to financial documents of developer CCP.
“CCP is currently working on new projects, the largest of which is World of Darkness, a MMOG that is scheduled to launch 2010,” reads the document.
CCP – the studio behind EVE Online – has begun production on the MMO after having acquired White Wolf in 2006. Magnus Bergsson, marketing director at the company, had previously suggested a 2011 release date for the title.
EVE Online Free Update Coming
A major free update for EVE Online will be released on March 10, announced its developer CCP today. The expansion, dubbed Apocrypha, will bring unpredictable wormholes to the game, connecting new regions of the universe to the existing space of New Eden. It will also introduce modular Tech 3 ships and Epic Mission Arc, which are lengthy, branching quests for deep space explorers.
The content comes as the latest update to the game which has been running for quite some time now. It now has a complex financial ecosystem and population, with CCP recently reporting that its previous record for concurrent EVE players was broken when over 45,000 users were recorded to playing the single-shard game simultaneously.
EVE Online Going Retail, New Title Teased by Developer
Developer CCP has announced that publisher Atari will distribute the studio’s long-time running MMO EVE Online in retail stores across North America, Europe and Asia. The boxed version of the MMO is expected to hit stores in March 2009.
Additionally, the developer teased some new footage of an unannounced game at its fan fest over the weekend. Eurogamer, who attended the event, noted that the video showed a “Halo-like shooter” with an EVE-like art style. It was mentioned that the studio plans on developing PS3 and Xbox 360 versions alongside the PC original.
The studio is also currently working on another MMO dubbed World of Darkness.