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Iterative development and what's happening in 2011

Hey all, I'm CCP Zulu (formerly CCP Zulupark) and as of about a month ago I've assumed the role of EVE's Senior Producer. CCP t0rfifrans has moved on to become EVE's Creative Director. This means you'll be hearing a lot more from me in the future.
After reading the many discussions following ...

When patching fails, repair

Having undergone several updates since its initial release, the new and much improved repair tool has been released, leaving me with no reservations as I give myself a high five.
When EVE Online is installed you will notice that along with the Play EVE shortcut it creates in the start menu, ...

PLEX? In my space? It's more likely than you think.

Hey all,
We're planning on making some changes to the behavior of the PLEX ( Pilot's License Extension ) in-game item and, at the same time, the redeeming system. I wanted to take a minute to explain what is being done and why so that we can give everyone a chance to digest the changes ...

Tyrannis Performance Improvements

Introduction
Part of our job is to seek ways to improve performance, and as there's always room for improvement; this is a continuous process.
During the Tyrannis production cycle, we organized a few mass fleet fights at regular intervals on the test server (Singularity) in order to ...

TQ Move Outage Details


We wanted to give you some details about what happened on June 23, 2010, when we performed the Tranquility server move, why the move took much longer than we scheduled and what we are doing to prevent the issue that caused the extended downtime from happening again.
First, what did we ...

Improving Gamemastery: Surveying Your Satisfaction

During the last Council of Stellar Management (CSM) visit to Iceland, the Council presented issues that players brought forth regarding Customer Support (CS). The most prominent were that the customer support system itself could be improved and that there was a feeling of distance between CS ...

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EVECAST.TV Presents Monthly PvP Tournaments

EVECAST.TV will be hosting monthly PvP tournaments that start the first Sunday of every month. These events will be video broadcast live at EVECAST.TV. For more details concerning the monthly PvP tournaments, visit the EVECAST.TV website. 

Inspired by Images of EVE Competition

EVE is a beautiful universe, no doubt about it. If you find it inspiring, head on over to Starfleetcomms for your chance to win ISK and PLEX by writing a short story based on an image of a sleek Gallente ship warping through a system. Warp to Starfleetcomms for information on how you can enter.

CCP Zymurgist's Swap Meet

Today, July 25 at 19:00 UTC I will be hosting a swap meet in Rens, Dodixie, and Amarr. Everyone is invited to fill up their industrials or freighters and fly out for some good times. Our friends at EVE University and EVE Radio have some fun planned as well. So tune into EVE Radio, come on down ...

Win EVE store credit with Battleclinic


What can be more fun that blowing up ships with Planetary Interaction products in their cargohold? Not much, according to Battleclinic, who are running a giveaway over the next few days in which pilots can earn EVE Store credit for ship kills. Full details are available here .
 

EVE Avatar Turns 3

Known for creating animated avatars, EVE Avatar is giving away four $50 EVE Store gift certificates. Drawings will be held once a week from July 25 through August 15, 2010. To enter into the drawing click HERE . 

Come and meet CCP at Gamescom, 2010 in Cologne

CCP will be attending Gamescom 2010 in Cologne from Thursday, August 19 to Sunday, August 22. We will have a booth available for player meet ups or for players to come and talk to us. Full details can be found in this thread .