EVE Online 10th anniversary celebrated with new content, special in-game events

Written by Brandon Hofer on May 09, 2013

Eve Online News: EVE Online turns 10 years old and celebrates by releasing new in-game content as well as releasing an expansion to Dust 514.

EVE Online is heading into its second decade acknowledged the MMORPG’s publisher, CCP Games. It isn’t every day that a game hits this kind of milestone and CCP Games are celebrating the occasion. Launched on May 6, 2003, EVE Online marked its anniversary in style with an enormous in-game celebration that led to a new peak concurrent user (PCU) record for the game of over 65,000 players connected to the same server.

Unlike in most online games, every one of those players was celebrating in the same connected universe. EVE Online has continuously existed on a single persistent server cluster shared by all its inhabitants for ten years. This unique shared environment means actions have lasting consequences that ripple across the thousands of solar systems of EVE, and players’ reputations are built and destroyed by their own skill, deeds and relationships with other players.

To help highlight this special occasion, CCP and its players held numerous live events in game and players were given special fireworks launchers munitions for their ships with which they could celebrate the game’s 10th anniversary. In addition, players received several other valuable gifts - character implants, avatar clothing and a “Sarum Magnate” frigate.

In addition to EVE Online’s 10th anniversary, May 6 also marked the launch of the “Uprising” expansion to Dust 514, CCP’s free-to-play online first-person shooter fully integrated into the universe of EVE Online. The Uprising expansion brings with it numerous improvements and enhancements including a substantial graphics upgrade, an updated user interface, and new gameplay modes, weapons and equipment. Uprising is the biggest update yet for Dust 514 and is currently available to download for free for anyone with a PS3 and access to PSN.

On May 14, Dust 514 officially launches on PSN. On June 4, CCP will launch EVE Online’s 19th free expansion. EVE Online: Odyssey will take the exploration of space to a whole new level with an entirely revamped scanning mechanic, a fresh and accessible user interface and enticing new rewards for finding and interacting with sites hidden among the stars. All of Odyssey’s exploration changes are designed to make space feel even more alive and they will make it easier and more compelling for pilots to forge their path through the mysterious and dangerous universe.

Do you still play EVE Online? Will you play Dust 514?