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'''CCP Games''' (often just "'''CCP'''" to Eve players) is the company which developed and maintains | '''CCP Games''' (often just "'''CCP'''" to Eve players) is the company which developed and maintains EVE Online. CCP is headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland, with units in London and Shanghai. | ||
The company was founded in 1997 and funded initial work on MMORPGs by selling a | The company was founded in 1997 and funded initial work on MMORPGs by selling a board game. CCP released EVE Online in 2003. From 2013 to 2016, CCP maintained a console first-person shooter game partially integrated with EVE called [[DUST 514]]. They released two small arcade shooters set in the [[New Eden]] setting, Gunjack and Gunjack 2, in 2015 and 2016. In 2016, they released a virtual-reality space combat simulator game set in New Eden and called EVE: Valkyrie, for Oculus Rift and Playstation VR. | ||
In 2018 the South Korean games publisher Pearl Abyss purchased CCP and absorbed the company's publishing and marketing facets. | In 2018, the South Korean games publisher Pearl Abyss purchased CCP and absorbed the company's publishing and marketing facets. | ||
"CCP" stands for "Crowd Control Productions". Individual CCP employees communicating with players or making public posts normally adopt a pseudonym of the form "CCP [X]", e.g. "CCP Falcon". | "CCP" stands for "Crowd Control Productions". Individual CCP employees communicating with players or making public posts normally adopt a pseudonym of the form "CCP [X]", e.g. "CCP Falcon". | ||
== Further reading == | |||
See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCP_Games the Wikipedia article on CCP Games]. | See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCP_Games the Wikipedia article on CCP Games]. | ||