WarCry Choice Posts: 1986 Joined: 29 Jan 2004 | EVE On Steam
EVE Online has become the first MMO to adopt Valve's Steam platform for digital distribution. The move comes along with an announcement of a 21-day free trial and a special first month discount for those who grab the game through Steam.
EVE ONLINE PUTS THE MMO IN STEAM
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. Steam gamers will also save $5 off their first full month of EVE Online.
"Launching EVE on Steam means the addition of another fantastic PC game and the introduction of MMOs on Steam," said Jason Holtman, director of business development at Valve. "The team at CCP continues to expand EVE's universe and gameplay for the legions logging in to play each month, just as we continue to expand Steam's consumer and developer features."
EVE Online is a leader in online gaming technology, hosting hundreds of thousands of players in the same persistent universe. The latest EVE Online expansions, which are always free for players, introduces a graphic update of gargantuan proportions and a host of new gameplay features. Every ship, station and stargate is rendered in an amazing splendor of spacefaring sights.
"We are immensely excited and honored that EVE Online will be the first MMO on Steam," said Magnus Bergsson, VP of Sales at CCP. "Steam has been the leading online distribution platform for a long time and home to some of the most dedicated gamers around, so we couldn't think of a better fit for EVE Online."
For more information on EVE Online and Steam, go to www.steamgames.com.
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Ding! (Grats!) Posts: 40 Joined: 30 Jun 2008 | WOW EVE on steam thats pretty cool. I wondered when MMO's would become casual enough to be streamed on Steam. Its gonna be really big. |
How I Mine 4 Fish? Posts: 56 Joined: 25 Jun 2008 | yea EVE is definitely the best MMO out there.
glad to see its expanded to Steam too -------------------------------------------------------
"If you show mercy, you'll only live to regret it!"
--Omega-Xis [Mega Man Star Force 2] |
Power Leveler Posts: 3437 Joined: 28 Jun 2008 | Finally. I hope there aren't any problems with this. |
Epic’d Out Posts: 7331 Joined: 23 Dec 2007 | Whoa smokes. Steam s getting bigger, faster. What you do to the least of these, you do unto me.
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Apprentice Posts: 3 Joined: 15 Jan 2009 | With EVE going live in Steam, i can easily imagine the game crossing 60k+ concurrency in a year i guess? |
WarCry Choice Posts: 6301 Joined: 30 Jun 2004 | And Jita crossing into supernova? XD 
Frakking hippies.
I want to see gamma rays. I want to hear x-rays. I want to smell dark matter.
-Brother John Cavil |
Power Leveler Posts: 3644 Joined: 3 Apr 2008 | guitar:
And Jita crossing into supernova? XD
And that is why I avoid the place... can get it made cheaper in Ammold |
WarCry Choice Posts: 6301 Joined: 30 Jun 2004 | Well they made it so you can deposit/pickup from Jita two jumps away anyway. Or something of that sort... I'm not sure. I live down South, around Impass, and let other corpies sell all the lewt.
Frakking hippies.
I want to see gamma rays. I want to hear x-rays. I want to smell dark matter.
-Brother John Cavil |
Power Leveler Posts: 3644 Joined: 3 Apr 2008 | guitar:
Well they made it so you can deposit/pickup from Jita two jumps away anyway. Or something of that sort... I'm not sure. I live down South, around Impass, and let other corpies sell all the lewt.
Why did I not think of that last night... Would have let me sell the Veldspar so much quicker |
Adventurer Posts: 453 Joined: 17 Jan 2009 | Considering the shitty customer service from Steam, I'd rather it didn't go on there. |
EVE On Steam
EVE Online has become the first MMO to adopt Valve's Steam platform for digital distribution. The move comes along with an announcement of a 21-day free trial and a special first month discount for those who grab the game through Steam.
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