Other than birthing one of our favorite female singers and one of our favorite unicorns, Iceland isn't a country that comes up a lot around Joystiq. Today, however, we've got one such occasion where Iceland-based CCP -- developer of EVE Online and upcoming MMO FPS Dust 514 -- was able to bring our Scandinavian friends to the front page. According to a GamesIndustry.biz report, the developer is expanding, announcing plans to open a new studio in Newcastle, UK.
Apparently the studio will be "initially targeting" a 10 - 20 person head count, with a handful of ex-Midway Newcastle employees being picked up in the process. Additionally, the company confirmed that the UK-based offices would be targeting "current and future" console projects, rather than the PC-focused content CCP has been known for in the past. Presumably, this means the aforementioned MMO FPS, said to be headed to current-gen systems. With a mess of trade shows in the not-so-distant future, we'll likely see what CCP has cooking fairly soon.
Reader Comments (15)
Posted: Feb 28th 2010 12:02PM Shadowbender said
Is it just me, or does there seem to be a sudden impulse of devs opening new studios? It's like...an uprising...I love it. ;)
Posted: Feb 28th 2010 12:20PM ch3burashka said
I wonder if any real-world analysts ever look to EVE for comparisons between their and 'our' economies. IMO, EVE is a goldmine of theoretical real-world situations.
Although I doubt a hostile takeover including a year-long undercover spy that's risen through the ranks with the death of the head of the company will ever take place. We can only hope...
Although I doubt a hostile takeover including a year-long undercover spy that's risen through the ranks with the death of the head of the company will ever take place. We can only hope...
Posted: Feb 28th 2010 12:21PM ch3burashka said
Wrong medium for your complaint. Send an e-mail or a tip. Or just stop trolling.
Posted: Feb 28th 2010 12:29PM MystileArmor said
How about you keep your irrelevant shit out of the commenting sections.
Posted: Feb 28th 2010 12:44PM Xfire40 said
Well i guess EVE online is a pretty cool game so thi-ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted: Feb 28th 2010 1:12PM sonyforlife said
im going to purchase dust 514 day 1 because of the scale, 1 world, 1 server, eve and dust 514, and the weapons and vehicles seem to be more original then in any other games.
Posted: Feb 28th 2010 1:17PM sonyforlife said
although i find it strange that they are putting this on xbox i mean there are thousands of planets there is no way they are fitting that on a dvd.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2010 7:47PM MrAlex said
Dust 514 is supposedly going to be using Procedural generation to create the maps based on the environments of the EVE planets they correspond to.
Best website about it until the official one starts up:
http://www.dust514.org/
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Best website about it until the official one starts up:
http://www.dust514.org/
Posted: Feb 28th 2010 1:35PM Tez said
No, being a douche is.
Posted: Feb 28th 2010 2:26PM (Unverified) said
It probably got deleted because its a known fact that Battlefield is superior to Cod.
Posted: Feb 28th 2010 3:55PM Namminamm said
the thing that just boils me is that the PSstore is not officially supported here in Iceland. nether is wiiware.
Posted: Feb 28th 2010 6:41PM sonyforlife said
það þarf einhvern til þess að sjá um þetta Á ÍSLANDI og ég held að það sé enginn búin að segja ég ætla að gera það
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Posted: Feb 28th 2010 4:16PM Hedgeson said
I read that as:
Battlefield is superior to God.
And I knew it to be true.
Battlefield is superior to God.
And I knew it to be true.
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