(steam) well this is interesting

[Eric P]

Steam has an EVE Online section now.

you can't do anything beyond download a trailer but hmmmm

[Joe Molotov]

http://www.eve-online.com/pressreleases/default.asp?pressReleaseID=43

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.

[MrAngryFace]

EVE is evil corporate simulation voodoo

[Eric P]

i tried to play it but it just wasn't for me at all

[MrAngryFace]

[Shins]

i tried to play it but it just wasn't for me at all

Pretty much. Hearing about EVE is awesome. Playing it, not so much. My friends was deep into the game, and I guess he really does have fun with it, but it seems like a sci-fi Second Life to me.

[Eric P]

yeah, i like the cross corp stuff

that's neat

until you hear about people creating secondary accounts to spy and essentially metagame

that's not neat

that's fucking cheating.