Crucible 1.1.3 will be deployed tomorrow, February 7th, during the regular daily downtime. No extended downtime is scheduled. The patch addresses a C++ runtime error some players have been running into lately, along with adding some much needed backend additions for devs. Patch notes and information about patch size can be can be found by scrolling to the bottom of this page.

The next mass test on our test-server Singularity will be on Tuesday, February 7 at 20:00 UTC. In this mass-test we will be testing the latest performance improvements to the overview window and brackets in space. The SisiLauncher tool is available for the Windows client, otherwise please follow the instructions on the Singularity page in Evelopedia.

Testing should last around 60 minutes. All participants will receive two million skillpoints on Singularity.

Please refer to this thread for more information about how you participate in the test, and this EVElopedia article for more information on mass testing.

The new EVE Online website (discussed in this blog) is going to undergo a few final tweaks and is scheduled to release next week, instead of this week as originally estimated.

At the same time the new website will be revealed, the resources and information which players have sought on the EVE Online site, will be made available on a new community website which should prove to be quite an improvement in terms of browsing and locating what you need. 

We look forward to showing you the two websites and wish you all a great weekend!

EVE Online: Crucible 1.1.2 is scheduled for deployment during a regular downtime on Wednesday, February 1. This patch includes several crash fixes and a number of improvements to the new Neocom. Patch notes have been added to the list of Crucible 1.1 patch notes.

The Community team have prepared a blog about some of the cool community events happening in the Harpa Center during Fanfest. Click here to read all about it!

We are upgrading the infrastructure EVElopedia is hosted on and we expect it to be down on Monday, January 30 between 14:00 and 16:00 UCT while we make the necessary changes.  Apologies for any inconvenience this causes you all and rest assured, my love for you remains as true as it ever was.

CCP Ginger.

EVE Online: Crucible 1.1.1 was successfully deployed during a regular downtime on Thursday, January 26, 2012.

Several small fixes to the Neocom were released together with corrections to localization and various texts throughout the game. The patch notes are available here.

The next mass test on our test-server Singularity will be on Thursday, January 26 at 17:00 UTC. In this mass-test we will have a look at client performance and server code improvements. The SisiLauncher tool is available for the Windows client, otherwise please follow the instructions on the Singularity page in Evelopedia.

Testing should last 60 minutes. All participants will receive two million skillpoints on Singularity.

Please refer to this thread for more information about how you participate in the test, and this EVElopedia article for more information on mass testing.

EVE Online: Crucible 1.1 Client Update #2 will be released during a standard downtime tomorrow. Patch notes for this release are still being compiled but will be added to the main patch notes page before downtime begins.

In addition there will be a 30 minute outage of the EVE Gate forums and EVE API to facilitate migration of web databases. In an effort to keep API downtime to a minimum, we will be truncating the player access logs which keep the last seven days history of locations and IP's.  

EVE Online: Crucible 1.1 has been deployed. This patch brings a number of improvements into EVE Online, including the new Neocom panel, rebalanced assault ships, ability for alliances to join Factional Warfare and numerous UI enhancements. For more information on these changes, please refer to CCP Soundwave's recent dev blog or visit the Crucible feature page. Patch notes are available here.

Please report any issues with Crucible 1.1 in this thread and a thread for general feedback is available here.

As of Monday, January 23 we have removed PayPal as a payment option for the buddy program due to an exploit discovered with this payment method. The terms and conditions of the program have been updated.

If a player you invite to the game selects Paypal as their payment method you will not be eligible for the game time or PLEX reward you had selected.

EVE Online: Crucible 1.1 is scheduled for deployment during an extended downtime on Tuesday, January 24. Downtime will begin at 11:00 UTC and is expected to be completed by 12:00 UTC.

Crucible 1.1 brings a number of improvements into EVE Online, including the new Neocom panel, rebalanced assault ships, ability for alliances to join Factional Warfare and numerous UI enhancements. For more information on these changes, please refer to CCP Soundwave's recent dev blog or visit the Crucible feature page. Patch notes are available in English, German and Russian.

Please note that in December we have temporarily doubled the size of POS fuel bays to reduce the impact of the delay to fuel block switch-over. In Crucible 1.1, these changes will be reverted and the fuel block consumption enabled. Towers left with their fuel bays in an "overloaded" state as a result of this change should continue to function as normal.

A discussion thread is available here.

On Saturday, January 28, 2012, the 7th annual Greek EVE Gathering will take part in Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece. The event will include traditional pie cutting and a lottery, as well as video greetings from the CCP HQ in Reykjavik, Iceland. More information are available in this thread.

EVE Fanfest is drawing closer by the day, and we would like to remind you that there is just over one week left to get your Early Bird tickets. Until January 31^st you can get them at the EVE Account Management page, along with tickets for various Fanfest activities, including the Dev Pub Crawl and the Charity Poker Tournament.

If you still haven't made your travel arrangements, you can book your flight and hotel room in one go with the package deal provided by Icelandair, or use the offer provided by our hotel partner, Center Hotels.

See you at Fanfest 2012!

Thank you thank you! We'll take this as a big hint that EVE Online: Crucible was the proper way to end 2011. We'll also take this tremendous show of support as a clear message that 2012 should bring more internet spaceships to you in a similar fashion. Check out the awards site here for all the winners (including EVE!).