1 0'Eve Online' Studio Acquired By Korean MMO Maker (engadget.com) null/SLASHDOT/0102639448 70
2 i Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (msmash)
3 i from the in-some-business-news dept.
11 i > developer CCP Games [2]has been acquired by Pearl Abyss ,
12 i the South Korean studio behind the action-oriented MMORPG
13 i Black Desert Online. According to [3]VentureBeat , the deal
14 i was worth $425 million and will close in early October. It's a
15 i surprise announcement for CCP, which has long operated as an
16 i independent developer. Eve Online isn't the biggest MMORPG on
17 i the market, but it has maintained a steady and loyal userbase
18 i through continuous updates and a well-timed switch to a hybrid
19 i premium and free-to-play model. The 15-year-old game is
20 i unique, too, with its large-scale battles and notoriously
21 i complex economic and political systems.
25 i [1] https://slashdot.org/~MAXOMENOS
27 i [2] https://www.ccpgames.com/news/2018/black-desert-online-cre-
28 i ators-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp-games-makers-of-eve
30 i [3] https://venturebeat.com/2018/09/06/black-desert-online-cre-
31 i ator-pearl-abyss-acquires-eve-online-maker-ccp-games-for-425-m-