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+ <h1><a href='0102639448.html'>'Eve Online' Studio Acquired By Korean MMO Maker (engadget.com)</a></h1>
+ <div class='details'>(Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (msmash)
+from the in-some-business-news dept.)</div>
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+ MAXOMENOS writes: EVE Online developer CCP Games has been acquired by Pearl Abyss, the South Korean studio behind the action-oriented MMORPG Black Desert Online. According to VentureBeat, the deal was worth $425 million and will close in early October. It's a surprise announcement for CCP, which has long operated as an independent developer. Eve Online isn't the biggest MMORPG on the market, but it has maintained a steady and loyal userbase through continuous updates and a well-timed switch to a hybrid premium and free-to-play model. The 15-year-old game is unique, too, with its large-scale battles and notoriously complex economic and political systems.
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