CCP Games, the world’s largest independent game developer, marked its 10th anniversary this week. EVE Online, CCP’s flagship game, is evidence of the company’s success in the massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) industry with more than four million people having played the game since its launch. Recently celebrating its fourth anniversary, EVE Online has a current subscription base of more than 180,000 players in more than 80 countries.

To solidify its position as a leading game developer, last November CCP merged with White Wolf Publishing, the world’s second-largest developer of offline role-playing, strategy and collectable card games. Following the merger, CCP unveiled a two-year international expansion plan, with goals to add 100 new employees to three locations internationally.

“In a constantly changing environment like gaming, relatively few companies endure for 10 years as an independent company, maintaining their original vision,” said, Hilmar Petursson, CEO, CCP Games. “Throughout that first decade, there were moments where the company stood on the brink of the abyss. Enduring the line between the impossible and the hard has been a true testament of our team and the community that our creations have attracted.”

CCP Games most recently launched exciting enhancements to EVE Online, integrating EVE Voice (provided by Vivox) into the game. CCP also announced its plans for what they call the ‘Ambulation project’, integrating full-character avatars for players into EVE Online to engage new and existing players, allowing them to explore new social aspects of the game.

About CCP Games
CCP Games is an industry-leading independent developer and publisher of EVE Online, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Founded in 1997 and privately held, CCP is recognized internationally as a pioneer of the single-server persistent universe architecture. EVE Online is played in nearly every country in the world with more than 200,000 players. The company is headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland, with offices in Atlanta, London and Shanghai. More information is available at http://www.ccpgames.com.

About EVE Online
Set tens of thousands of years in the future, EVE Online is a breathtaking journey to the stars, to an immersive experience filled with adventure, riches, danger and glory. Supported by a vast player-run economy, EVE offers professions to choose ranging from commodities trader to mercenary, industrial entrepreneur to pirate, mining engineer to battle fleet commander or any combination of these and much more. Your greatest asset is the starship, designed to accommodate your specific needs, skills and ambitions. Complementing its lethal arsenal are thousands of modules and components, allowing for countless customizations. From brokering business deals to waging war, you will have access to a diverse array of sophisticated tools and interfaces to forge your own destiny in EVE. Visit the EVE Online website at http://www.eve-online.com.