Behind-the-scenes video of EVE Online expansion Quantum Rise

by James Egan Nov 11th 2008 at 6:00PM

Filed under: Sci-fi, Trailers, Video, EVE Online, Expansions, MMO industry, Server downtime

The EVE Online game servers and forums are presently down in an extended downtime, during which time the Quantum Rise expansion is being rolled out. While EVE players cope with the withdrawal shakes, CCP Games has released a behind-the-scenes video to check out, in addition to the Quantum Rise trailer.

EVE Online: Behind the Scenes is in some ways an introduction for new players to the setting of New Eden and the company that creates EVE. For gamers who are already EVE players, the video is a look inside the CCP Games office in Reykjavik, and features interviews with several developers in addition to some nice visuals of the new sub-capital industrial ship arriving with this expansion, the Orca. This video should really be seen in high resolution to appreciate the details, and can be downloaded from the temporary 'downtime news' EVE site which is up during the expansion deployment. In terms of when Quantum Rise is expected to be ready and the servers open up for players, the latest update from CCP is that they're currently on schedule, with the servers to open on November 12th at 02:00 GMT. In the meantime, we've got the 'EVE Online: Behind the Scenes' video embedded for you below the cut.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

MightyIdle said on 10:09PM 11-11-2008

EVE continues to intrigue me. I'd love to get involved. I tried it out once but the learning curve killed me, however. I think it was simply a lack of patience on my part, however.

James Egan said on 12:39AM 11-12-2008

MightyIdle,

Honestly if you joined a corp like EVE University right off the bat, it would be the best thing you could do. I ended up learning much of what I know either solo or piecemeal from other players, but if I could go back and do it over again, I'd join EVE Uni and go through the classes they offer as a much faster and more comprehensive way to understand the game. (They're a training corp in EVE that's dedicated to teaching new pilots the ropes.)

If that's of any interest to you, then you might want to hit these links:

http://www.eve-ivy.com/
http://www.massively.com/tag/eve-university

ScytheNoire said on 10:36PM 11-11-2008

I want info on World of Darkness. EVE, ya, it's got a lot of good, but it's spaceships and skill system based on real world time don't interest me. No way to catch up with that skill system, it's flawed like that. But World of Darkness, give me info on that.

Lateris said on 2:12PM 11-12-2008

I cannot wait for avatars to hit the game and I can take all my SWG pals to Eve Online who love crafting. These free expansions simply give me smiles.

The UI is complicated at first but after a while it becomes second nature. You will always discover something new in the Universe of Eve. It does require time to learn it but the community really helps. Be weary of pirates.

Fly safe

Leshrac said on 12:59PM 11-12-2008

Put my name in the category of "intrigued, wanted to like it, but found the learning curve to be too much" as well.

Also, the nonsense with some of the devs giving perks to some of the big corps turns me off.

I can't tell you how many times I tried the trial for EVE only to be completely lost with how to spend points, where to go, what to do, etc. EVE is certainly not newbie friendly, but damn I really want to get into this game.

xtrm said on 2:35PM 11-12-2008

I'm also part of the "intrigued" crew, but I'm willing to try once more tonight and spend a couple of hours doing all the tutorials available.

Wrath of the Lich King comes out tonight, you say? Nah, it consumes to much of my time; at least EVE gives me the oportunity to advance while away from EVE.