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As MMO games age they also upgrade their system requirements to allow for things like more features and better graphics. Such is the case with CCP Games' popular space-based MMO EVE Online. Today the developer announced that gamers with older Intel and AMD processors won't be able to run the game beginning on Tuesday with the new Incursion update.

Specifically, PC owners that have Intel Pentium 3 processors or older or AMD Athlon XP processor or older that don't contain the SSE2 instruction set inside won't be able to run the game (PCs with AMD Athlon 64 processors won't be affected). CCP estimates that only 0.3 percent of EVE Online's player base will be affected by this change. If you happen to be one of those 0.3 percent it might be time to get an update for your PC anyway.

EVE Online is known for two things: its complicated free-market system and its grandiose science fiction plotline. This trailer for the upcoming Incursion expansion falls solidly into the latter. It depicts the attacks of Sasha's Nation, intent on revenge against the forces which hunted the creations of the mad scientist Sasha centuries before. It's purely CG, but that doesn't make it any less beautiful to behold. As for the expansion itself, it apparently includes a slew of fixes, some new ships and missions, and an entirely new pirate faction to contend with.

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If you have always wanted to get into EVE Online but didn't want to bother with downloading a massive MMO game client, the folks at Atari have you covered. The publisher has announced details on a new retail release of the CCP Games space-based MMO game called EVE Online: Commissioned Officer Edition.

Due to be released to US retail stores on October 19, this edition of the game will have 30 days of free play time. It will also include an exclusive in-game item called the Cerebral Accelerator. This item will "significantly increases a new pilot's skill development" in the game but will only boost those skills for a player's first 30 days. CCP Games says this new retail version will allow new players to get a "running start" in playing the game.

[via email press release]

For a while now CCP Games has been hinting about its plans for its next big MMO World of Darkness. Based on White Wolf's Vampire: The Masquerade pen-and-paper RPG, CCP Games announced their plans for World of Darkness way back in 2006 when CCP bought out White Wolf. Since then, however, little info on the game has been officially announced.

This weekend, at a Vampire: The Masquerade convention called The Grand Masquerade in New Orleans, a little more info on the game was revealed, along with a (very adult) video that shows some concept art. As reported by the fan site the Ardwulf's Lair reports that the game is currently targeted for a 2012 release date and will have some "player politics and social interaction" involved in the game design. You can check out the trailer after the jump:

[Via Massively]

EVE Online: Tyrannis, the newest update for the space action MMO is set to go live on May 18th, and this trailer provides a fantastic look at things to come. Tyannis will update all 60,000 planets in the game world with a new interaction system that will deeply impact all players in the game. Players will have the opportunity to exploit planets for resources or colonize them to create the ultimate paradise. But beware, because wherever there's wealth to be had in the galaxy, there's bound to be conflict.

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The next content update for EVE Online, Tyrannis, is expected to go live on May 18. This teaser trailer gives a brief sneak peek while letting fans contemplate whether they'll be benevolent rulers our crush their followers with an iron grip.

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Almost like clockwork, the developers at CCP Games cook up a new free expansion for their long running space-based MMO EVE Online every six to eight months or so. Today the developer officially announced their plans for their next expansion pack, EVE Online Tyrannis. Due out sometime this summer the expansion will finally allow players to mine minerals from the game's planets

Yes, that means planets in the game are no longer just eye candy. You will soon be able to set up structures to mine items from any planet in the EVE Online universe (yep, even gas giants). There's no planetary combat planned for the expansion; that's apparently being saved for the upcoming console shooter Dust 514 which will link up with EVE Online at some point.

EVE Online allows players to side with different factions and pilot ships through space. These gameplay videos take a tour through four different hangars, showcasing the variety of ship designs. Continue after the jump to view additional gameplay videos.

The EVE Online client is available for both PC and Mac. Visit the official website for more information and to sign up for an account.

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EVE Online: Dominion is the 12th free expansion to the sci-fi themed MMO and is scheduled to launch on December 1st. The game client installer downloaded here.

"DOMINION represents the type of conquest never realized by pretty words and poetry. It is true power born from the broken hulls of a thousand starships, the genes of the ambitious and the hubris of the greedy. EVE's 12th free expansion offers the power of control to anyone bold enough to seize it, bringing you the tools for you to rally legions together and carve out your own space.

DOMINION enhances the tools of communication and evolves the dynamics of war, altering the very way in which pilots interact with each other through warfare or cooperation. The vast riches of sovereign authority await for those bold enough to seize them amidst a beautiful, deadly universe of possibility."

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This is the premiere trailer for DUST 514, an upcoming sci-fi themed first-person shooter developed by CCP, the same company that created the MMO EVE Online. There are few details surrounding the game at this time, but it's planned to be a massively-multiplayer online shooter set in the EVE Online universe designed for console systems. CCP has yet to officially announce whether there will be a PC version, nor is there an expected release window.

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