CCP Games
| CCP Logo | |
| Company type | Privately held |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Key people | Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO Reynir Harðarson, Founder and Creative Director Ívar Kristjánsson, CFO Halldór Fannar Guðjónsson, CTO Nathan Richardsson, Executive Producer Jón Hörðdal, COO Ryan Dancey, CMO Mike Tinney, President - CCP North America Kjartan Pierre Emilsson, Managing Director CCP Asia Eyjólfur Guðmundsson, Lead Economist Valerie Massey Director of Communication |
| Products | Eve Online Eve: The Second Genesis |
| Revenue | $35.88 Million [1] |
Number of employees | 500 [2] |
| Subsidiaries | White Wolf, Inc. |
| Website | www.ccpgames.com |
CCP hf (or Crowd Control Productions) is a video game developer based in Reykjavík, Iceland. CCP Games also has subsidiary offices in Slough (Berkshire), United Kingdom; Atlanta, USA; and Shanghai, China
History
CCP was founded in June 1997 by Reynir Harðarson, Thorolfur Beck and Ívar Kristjánsson[3] for the purpose of making MMORPGs. In order to finance the initial development of Eve Online; CCP developed and published a board game in Iceland called Hættuspil ("Danger Game").[3][4] In April 2000 the company raised $2.6 million, through a closed offering organized by Kaupthing Bank, from private investors in Iceland, including the Icelandic Telco Siminn. Approximately half of the initial 21 staff were drawn from the Icelandic dot-com company OZ Communications.
Products
Eve Online
CCP currently has one video game product, the MMORPG Eve Online, originally published by Simon & Schuster, Inc. in May 2003. Later CCP hf re-acquired the rights to publish Eve Online[5] after Simon & Schuster Interactive ceased trading. Development continues in a regular free expansion release schedule.
Quafe
Quafe is both the name of a popular drink in the Eve Online universe[6] and the name of the in-game corporation which produces it.[7]
On October 22, 2004, CCP hf made a marketing first when they launched the virtual drink for sale in the real world.[8] CCP sold the drink from their website for $1.50 (USD) for a single bottle, or $15.10 for a multi-pack, but sales of this drink have since ceased. The real-world Quafe soft drink had a lemon-lime taste.
World of Darkness
In October 2006 Magnús Bergsson (CMO of CCP) stated that Eve would not be the only game to come out of CCP.[9] On 11 November, 2006 CCP and White Wolf, Inc. jointly announced that CCP would be working on a World of Darkness MMO.[10] CCP plans to focus on the development of this game from March 2009 onwards.[11]
Merger
On November 11 2006, White Wolf and CCP Games jointly announced a merger between the two companies during the keynote address at the Eve Online Fanfest 2006.[12][13] White Wolf will become a wholly-owned independent subsidiary of CCP hf, with Hilmar Veigar Pétursson remaining as the CEO, and Mike Tinney remaining as President of White Wolf | CCP North America.
References
- ^ "CCP Investor Newsletter" (PDF). CCP Games.
- ^ Boyes, Emma (2007-08-16). "Q&A: EVE Online's Hilmar Petursson" (HTML). GameSpot. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ a b "10 Years of CCP", Page 2, Eurogamer, June 15, 2007 (Retrieved 15 June 2007)
- ^ MMORPG.com: CCP Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary by Jon Wood (Retrieved 12 June 2006)
- ^ "EVE Online AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD", CCP Press Release, 3 December 2003 (Retrieved 31 August 2006)
- ^ CCP Games. "EVE Online Chronicles - Quafe" (HTML). eve-online.com. CCP Games. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
- ^ CCP Games. "Quafe - EVE Online Organizations" (HTML). eve-online.com. CCP Games. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
- ^ "Eve Breaks 50K Subscriber Barrier - CCP announces the availability of QUAFE" (HTML). IGN. 2004-10-20. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
- ^ "Interview with CCP: EVE currency traders 'going to lose big'?", Virtual Economy Research Network, 2 October 2006 (Retrieved 12 November 2006)
- ^ World of Darkness MMO: CCP merges with White Wolf, Virtual Economy Research Network, 11 November 2006 (Retrieved 15 June 2007)
- ^ Emling, Shelley. "Georgia's Video Game Industry Heating up" (HTML). ajc.com. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- ^ White Wolf Press Release 11 November 2006: Gaming Industry Innovators CCP and White Wolf to Merge (Retrieved 11 November 2006)
- ^ CCP Press Release 11th November 2006:Gaming industry innovators CCP and White Wolf merge (Retrieved 12 November 2006)
External links
- CCP hf's official website
- EVE Online
- EVE: The Second Genesis Collectible Card Game
- "Erlendur Thorsteinsson: Master of the Universe", IEEE Spectrum, February 2009. A profile of Erlendur Thorsteinsson, who leads Eve's software development team.