Recently, some of our players have experienced performance issues in EVE. As this impaired the player experience and enjoyment of those affected, we consider these issues to be critical. To make sure the weekend is as enjoyable as possible for all players, we went into overdrive and are deploying a patch this Saturday, 22 November. The patch will require an extended downtime starting at 11:00 GMT and we expect to be back up at 13:00 GMT. During this downtime a portion of EVE Online: Quantum Rise 1.0.1 will be deployed and patch notes are available for your perusal.

This patch contains the performance fixes from the originally planned 1.0.1 patch. We will continue to work on other issues that have been found and will deploy those in an upcoming patch which will be released within the next two weeks.

Please discuss the patch in this forum thread.

To address performance issues in EVE we are making some changes to the EVE Mail system in Quantum Rise 1.0.1. You will now be able to fetch up to 1000 undeleted EVE Mails, however, EVE Mail number 1001 and beyond will not be fetched, whether it has been read or not. To gain access to those EVE Mails, you must delete newer EVE mails. In addition to this all EVE Mails sent by NPCs that are older than 3 months will be deleted.

Please post your feedback in this forum thread.

Through the tireless work of our video crew, we are able to bring you the major events from Fanfest 2008. We've sifted through over 30 hours of raw video and have been adding them here.

The Teaser video captures the spirit our players brought to the event.

The World Domination keynote is not to be missed--the focal point of all major EVE announcements.

The CCP Panel is back again, braving unedited player questions from the crowd.

The ever popular EVE Quiz Show pits dev versus dev

The Cutting Edge talk outlines some of our future graphics and tools from, yes, the "cutting edge" of gaming.

The Alliance Panel brings the movers and shakers of the EVE playerbase front and center.

Enjoy!