CCP hf
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| CCP hf | |
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| Type | Privately held |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Key people | Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO Mike Tinney, President - CCP North America Ívar Kristjánsson, CFO Magnús Bergsson, CMO Halldór Fannar Guðjónsson, CTO Jón Hörðdal, COO Reynir Harðarson, Creative Director Matthias Gudmundsson, Lead Programmer Kjartan Pierre Emilsson, Managing Director CCP Asia Nathan Richardsson, Senior Producer Kári Gunnarsson, Art Director Leifur Bjornsson, Quality Assurance Manager Charles Dane, Director of Community Relations Valerie Massey Director of Communication |
| Industry | Video games |
| Products | EVE Online EVE: The Second Genesis |
| Revenue | $35.88 Million[citation needed] |
| Employees | 250 [1] |
| Website | www.ccpgames.com |
CCP hf (or Crowd Control Productions) is a video game developer, their Headquarters are located in Reykjavík, Iceland. CCP Games also has subsidiary offices in Slough (Berkshire), United Kingdom; Atlanta, USA and Shanghai, China
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[edit] History
CCP was founded in June 1997 by Reynir Harðarson, Thorolfur Beck and Ívar Kristjánsson[2] for the purpose of making MMORPGs. In order to finance the initial development of EVE Online CCP developed and published a board game called Hættuspil ("Danger Game").[3][2] 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 dotcom company OZ Communications.
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[4] after Simon & Schuster Interactive ceased trading. Development continues in a regular free expansion release schedule. In October 2006 Magnús Bergsson (CMO of CCP) stated that EVE would not be the only game to come out of CCP.[5] On 11 November, 2006 CCP and White Wolf jointly announced that CCP would be working on a World of Darkness MMO[6]
[edit] 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.[7][8] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ Boyes, Emma (2007-08-16). Q&A: EVE Online's Hilmar Petursson (HTML) (English). GameSpot. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
- ^ 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)
- ^ "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)
- ^ 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)
[edit] External links
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