Overview
In June 1997, three men -
Reynir Harðarson,
Thorolfur Beck, and
Ívar Kristjánsson - founded
Crowd Control Productions, or
CCP, for the purpose of designing a new innovative MMO. Originally
CCP designed a board game called
The Danger Game in order to raise capital for their idea of
EVE Online.
By April of 2000,
CCP had raised over $2.5 million from private investors such as the Icelandic telecommunications company
Siminn. In May 2003
CCP released EVE Online, its sole product which continues to grow and reach further success.
At first
Simon & Schuster Interactive (a division of
CBS) had published EVE Online in North America and Europe. However, in January 2004,
CCP reacquired publishing rights and switched to digital distribution. On November 11th, 2006,
CCP merged with
White Wolf Inc. a company based in the United States;
White Wolf became a wholly owned subsidiary of
CCP and the two companies also announced a World of Darkness MMORPG. On January 22, 2008,
CCP reached an agreement with
Valve for EVE Online to be published and marketed on
Steam.
CCP also has subsidiary offices in Slough in the UK, Atlanta in the USA and Shanghai in China .
Quafe
Originally Quafe had been an ingame Gallenete based corporation that sold the self named lemon-lime soft drink Quafe.
Quafe LogoBeing the only soft drink in
New Eden, it naturally was a huge success. In October 2004
CCP Games lauched the
EVE Online virtual drink Quafe for sale at there website. It was $1.50 USD for a bottle and $15.10 USD for a six pack. The sale of the drink was later ceased.
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