EVE noob edition on 3rd December

By Robert Purchese Published 12 November, 2010

I proton my suit and space hat.

We told you yesterday that the noob edition of EVE Online was coming to Europe. Today, Namco Bandai has given the Commissioned Officer Edition a firm date: 3rd December.

You can buy it from GAME, Play, or Amazon.

Play is cheapest at £9.99, although the date is mistakenly entered as March 2011. Amazon is next best at £14.99. GAME is most expensive at £24.99.

The Commissioned Officer Edition of EVE comes with a Cerebral Accelerator in-game item that significantly increases the speed of skill development. It lasts for 30 days.

Also packed in are 30 days of free game time. EVE usually carries a monthly subscription fee.

EVE has been around for donkeys years and has carved a successful niche in the MMO market for its strategical spaceship gameplay. It's old, but there are big changes afoot, including upcoming expansion Incursion, which lays the groundwork for Incarna next summer - the beginning of EVE's transition from "the space game" to "the ultimate sci-fi world".

That's what creative director Torfi Frans Olafsson told Eurogamer in October - that and a whole lot more.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Mkwone #1 2 years ago

    A the worst pun of the month award goes to....

  • LFace #2 2 years ago

    "GAME is most expensive at £24.99"

    Aww poor B&M stores crying about losing sales to Steam and other online distributions, then they go and put the price out as high as that. No wonder people give them a ceremonious arse showing in regards to PC purchases.

  • Cosquae #3 2 years ago

    Not bad since £9.99 is less than the monthly sub and you get 30 days included anyway.

  • MikeP #4 2 years ago

    Also, the comment that Eve is "old" is a bit misleading.

    It's been running for quite a few years, but they release a free update about every six months which historically have included major gameplay additions and graphic overhauls.

  • Felwyn #5 2 years ago

    so noob version is just accelerated skill development...no one sees the flaws in this?

  • levitate #6 2 years ago

    I'm afraid a noob edition won't persuade me to play the game.

  • Crea #7 2 years ago

    It'd have to be a lot more noob friendly than that to get me to dip my toes in those cold, harsh waters.
    Edited by Crea at 12/11/10 @ 13:25

  • orpheus #8 2 years ago

    WTB space hat.

  • hobojebus #9 2 years ago

    EVE is like marmite you love it or hate it, its not a bad MMO its just not for everyone, but a noob edition may get a few more interested.

    I dont play eve but i may try this for £10.

  • cjb110 #10 2 years ago

    Pretty clever idea this tbh, with an established MMO new players are more likely to be put off because they won't be at the right level to take part in all the cool stuff they've been hearing and reading about. This gets more players into the game without damaging it for existing established players.