GDC: Eve integrates voice chat

By Robert Purchese Published 8 March, 2007

"Eve Voice" later this month.

Eve Online players will soon be able to chat to each other during the game developer CCP has announced.

Called 'Eve Voice', the fully integrated chat software will offer Eve players high quality audio, player-to-player direct chat, group chat, sub-group chat, group leader talk, map integration and moderator controls.

The move is an effort by CCP to draw users away from third-party unsupported programs like Ventrilo and TeamSpeak, which it claims require dedicated servers, eat up system resources and require paid-for licenses to unlock all the features and capabilities.

Eve Voice will be available from late March 2007, and will be an optional addition costing US$ 10 for one year's usage.

"We recently had a fleet battle with more than 1,000 players in one sector of the EVE universe. The amount of communication between those players in planning and executing these maneuvers is vast," said Magus Bergsson, chief marketing officer at CCP.

"Adding integrated voice will not just enhance gameplay by accelerating those plans and allowing players to react quickly as situations unfold in-game, but it will give combat pilots a strategic advantage."

Eve Online launched in 2003, and has built a steady and dedicated player base. Chose from being a trader to a mercenary as you explore the galaxy in your own starship, brokering deals or waging war along the way.

Head over the official website for more information.

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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 (7) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • ave #1 5 years ago

    "We recently had a fleet battle with more than 1,000 players in one sector of the EVE universe."

    Forgot to mention it crashed the server and the majority of players involved couldnt log in for hours :(

  • El_MUERkO #2 5 years ago

    been hearing a bit about this, it sounds cool but my kingdom for an ingame browser/media player update

    in fact i'd love an overhaul of the ui, threads on ui improvements fill quickly cause the eve ui is functional at best

  • Gl3n #3 5 years ago

    Where's the Mac version?!

  • Errol #4 5 years ago

    We recently had a fleet battle with more than 1,000 players in one sector of the EVE universe


    Yeah. That must have been really fun. Lagged to hell, dying randomly, node crashes. Yep, they really have sorted out the fleet battle issues.

  • The_Rat #5 5 years ago

    "We recently had a fleet battle with more than 1,000 players in one sector of the EVE universe."

    what game was he playing, it couldnt have been Eve, its had a problem with lag and node crashes during fleet battles since the game was in beta, it takes the fun out of the game when it takes almost 2 minutes to jump through a stargate, or you jump into a fight and by the time the lag clears, youve already been killed and podded.

    don't get me wrong, i love eve, its still one of the best MMO's ever made, but several years after release it still has design problems, i just wish they would stop adding new features and fix the ones its already got first.

  • agparrot #6 5 years ago

    "I ganked jooooo joooo NOOOOOOOOOOOOB"

    Great.

  • RedPanda #7 5 years ago

    Post deleted at 14:31:59 28-01-2012