CCP Becomes A Contributing Sponsor Of Gen Con - $10K Eve CCG Tournament To Be Held At Show

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REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - JULY XX, 2006 - CCP is now an official Contributing Sponsor of the Gen Con Indy Show in Indianapolis,

Indiana, August 10-13, 2006 where it will launch its first Collectible Card Game called EVE: The Second Genesis, announced earlier this month.

"EVE: The Second Genesis CCG, based on the background setting of EVE-Online®, challenges the players to survive in the cruel corporate world of the future. Players take the role of an aspiring corporate CEO with a single starbase under their control," says Ingolfur Aevarsson, Marketing Director of EVE: The Second Genesis. "Their goal is to maintain a steady income flow to expand their empire with starfleets, cunning tactics, and dirty tricks in order to gain power and bring their rivals to their knees."

CCP will have a 128-person tournament at Gen Con in Hall G of the Indianapolis Convention Center on Saturday, August 12th with cash prizes totaling $10,000. The tournament will be open to everyone and since EVE: The Second Genesis will be launched at the show, those competing will have as equal a chance of winning as possible.

The tournament will be a Swiss double elimination tournament with cash prizes for the top 32 players, with additional prizes for random players between rounds. A double elimination tournament is a competition where participants are eliminated from the tournament upon having lost two matches. All players will receive a starter deck free of charge when they come to the EVE booth for a demonstration. They can then reconstruct and enhance their decks by purchasing booster packs at the show floor. Further tournament details will be disclosed at the beginning of the tournament.

For more information about EVE: The Second Genesis and to pre-order, visit www.eve-ccg.com.

ABOUT CCP

Founded in 1997, CCP is recognized internationally as a pioneer in the single-server persistent universe concept of the MMOG genre. CCP Games is headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland and with offices also in Shanghai China.

ABOUT EVE CCG

Set tens of thousands of years in the future, in a cruel and sinister corporate world. You are the CEO of an aspiring corporation competing for power with rival corporate CEOs and you start with a single starbase at your control, a steady income, and access to a market from which you can buy anything in supply. The "ace up your sleeve" is the secret knowledge of valuable outer regions which can yield the fortune required to build up your corporate empire and defeat the opposition. Plan the progress of your corporation well by constructing your deck of cards carefully. Rest assured that your opponents - the CEOs of rival corporations - have their strategies planned. In EVE, business is war, and the only thing that matters is winning.

EVE: The Second Genesis is a trademark of CCP Games, Inc. , and Eve Online is a registered trademark of CCP Games, Inc.

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