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Corporation
A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business. Early corporations were established by charter...

or CCP Games (Crowd Control Productions) is an Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic video game developer
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...

 and publisher
Video game publisher
A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....

, majority owned by the company's staff and founders, Novator Partners and the America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

n investment fund
Collective investment scheme
A collective investment scheme is a way of investing money alongside other investors in order to benefit from the inherent advantages of working as part of a group...

 General Catalyst Partners
General Catalyst Partners
General Catalyst Partners is a private equity firm focused on venture capital investments in early stage technology-based companies including software, infrastructure software and applied technology businesses. The firm has also includes a growth capital team that focuses on later stage...

. CCP is a sponsoring member of the Python Software Foundation
Python Software Foundation
The Python Software Foundation , is a non-profit organization devoted to the Python programming language, launched on March 6, 2001. The mission of the foundation is to foster development of the Python community and is responsible for various processes within the Python community, including...

.

History

CCP was founded in June 1997 by Reynir Harðarson, Þorolfur Beck and Ívar Kristjánsson for the purpose of making MMORPG
MMORPG
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....

s. In order to finance the initial development of Eve Online, CCP developed and published a board game in Iceland called Hættuspil ("Danger Game"). In April 2000 the company, with Sigurður Arnljótsson as CEO, raised $2.6 million, through a closed offering organized by Kaupthing Bank
Kaupthing Bank
Kaupthing Bank was an international Icelandic bank, headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was formed by the merger of Kaupthing and Búnaðarbanki Íslands in 2003 and was the largest bank in Iceland....

 (now Arion banki), from private investors in Iceland, including the Icelandic telephone company
Telephone company
A telephone company is a service provider of telecommunications services such as telephony and data communications access. Many were at one time nationalized or state-regulated monopolies...

 Síminn
Síminn
Síminn, previously named Landssíminn, is an Icelandic telecommunications company. It was acquired by Exista in 2008.-History:Telecommunications play a vital role in Iceland. Although the country's population is relatively small , its penetration rates for network-related products and services are...

. Approximately half of the initial 21 staff were drawn from the Icelandic dot-com company
Dot-com company
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 OZ Interactive, the makers of OZ Virtual
OZ Virtual
OZ Virtual was a 3D world viewer created by OZ Interactive that enabled real-time collaboration communications in shared spaces on the Internet with a strong focus on creative content production....

.

2011 Restructuring

In late 2011 CCP released an announcement to its community that they had made a mistake in development of the Incarna update and direction that EVE was heading, following this CCP announced that it had decided to re-prioritize and shift their focus from their World of Darkness MMO back to EVE Online and Dust 514. The result ended up with approximately 20% of CCP staff being let go worldwide. The majority of these lay-offs affected the Atlanta, GA office, but also affected were several positions in CCP's head office in Reykjavik. Even though downsizing has occurred CCP still say that EVE Online is stronger than ever and that CCP will continue to grow. Following this CCP confirmed that they are refocusing from the Incarna/Ambulation project and moving back to focusing on ships and the core game mechanics and that Incarna may come further down the line.

Products

CCP currently manages three MMORPG
MMORPG
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....

 video game products; the released Eve Online
EVE Online
Eve Online is a video game by CCP Games. It is a player-driven, persistent-world MMORPG set in a science fiction space setting. Characters pilot customizable ships through a galaxy of over 7,500 star systems. Most star systems are connected to one or more other star systems by means of stargates...

, and the unreleased World of Darkness
World of Darkness
"World of Darkness" is the name given to three related but distinct fictional universes created as settings for supernatural horror themed role-playing games. It is also the name of roleplaying games in the second and third settings...

and Dust 514
Dust 514
Dust 514 is an upcoming console-based MMOFPS set within the Eve universe, developed by CCP Games. It was announced on August 18, 2009 at the Game Developers Conference in Cologne, Germany and was introduced with a short trailer featuring realtime footage of the game...

.

Eve Online

EVE Online is CCP's first video game, originally published by Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...

 in May 2003. Later CCP re-acquired the rights to publish Eve Online after Simon & Schuster Interactive ceased trading. Development continues in a regular free expansion release schedule.

World of Darkness

In October 2006, CMO
Chief marketing officer
Chief Marketing Officer is a corporate title referring to an executive responsible for various marketing activities in an organization...

 Magnús Bergsson stated that Eve would not be the only game to come out of CCP. On 11 November 2006 CCP and White Wolf, Inc.
White Wolf
White Wolf is a publisher of role-playing games, notably the World of Darkness.White Wolf may also refer to:*White Wolf , a location in Yosemite National Park*White Wolf , a Canadian heavy metal band...

 jointly announced that CCP would be working on a World of Darkness
World of Darkness
"World of Darkness" is the name given to three related but distinct fictional universes created as settings for supernatural horror themed role-playing games. It is also the name of roleplaying games in the second and third settings...

MMORPG. CCP plans to focus on the development of this game from March 2009 onwards. It is scheduled to launch in 2012 at the earliest.

In October 2011, CCP announced a number of layoffs and suggested that World of Darkness development would continue "with a significantly reduced team". It is unclear how this will affect any planned launch date.

Dust 514

On 18 August 2009, Hilmar Veigar Pétursson announced Dust 514
Dust 514
Dust 514 is an upcoming console-based MMOFPS set within the Eve universe, developed by CCP Games. It was announced on August 18, 2009 at the Game Developers Conference in Cologne, Germany and was introduced with a short trailer featuring realtime footage of the game...

, a new ground-based FPS with RTS and MMO elements being developed by CCP's Shanghai office. Dust 514 will let console gamers fight for control of NPC ran, as well as, player owned and operated planets in EVE's setting of New Eden. Players in EVE Online can fight in space with their fleets, but will be able to hire Dust 514 players to fight for them planet-side. If the Dust 514 players are successful, the EVE Online player who hired them will be able to take control of the planet.

Eve: The Second Genesis

Eve: The Second Genesis is a collectible card game
Collectible card game
thumb|Players and their decksA collectible card game , also called a trading card game or customizable card game, is a game played using specially designed sets of playing cards...

 set in the universe created for the online game Eve Online
EVE Online
Eve Online is a video game by CCP Games. It is a player-driven, persistent-world MMORPG set in a science fiction space setting. Characters pilot customizable ships through a galaxy of over 7,500 star systems. Most star systems are connected to one or more other star systems by means of stargates...

. Each player represents the CEO of a corporation, aligned with a particular race, and through exploration, mining, and military strength, their goal is to defeat their opponent CEOs.

Quafe

Quafe is both the name of a popular drink in the EVE Online universe and the name of the in-game corporation which produces it. On October 22, 2004, CCP made a marketing first when they launched the virtual drink for sale in the real world. CCP sold the drink from their website for $1.50 USD
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....

 for a single bottle, or $15.10 for a multi-pack, but sales of this drink have since ceased. The real-world Quafe soft drink had a lemon-lime taste.

Corporate structure

The company is run by a board
Board of directors
A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...

 consisting of 7 people: Vilhjálmur Þorsteinsson (chairman), Birgir Már Ragnarsson, David Fialkow, Sigurður Ólafsson, Stephen Wieck, Reynir Harðarson and deputy board members: Reynir Harðarson and Isaac Kato.

Demographics

At the beginning of 2009, CCP had a staff of 353 people from more than 20 nations of which 81% were male. 67% of the employees have received higher education, 9% vocational and technical training and 24% some other form of education.

Merger

On 11 November 2006, CCP and White Wolf
White Wolf
White Wolf is a publisher of role-playing games, notably the World of Darkness.White Wolf may also refer to:*White Wolf , a location in Yosemite National Park*White Wolf , a Canadian heavy metal band...

jointly announced a merger between the two companies during the keynote address at the Eve Online Fanfest 2006. White Wolf became a wholly owned independent subsidiary of CCP with Mike Tinney remaining as the president of CCP North America | White Wolf.
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