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"This week in EVE" is a weekly overview of EVE Online related news and events and shows what is going on in EVE Online. The focus of this overview is on official news from CCP: For example, dev blogs and important forum posts by CCP developers, the ever evolving background story and upcoming events. The previous weekly overview can be found here. The following weekly summary can be found here.

The current "This week in EVE" gives an overview of the week from May 2nd to 8th


Dev blogs and announcements
State Of The Art - The EVE Online Print Set - Feedback
Now available is a set of fantastic art prints featuring four EVE Online battlecruisers. This set was designed by Rixx Javix who has created an impressive art collection by now (check out Rixx Javix' art library). Those art prints are of high quality (satin finished, 100-lb paper) and available at QMx Online for a total of $34.95 US.

Summer 2015 Nullsec and Sov Status Report - Feedback
Following the initial sov dev blog a while ago we now have an iteration with changed system defensive multipliers, scaling vulnerability windows and more. With a staged deployment plan, we will see the first half of the changes on June 2 and the other half of the changes on July 7. Good news also for third party tools: most information regarding the new sov will be available via the XML API and CREST. CCP Masterplan explains the Entosis capturing and tug of war a bit more.

Announcing Alliance Tournament XIII - Feedback
Alliance Tournament XIII will be kicking off on August 15th, 2015! We are calling out for player commentators that are interested (and capable) of commenting those exciting matches to come. The deadline to apply for player commentator is May 24th. Please read more about the AT XIII in CCP Logibro's dev blog.

Happy Anniversary! New Eden Is 12 Years Old!
Happy Birthday, EVE Online! On May 6, 2015, our beloved EVE turned 12, yay! After 12 years of incredible action, stories filled with passion, despair and heart-moving stories, we are now heading into a brilliant future with a faster development cycle and better communication than ever before (just think about EVE Updates). To celebrate this incredible milestone,

First speakers for EVE Vegas 2015 announced
The first speakers for the incredible EVE Vegas 2015 have been announced: CCP Seagull, CCP Scarpia and CCP Nullarbor. We also have Mark726 of EVE Lore Infamy and the famous Lynchton Kondur from Brave Collective. EVE Vegas 2015 takes place on October 23-25, 2015, at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.


World News
DED statement: Hilen Tukoss Broadcast
After "The Scope" decided to publish a disturbing emergency broadcast from unknown space, DED decided to detain the responsible production managers from "The Scope". It appears that the original video was stolen from Eifyr & Co, sold to The Scope and then broadcast.


Videos
The Scope – Hilen Tukoss Broadcast Revealed
A disturbing video leaked from DED and published by "The Scope" shows a badly garbled emergency broadcast from an alleged Hilen Tukoss from unknown space. No further news is available, but a reward is offered for those who can provide additional information about Tukoss and his crew. DED strongly suggests to keep calm while the footage is being investigated.



Community
In-game medals for Alliance tournament XII
If you were a member of an alliance last August 16th that participated in the Alliance Tournament XII, you should see a new medal in your character sheet. Thank you, CCP Fozzie and CCP Logibro!

What is in for gankers?
CCP Bartender quickly runs some numbers when being asked about professional gankers. Often ships get ganked when the cargohold is at least worth twice as much as the value of the attacking ships: the attackers get destroyed, in average 50% of the cargo drops. Be aware though that there are quite a number of motivations to gank freighters, not just to make some ISK. The player Shakuul has some...

I couldn't even tell you why I was misreading 'Hilen' as Hilmar.

Shame you can do all this but can't answer A 12 day old petition for a stuck character !