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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 current "This week in EVE" gives an overview of the week from August 22nd to 28th


Dev blogs and announcements
Defence Of The Throne Worlds Content Disabled
The Defence of the Throne Worlds incursions have been suspended for the time being due to performance issues on the server backend.

New Designer SKINS Now Available In The New Eden Store!
The first batch of designer SKINs are now available on Tranquility! This batch, called the "Raata Sunset" Designer Skin line includes 22 SKINs for all Tech I Caldari hulls apart from industrials. Additionally, all SKINs for the Dominix and Sin are half price this week in celebration of the fantastic new look for the Dominix hull!


Videos
The Scope – Empress Jamyl Sarum attacked in Safizon
Alton Haveri from The Scope reports live as the Avatar class titan TES Seraph, piloted by Amarr Empress Jamyl I is destroyed in Safizon, en route to the ceremonial commissioning of the new Imperial Flagship, TES Auctoritas.


World news
Court Chamberlain Confirms Death Of Empress Jamyl I
Lord Pomik Haromi, Court Chamberlain of the Empire, has publicly confirmed the death of Her Royal Highness, Empress Jamyl Sarum I. On board of tan Avatar class titan Empress Jamyl and her Imperial Guard escort were ambushed in the system of Safizon by an overwhelmingly strong force of "Drifter" ships.

Court Chamberlain Confirms Succession Trials; Privy and Theology Councils to Meet
Under the protocols of the Amarr Empire, the Court Chamberlain is tasked with maintaining continuity of the imperial government while providing for succession to the throne by one of the Royal Heirs. As such Court Chamberlain Pomik Haromi from the Imperial Palace on Amarr Prime has made a brief statement confirming that the succession process would use the traditional trials of champions to determine the next occupant of the Golden Throne of Amarr.

Amarr Empire Declares War On Drifters!
The Office of the Court Chamberlain issued a decree just moments ago, confirming rumors that the Amarr Empire has issued a formal declaration of war against the Drifters. The declaration can be found here. The orders to defend the Amarr Empire are already being executed, with thousands of Amarr Navy vessels seen moving toward the Empire's borders, and the Throne Worlds Defence Fleet on full alert.

Amarr Navy Forces in Combat with Drifters in Khanid Kingdom
The Amarr Empire's Ministry of War has confirmed reports from independent observers that elements of the Imperial Navy have engaged a concentration of Drifters in the Khanid Kingdom system of Nandeza. Imperial Armed Forces continue to move into positions according to the war plan designated "GRAVITY WELL" by the Ministry of War. This plan is a combined core systems consolidation and border reinforcement strategy that follows a so-called "decapitation strike" by an enemy power.



Features and Ideas
Wormhole polarization timer
When you jump through a wormhole twice your ship gets polarized which means that you have to wait a certain amount of time before you can jump through the same wormhole again. CCP FoxFour introduces a concept to visualize the polarisation timer - scheduled for September!

Sound tracks missing in game?
CCP RealX confirms that a few sound tracks are currently being played only in heavily populated areas, so if you fly through other areas you might think that those tracks are missing. There are also considerations to add a menu option to play the old jukebox songs no matter where you are located or what is happening in the game. What do you think about that?

Galatea was deployed on August 25
Galatea was deployed on August 25. For general discussion and feedback regarding Galatea, please use the general feedback thread. For Mac users there is a thread on the Macintosh forums for discussion of this release here. Issues can be reported...

Cool news! Nice to see EVE always changing.

Excellent weekly news coverage.

Thank you.

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Now it is clear why they were needed, "Drifter".