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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 1st to 7th


Dev blogs and announcements
Behind the Scenes of a long EVE Online downtime - Feedback
EVE Online had one of its longest downtimes in years, on July 15th 2015. CCP Goliath and CCP Masterplan give us a detailed look behind the scenes (tech p0rn warning!) and show us what went wrong, how the team fixed the issue and ... pizza! Dive right into this exciting blog and learn more about the Tranquility server, difference between live and test servers and the fun of live coding.

Jump fatigue roundtable with the CSM and CCP Larrikin
The CSM together with CCP Larrikin is inviting everyone to a roundtable discussion about Jump Fatigue. The roundtable will be hosted on a teamspeak server (details will follow) on Wednesday 12th August at 17.00 EVE time. All (constructive) questions, ideas and remarks are welcome! Please post your thoughts or questions in the above linked thread - please remember that the deadline for submissions is August 9th, 23:59 UTC.

EVE Euro Tour 2015 - CCP Does Europe - Feedback
CCP devs are going on a Euro tour visiting player gatherings on adjacent weekends in September. The first stop is September 19 with EVE_NT, then comes EVE Paris on the 21st and EVE Berlin on the 23rd. Finally EVEsterdam on the 26/27th completes this tour. If you are anywhere near these places, you should definitely show up!

Ten Cruiser Skins On Sale In The New Eden Store!
For a limited amount of time ten cruiser SKINs are on sale in the New Eden Store. The discount varies between 30-40%. Have a look and check out the SKINs on sale! A preview of the SKINS is available in the above linked news article

Introducing Gunjack
We are happy to announce the upcoming release of Gunjack, a VR arcade shooter for the Samsung Gear VR Platform. Gunjack is a full-immersion first-person shooter that is built from the ground up in the Unreal 4 engine. Gunjack will be available with the official launch of the Samsung Gear VR platform. Check out the Gunjack trailer that is all ingame footage. Gunjack was developed in house at CCP, by a small team in our Shanghai studio.


World news
Cleanup Begins In Aftermath Of Safizon Attack
The Amarr Navy suffered heavy losses after a fleet of almost 150 Drifter vessels arrived at their headquarters and main shipyards in Safizon before engaging in a direct assault on patrolling Navy vessels. Drifter battleships arrived in several waves at the headquarters and all stargates in the system forming a well-organized system of blockades across the system. The Drifter battleships began direct and unprovoked assaults on Amarr Navy and Amarr Navy Customs patrols. Reserve forces in excess of 400 Imperial vessels were drawn into the engagement. More than 300 Imperial ships got destroyed with the remaining ships in full retreat. The remaining Drifter ships were destroyed by a number of pilots from the Curatores Veritatis Alliance.

Annual Theomachy Event to be Held on Singularity
Theomachy is an annual "last man standing" event on Singularity where everyone fights against everyone else until a final winner emerges. Last year we saw hundreds of pilots fighting against each other with James Ogeko emerging as Last Man Standing 2014. Who will survive until the end this year? The action will start on Singularity on August 8 at 20:00 UTC, don't miss it! Check out the Theomachy website and keep up to date on the Theomachy forum discussion thread. Let the Theomachy begin!

Lazerhawks CEO shuts down diplomatic channel
Lazerhawks CEO...

Loved the "Behind the Scenes of a long EVE Online downtime" , another confirmation that Murphy's Laws apllies to IT.

Keep the Good Work, o7.

07 - hotel WIFI and EVE dont work well together. back home. - thx again