CCP Games, the world’s leading independent developer of
massively multiplayer games and creators of EVE Online, have partnered with
Dark Horse Comics to deliver two amazing books as epic as the online universe
from which they are spawned: EVE: True Stories & EVE: Source.
EVE: True Stories is CCP’s first graphic novel and
features artwork by Alejandro Aragon (Overlook, 28 Days Later), Tomm Coker
(Daredevil Noir, Near Death), Federico Dallocchio (Batman: Arkham Unhinged,
Suicide Squad), Dave Ross (Star Wars: The Crimson Empire Saga) and Mark McKenna
(Star Wars: The Old Republic). Superstar writer Daniel Way (Wolverine: Origins,
Deadpool) will be writing the incredible true stories of the EVE: Online
universe.
Inspired by actual player-driven events within the
universe of EVE Online, EVE: True Stories adapts one of the greatest gaming
stories of the last decade: the fall of the player alliance known as the Band
of Brothers. In the early hours of February 5, 2009, one spy single-handedly
destroyed the dominant Band of Brothers alliance and brought an end to the
Great War, one of the larger and most significant player conflicts in the
history of EVE Online. The first story arc of EVE: True Stories is a dramatized
account of the action, intrigue and skullduggery that dismantled the
galaxy-sprawling superpower.
EVE: True Stories comic issue #1 will be available
digitally starting February 19, with subsequent issues following on March 5,
March 19 and April 2, 2014. An anthology
of all four comics, EVE: True Stories Collection, will go on sale in hardback
edition on June 4 in comic shops everywhere.
EVE: Source is a comprehensive sourcebook and visual
guide for the immense universe of EVE Online and DUST 514. Developed in close collaboration with the EVE
and DUST 514 creative teams, this beautiful 184-page, full-color hardcover will
immerse readers in the history and lore of EVE Online through
never-before-released material detailing the settings, stories, races, and
factions of the EVE Universe.
EVE: Source will go on sale March 5, 2014.
Fans can get more information by checking out the
exclusive interview with Daniel Way on Kotaku!