EVE ISK-Hilmar Petursson

One of the worlds leading independent game developers and creator of the critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online game (MMO) EVE Online Isk, has been recognized for its remarkable year-over-year growth by being ranked on the Media Momentums Larger Companies List 2009 and receiving a Media Momentum Award. The Media Momentum Awards honor the hottest and fastest growing digital media companies in Europe as judged by European digital media industry luminaries about EVE Online Isk.

The industry recognition follows EVE Onlines subscriber base topping 300,000 as the game celebrated its sixth anniversary on May 6, 2009. To support continued in-game growth and creative development of EVE Online Isk, CCP is also increasing its headcount, recruiting top industry talent for about 60 positions over the course of 2009.

Hilmar Petursson, accepted the companys Media Momentum Award for "Vision and Future Growth Potential" and attended at an invitation-only awards dinner on May 13, 2009 in London. Said Petursson: "CCP is honored to receive this award as it validates our earliest plans of the future for EVE Online