EVE Online ISK: Empyrean Age incorporates elements of fiction that will be introduced in a novel by the same name, slated for a June 19th release, by Tony Gonzales. The author of many popular web-novellas and short stories, Gonzales' novel takes the reader through time and space, bridging the passage of time between the somewhat harmonious setting of New Eden as it exists for players now to a world of broken alliances on the brink of war.

EVE Online ISK is the currency used by characters in EVE to purchase goods and services. Isk can be earned, given, or stolen at any time during the game. You can choose a job for your character that will earn them lots of isk. Or you can become a thief and steal for a living. This is why EVE is so popular. The possibilities for characters are seemingly endless. Isk can be used to buy skill kits that will be necessary when learning a new skill. Each kit needs to be completed before your character can ascend to the next skill level. The highest level your character can master is level five. For those who want the most from their careers, and earn isk, opt to complete as many skills as they need to be successful.

EVE-online isk may also be used to purchase implants, which will boost your character’s attributes. If your character is weak in memory, you can purchase an implant that will enhance your character’s memory. This can be a great way to learn a new skill in less time. Isk is an important part in the world of EVE.

CCP has posted notification to EVE Online ISK players that piloting larger class ships than the size allowed by the jump gates to Factional Warfare complexes is now considered to be an exploit.
Exploit notification
Flying bigger class ships than allowed by the jump gates to Factional Warfare complexes has been classed as an exploit. If you are found doing this we will be forced to take in-game actions as abusing game mechanics is not allowed.EVE Online ISK is important to some and not as important to others. You will have to decide what you think your character will need to survive in EVE. Some people spend their time amassing isk, while others have enough to travel around the galaxies searching for new races and building their reputations in their jobs. Some jobs pay more than others. You get to decide what your character’s future will be.

The features page at http://www.eveonline.com/empyreanage/ highlights the expansion's contents: the introduction of a faction ranking system, new militias being mustered, fresh agents pertaining to the massive conflicts, a dynamic new structure of system occupancy, details on hidden deadspace complexes and a whole new region in space, "Black Rise."

After celebrating the fifth anniversary of EVE Online ISK initial release on May 6, CCP recently announced the formation of the Council of Stellar Management, a democratically-elected group of player representatives who will collaborate with the developers of EVE Online ISK to address issues important to the community and provide input for keeping EVE going strong for years to come.

EVE Online ISK: Empyrean Age will introduce Factional Warfare to the largest sci-fi MMO this June

Reykjavik, Iceland - May 28, 2008 - CCP, one of the world's leading independent game developers, has announced the features for the upcoming free expansion, EVE Online ISK: Empyrean Age. Slated for a June 10 release, Empyrean Age brings an explosive end to the fragile peace that has existed for one hundred years between the four central races of New Eden and entices players to pledge fealty to their faction of choice to gain fame, wealth and power.