EVE Online is looking to address the often problematic process of social networking with the development of a new system called COSMOS. Whether it be EVE Online or any other MMOG, feeling integrated into the community is a key element of developing a long term relationship with the game!

So what is COSMOS and how will this feature by added into an established game? CCP Dev Rhayger gets into the nitty gritty details in his latest dev blog.

This is a very unique project in that it aims to blur the line between the in-game environment, and out-of-game with not just communication features but expansive game related features. I'll leave it to some of my colleagues to get into the specific features planned in following dev blogs (yes you can call me a tease) but what I want to discuss today is the technical underpinnings of what is a typically ambitious CCP project.

Click here to read the full dev blog which goes into great technical detail on the new system.