CCP hf., the developer of the highly-acclaimed Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) title EVE Online, announced today that is has regained the publishing rights for the title worldwide and will start distributing it as a direct download from the Internet. “We are very pleased to be in a position where we can contribute equally to both development and publishing,” says Ivar Kristjansson, CEO of CCP. “We have reached an agreement with Simon & Schuster Inc. and Vivendi International regarding Canada and North America, as well as with Crucial Limited for Europe.” Kristjansson adds, “In order to give this web-based distribution of EVE the launch it deserves, we have redesigned the EVE Online website and added a lot of new content.”