EVE Online has just gone down for the latest patch called Tyrannis. Once the Tyrannis deployment is complete, it will allow players to interact with planets like never seen before. Now players will be able to harvest materials and set up harvesting bases directly on planets. In addition to planetary interaction, new planetary skills are being added. New skills include (but are not limited to) an array of planet scanning skills, command centre upgrades, and interplanetary consolidation skills.
Another cool feature to Tyrannis is the new EVE in-game calendar. Players can now plan personal as well as corporate and alliance events. Moreover, you can now track CCP events through your new EVE calendar. In addition, EVE Gate is being released to allow players to communicate and organize with the EVE community through their web browsers. This includes being able to send EVE Mail, create and accept event invites, as well as manage your contacts and calendar through your out of game internet browser.
If you have alienware computer hardware, you will also be pleased to hear that AlienFx light effects are included in this patch release. Alienware computers and keyboards will now be synced with in-game events.
And finally, there are two new alliance tournament ships being added as prizes but unfortunately these ships won’t be seeded on the market and are only available to alliance tournament VIII winners.
For a full list of features, check out the patch notes (currently down during Tyrannis deployment so I linked to google cache).
Planetary interaction video released by CCP:
Tyrannis trailer (make sure you watch it in 1080p!):