CCP changed its name rather than pick a fight with the Chinese Communist Party, which was probably wise

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Crowd Control Productions (CCP Games) was founded in 1997 in Reykjavik, Iceland. It is best known for EVE Online, its anarchic space MMO from which stories of intricately-plotted depravity emerge on a disturbingly but entertainingly regular basis. It has over 150 employees. The Communist Party of China was founded in 1921 in Shanghai, China, by […]

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