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Programmer CCP Games has announced that its pop MMO EVE Online volition soon host a crossover upshot with BBC Studios' Doc Who, which will run from January thirteen to February 1. It's called The Interstellar Convergence and is the offset major collaboration in EVE Online, and 1 that makes a lot of sense given the Md'southward love of zipping virtually the universe in the Tardis.

The collaboration will innovate Gallifrey-themed space for players to scour in search of artifacts from the Time War, which saw the Doctor's people and the notorious Daleks locked in boxing across time and space. These artifacts volition contain clues that will lead players to the Dr.'s most formidable foe, who they volition take to face in battle.

Successfully overcoming the Daleks will net players an array of rewards that tin be taken back to New Eden. Beyond that, while the issue is underway, players tin also earn skill points and Doctor Who-themed items simply by logging in regularly.

According to CCP Games, The Interstellar Convergence was designed to requite veteran players a new style of gameplay to bask while however existence accessible to Whovians yet to pilot a ship in Eve Online. The developer recently revamped the onboarding process for new players to make getting to grips with the mechanics more intuitive.