Iceland-based CCP has announced that its massive "Trinity" graphical upgrade to EVE Online will be available as a free download on December 5th, 2007. Along with the announcement, the company also revealed that 200,000 users now subscribe to the EVE universe, which features a player-run economy and a single-shard server.

CCP explains it has developed a new graphics engine, and in this first showcase, all ships, stations and stargates have been reconstructed to appear more realistic through the use of advanced lighting techniques.

Said Hilmar Petursson, CCP CEO, “EVE Online players always inspire and amaze everyone at CCP, and it is invigorating to see our subscription numbers surpass 200,000 as we prepare for the Trinity release. We’re pleased that advances in graphics technology allow us to present the world of EVE Online as we had always envisioned it. We look forward to sharing the Trinity edition with the fast-growing, dedicated community that shares our passion to remove the barriers that constrain virtual worlds from meeting their full potential.”