CCP Games announced that it will be launching Eve Online: Retribution on December 4, 2012. The 18th free expansion to the game will include a revamped bounty system along with a a rework of many of the ship designs and system redesigns in NPC artificial intelligence, factional warfare, sound design and the user interface.

“This is the perfect followup to a recent series of well-received expansions in which we’ve put even more control over the game universe in the hands of our players,” said Jon Lander, Eve Online‘s Executive Producer. “Limitless human conflict and real consequences for your actions: sounds like a compelling dramatic setting to me.”

More about EVE Online: Retribution will be revealed at eveonline.com/retribution {link no longer active}.