If you’re going to be in Cologne, Germany next week for GamesCom 2010, then make a point to stop by Codemasters Online’s booth. (It’s A31 in Hall 8.1!) The company’s giving away freebies! Well, in-game freebies for Lord of the Rings Online…

The entrance to PAX 08 had an impressive display of Jumpgate Evolution, a new MMO space combat game made by Codemasters Online and NetDevil. The moment I saw it, I couldn’t help but to compare it to Eve Online. It was hard not to, as it is an MMO game with spaceships.

Of course, no one can copyright the MMO space game and Jumpgate Evolution has one great aspect that sets it apart from Eve: Jumpgate Evolution skips through much of the boring set-up involved in most MMO games and puts you right into the action.

When I sat down and began playing, I was on a mission to…