During the event, miners are encouraged to pack up their barges and wait out the destruction. Meanwhile, those taking part are encouraged to do whatever it takes to forcibly dismantle every mining barge in sight. This time around, sponsors have donated a huge prize fund of over 25 billion ISK for the event. Big ISK rewards go to the people with the most kills in specific regions or racial space. The biggest prizes will go to the four organisations that destroy the most barges overall, with some additional impressive prizes for the three individual pilots with the most kills.

In addition to a huge random prize lottery for participants and a guaranteed 1 million ISK for everyone who makes a successful exhumer kill, there's a whole list of achievements and corresponding prizes for interesting kills. Who wouldn't like to be on the first kill using nothing but newbie ships, or to score a kill using your own mining barge?

In preparation for the upcoming carnage, Massively caught up with Hulkageddon organiser Helicity Boson to get the inside scoop on what makes Hulkageddon III a special player-run event for EVE.

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