“He who controls the Spice controls the universe.” Okay, Spice doesn’t exist in EVE Online, but just the same, rare minerals do play a big part in the ebb and flow of the game’s universe. EVE’s new Lifeblood expansion promises to make some major changes to that flow, in the hopes of giving players more to do when they…
Soon, EVE Online’s free-to-play players will be allowed to expand their spaceship repertoires. CCP Games is more than quadrupling the amount of ships that F2P players are able to fly, still for the low, low price of free.
In survival game Ark: Survival Evolved, Church of Satan member Citizen V (his “under the horns name”) ignores the naked and empty-handed low-level players who supplicate at his tribe’s floating base. It’s an opulent base where his tribe hatches pteranodons and cultivates their naval armada. “Anyone worth my time, who…
Not everything in EVE Online is dedicated to death, destruction and betrayal. A few landmarks are dedicated to calm, quiet reflection.
EVE Online is infamous for its scammers, pirates, and ne’er-do-wells, but this week all their scams were put to shame. A member of the game’s Council of Stellar Management and head diplomat of the Circle of Two alliance named The Judge stole all of the holdings of the 4,000-person alliance for himself. He took their…
A few days ago, in front of an audience of over three thousand people, the leader of the Imperium—the largest coalition in EVE Online and perhaps the largest player alliance in any video game—announced that it would go to war.
This week, CCP Games announced a massive shakeup to its immersive VR shooter EVE: Valkyrie. A free expansion coming in September called “Warzone” will, among other things, remove the need for a virtual reality headset. By decoupling Valkyrie from its VR roots, a much wider player base will be able to log in and play…
EVE Online players can choose to be many things. Fighter pilots, diplomats, corpse peddlers, even admirals of massive fleets. Most player engagements in EVE are led by players who use th…
EVE Online has taken a step out off of the science fiction stage and into the realm of real-world astronomy: Right now, thousands of EVE players are digging through gigabytes of raw scientific data, scouring the Milky Way for evidence of distant planets.
When people got mad, they used to sent a letter. In the internet era, if somebody’s going to use non-electronic mail—which, as I understand it, is powered by snails and horses—it has to be elaborate. Case in point: an EVE Online player who tried to mail one of CCP’s designers a bag full of candy shaped like dicks and…
EVE Online has rolled out a challenging new computer-controlled enemy base that reacts to players’ strategies with artificial intelligence. A great reward lies at its center for players able to defeat it, although the first ones to do so weren’t able to collect.
Every MMO has its scammers. But in EVE Online, their scams are allowed. Getting ripped off is all just part of the fun.
This summer, EVE Online players won’t just be exploring virtual galaxies—they’ll be helping to map out the actual universe.
One of EVE Online’s most powerful alliances dealt a heavy blow to an opposing group yesterday, luring their opponents into a very costly trap that destroyed nearly $17,000 worth of virtual ships. Five Titan Class ships, the largest and most expensive ships in the game, were destroyed in just a few minutes, with the…
EVE Online is about to get its biggest, most expensive warship ever: the Molok. A version of the game’s giant Titan spaceship that’s aligned with the Blood Raider pirate faction, it’s going to cost three to five times the price of an Avatar-class Titan. But all that cash outlay comes with serious benefits, like the…
This month, EVE Online publisher CCP announced some major changes to the way that the spacefaring MMO’s currency systems work. In a game where a spaceship can have a real-world value of over $2,000, that’s naturally caused some high-level players to freak out a little, and not without reason. Here’s a breakdown of…
They say revenge is a dish best served cold. In EVE Online player Darvo Thellere’s case, it was cold as the uncaring vacuum of space.
Eve Online’s New Eden is currently wrapping up its annual Council of Stellar Management (CSM) election cycle. The CSM is a real-world democratically elected congress. Born out of conflict in EVE’s world, the CSM is made up of popular streamers, creators of EVE-specific tools, and members of the game’s biggest groups.…
EVE Online is a game of risk versus reward, a game where players can take chances with their resources. Over the past weekend, the in-game organization know as “The Imperium” staged an annual event called “Burn Jita.” During this event, the safest areas of the game are invaded by renegade players, who turn everything…
