CCP Games, the developers of Eve online (opens in new tab)have released a New Year’s Note with some details on their plans for 2023. The recent Uprising expansion amped up the warfare between EVE’s factions blow up an entire star (opens in new tab)the start of a host of changes in warfare between the factions in the notoriously dangerous, low-security space.
That wartime change seems to have worked: “Especially notable is the sharp 75% increase in PvP kills in lowsec and the 11% PvP kill increase in highsec despite the additional restrictions on ganking,” CCP said. “This has significantly boosted industry and mining, with naval ship production up 14,709% and capital production up 34%!”
2023 will be EVE Online’s 20th anniversary, and it’s not slowing down. CCP says there will be an EVE expansion in both Q2, which is April to June, and Q4, which is October to December, of 2023. Additionally, this year’s big Fanfest event will be a celebration of 20 years of EVE, which takes place in Reykjavik from 21 to 23 Sept.
EVE Online is a hugely successful space MMO, active since 2003, pioneering a (still) almost unique game model based on a player-driven economy. There have been major changes to the game in recent years, one in particular huge overhaul (opens in new tab)of UI and graphics alongside a new player experience much more suited to gaming in the 2020s.
That player focus means EVE is one of the more well-known MMOs, only because each story is one of tragedy and betrayal between people, not between players and a game. Whether that one a year-long plan to destroy a deadly fortress (opens in new tab)a elaborate murder plot (opens in new tab)or the incredible story of a 16-month plan to steal a famous pirate ship (opens in new tab).
This year will also see the release of a closed beta of the vaunted, almost-a-joke-but-no-joke, Microsoft Excel plug-in for EVE. (opens in new tab)
You can use the full Producers’ Letter on the EVE Online website. (opens in new tab)