• Here’s how EVE Online gamers can participate in their part of the EVE Vanguard Operation Avalon event
  published on July 8th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  When CCP Games/Fenris Creations launched EVE Vanguard’s Operation Avalon open alpha yesterday, we mostly considered it through the lens of the in-development MMOFPS rather than through EVE Online itself. However, the OG MMORPG is also running a concurrent event that ties into the Vanguard hoopla, and it’s worth a look even if you have no […]
  
• EVE Frontier plots a new region, more modularity, and community features in a video roadmap
  published on July 7th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  EVE Frontier has plans. Roadmap plans. Plans to make sure the blockchain survival MMO has new things to worry about and look forward to. At least in a gameplay sense; remember, Fenris Creations doesn’t want the blockchain game to be noted as just a blockchain game. Unless it heralds a blockchain partnership of course. But hey, […]
  
• EVE Vanguard has begun its Operation Avalon open alpha, and yes you’re invited to try it
  published on July 7th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  EVE Online fans who fancy testing out CCP Games’/Fenris Creations’ latest version of an EVE extraction MMOFPS are getting a fresh chance to do so as EVE Vanguard is kicking off its first alpha playtest. Dubbed Operation Avalon, this update and event are meant to “mark [the studio’s] move from experimentation into a more focused […]
  
• EVE Online’s Fenris Creations just open-sourced the Carbon engine framework it’s built on
  published on July 1st, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  EVE Online studio Fenris Games (CCP Games) made a surprising announcement this morning: It’s released the game’s engine framework as an open source toolset. “Fenris Creations today announced that Carbon, the next-generation cross-platform game engine framework behind EVE Online and EVE Frontier, has fully completed its transition to being completely open source,” the newly independent […]
  
• Blockchain MMO EVE Frontier adds a new tutorial, custom ships, and space hazards in latest update
  published on June 26th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Sure, those who were at EVE Fanfest already knew what was coming to the blochckain survival MMO EVE Frontier, but now they can experience it directly, as the game’s latest test build, aka Cycle 6: Sanctuary, came online this week. As previously reported, this build introduces a new system that lets players create modular ships that let them […]
  
• EVE Online studio has punished two partnered influencers over a Pride controversy
  published on June 18th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Earlier this month, we briefly covered a drama raging in the EVE Online community. In short, a content creator had apparently crashed out in an EVE Online stream and was punishing, mocking, and banning players for using Pride flag emojis in Twitch/Discord chat and wishing fellow gamers a happy Pride month. As we noted, the EVE […]
  
• Massively OP Podcast Episode 569: Luke, it is your Destiny 2
  published on June 16th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 & 3, World of Warcraft, EVE Online, and Destiny 2, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, Spirit Crossing, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on MMOing with a neural interface.
  
• The Daily Grind: What would you recommend as a gamer’s *second* MMORPG?
  published on June 16th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  We talk a lot about good first MMORPGs – that is, gateway MMOs, or the first introductory MMOs that people should play to give them a feel for the genre. It usually needs simple movement, questing, combat, a little bit of social but not too much. Basically, it needs to feel approachable for your kid […]
  
• EVE Vanguard’s devs discuss the design of the shooter’s semi-futuristic weapons
  published on June 15th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Since EVE Vanguard is an FPS, there’s obviously going to be a lot of attention paid to the guns that you can fire. After all, that’s where most of the personality is because it’s certainly not in your hands or your feet. As such, designing the guns is an important consideration, which happens to be the topic […]
  
• The MOP Up: Runes of Magic has its summer fun times
  published on June 14th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Summer events are all the rage in Runes of Magic right now: “Even couch potatoes know this Taborean summer is going to be hot. The inhabitants are enjoying a well-deserved vacation and are wading in crystal-clear water to escape the scorching sun. You should also go for a cool swim, because Runes of Magic will […]
  
• Perfect Ten: Pirate MMOs that boarded and plundered our gaming PCs
  published on June 10th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Avast ye landlubber! For not every MMORPG is a safe harbor, and not every ship you see on the horizon has your best interests in mind. Plenty of piratey MMOs have sailed the seas of online gaming over the years with varying degrees of success — and varying levels of visibility. Today we’ll be looking […]
  
• Interview: Fenris Creations CEO Hilmar Pétursson on the future of AI in EVE Online
  published on June 9th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  It’s been an odd few months for EVE Online and its developer Fenris Creations, with the company rebranding from CCP Games and buying itself back from parent company Pearl Abyss while securing investment from Google’s DeepMind AI group. The studio continues to press ahead with the next expansion to its now 23-year-old sci-fi MMO EVE […]
  
• EVE Online’s Cradle of War expansion kicks off the summer with military campaigns and newbie safe zone
  published on June 9th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  As if the week MMORPG fans are having could possibly be better than it already is, EVE Online has arrived with its summer expansion: Cradle of War. We permit you to rock it. “As tensions rise between New Eden’s great empires, Cradle of War opens the first chapter of the Theatres of War trilogy, a […]
  
• The MOP Up: Crimson Desert hints at an upcoming DLC
  published on June 7th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Crimson Desert’s team shared some of the projects coming to the game this summer — and hinted at a DLC to come, saying, “We plan to roll these updates out gradually from June through September, and we’re preparing them to be enjoyable both for those who have spent many hours in Pywel and for those […]
  
• EVE Online releases Cradle of War patch notes as the community erupts over controversial stream
  published on June 6th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  It’s a tale as old as time for EVE Online players. They hear about a new expansion/update, they get loads of videos and other details, and then they get the patch notes ahead of its launch. So it has come once again for Cradle of War, which shared its full patch notes before its Tuesday, June 9th, […]
  
• MMORPG history book The Archive successfully funds at double its Kickstarter ask
  published on May 29th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  It’s a small but vital win this week for fans of MMORPG history as one Kickstarter project crossed its finish line successfully — and then returned for another full lap and then some. The Archive: Epics of Virtual History funded at nearly $49,000 of its initial $20,000 ask, with 558 backers supporting the project. Authored […]
  
• EVE Online posts a video digest for Cradle of War’s features as Capsuleer Day reaches its zenith
  published on May 27th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  If you prefer to be shown the shiny coming to EVE Online’s Cradle of War expansion instead of just being told, then Fenris Creations has got you covered, as the studio has put out a new video digest showcasing the upcoming update’s big ticket additions. Naturally this means that the video briefs fans on things like […]
  
• Perfect Ten: Video games that spun off from MMORPGs
  published on May 27th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  We all know plenty of MMORPGs that emerged out of a video game franchise — World of Warcraft from the Warcraft RTS games or The Sims Online from some long-forgotten life sim series, for example. And we could cite a dozen or so sequels of MMOs without breaking a sweat. That’s not what this list […]
  
• EVE Online has already nailed down a date for its 2027 Fanfest
  published on May 24th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Did you catch your breath from all of the Fanfest reveals that came out of EVE Online? Well too bad, bucko, because the 2027 edition already has a calendar date. You do not get to rest. You will buy tickets early for an event happening a year from now. Sure enough, Fanfest 2027 will run from May 13th […]
  
• Massively OP Podcast Episode 566: Rock the Cradle of War
  published on May 19th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Justin and Bree discuss EVE Online's Cradle of War, EverQuest Legends' beta, Spirit Crossing's housing, Throne and Liberty, and financials for NCsoft, Nexon, Square, and Pearl Abyss, with adventures in WoW, Outbound, Palia, SWG Legends, and Guild Wars 2, plus a mailbag topic on solo MMORPG sims and AI bots.
  
• EVE Fanfest 2026: Blockchain MMO EVE Frontier adds custom ships and space hazards on June 25
  published on May 18th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  We’ve got some time between now and when EVE Frontier puts forth its next major test build, but fans are being given advanced notice of just what’s headed to the blockchain survival MMO, as Cycle 6: Sanctuary is offering up some big additions on Thursday, June 25th. One of the tentpole features for Cycle 6 […]
  
• MMO Hype Train: Is it smart or foolish for upcoming MMOs to embrace hardcore attitudes?
  published on May 16th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  With the collapse of the World of Warcraft clone trend that dominated the MMORPG development landscape for so long, we’ve seen a sort of “wild wild west” approach to MMO projects. The freedom is refreshing, but the results are all over the place and not conclusive that any one path is guaranteed to succeed. A […]
  
• EVE Fanfest 2026: EVE Vanguard opens Steam signups for Operation Avalon alpha test
  published on May 16th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Upcoming first person shooter EVE Vanguard has now officially opened signups for its upcoming alpha test event that will run from July 7th to 20th. Titled Operation Avalon by newly renamed studio Fenris Creations, the event will give players a good idea of the game’s lore and the core gameplay loop of deploying to planets, […]
  
• EVE Fanfest 2026: EVE Online’s Cradle of War expansion sets the universe on fire June 9th
  published on May 15th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  War is the engine that keeps the wheels of sci-fi MMO EVE Online turning, from the massive battles between players over territory and resources to the smaller fleets in faction warfare or even lone players hunting for targets in wormhole space. It’s been known for a long time that players who get involved in these […]
  
• Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG tutorials are actually effective – vs. functionally useless?
  published on May 15th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street dropped a random thoughtful Twitter thread this past weekend, remarking on how people learn in school – and how that translates to video game tutorials. His story sounds familiar; he was clever but never developed good study skills as a kid, which meant that for his advanced degrees, he was, to shameless […]
  
• Pearl Abyss Q1 2026: Black Desert and Crimson Desert push Pearl Abyss to huge revenues – without CCP Games
  published on May 14th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  I have to admit that when I sat down this morning to analyze the Pearl Abyss Q1 financial call, I was surprised… because there is no call. For the first time that I can recall, the company has apparently shifted to doing just an “earnings letter” instead of a presentation and investor call. The Korean […]
  
• Massively OP Podcast Episode 565: Happily Farever after
  published on May 12th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, EVE Online's CCP Games aka Fenris Creations, Path of Exile 2, Farever, Reaper Actual, Daybreak financials, and Aliens 2, with adventures in WoW, FFXIV, Outbound, and SWG Legends, and a mailbag topic on Ultima Online rogue servers.
  
• EVE Online’s Capsuleer Edda will preserve its history in a manuscript written in actual blood
  published on May 12th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Let it never be said that the folks behind EVE Online aren’t… creative in a lot of ways. Take, for instance, Fenris Creations’ Capsuleer Edda project, which seeks to preserve the digital history of New Eden in physical form. And that form is taking in manuscript and inked with players’ literal blood. “The Capsuleer Edda doesn’t solve […]
  
• EVE Online marks its annual Capsuleer Day and 23rd anniversary, EVE Frontier puts forth a new patch
  published on May 7th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  With all of the business-focused news coming out of EVE Online, it might have been easy to forget that the sci-fi gankbox is also marking an anniversary. That’s right, the game is officially 23 years old in 2026, which means the usual celebrations and reminiscing among players and devs. For in-game celebrational needs, last week kicked off […]
  
• The Daily Grind: Are you enthused about CCP Games’ ownership pivot and rebrand?
  published on May 7th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  I’ve got to be honest, CCP Games rebranding as Fenris Creations and going back to being at least partly self-owned does not fill me with confidence. Part of the reason for that is that if you’re rebranding as Fenris Creations, I am immediately going to ask why your CEO is naming things like a 15 […]
  
• ‘EVE continues’: EVE Online’s CCP Games rebrands as Fenris Creations, partners with Google DeepMind
  published on May 6th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Last week, the year-old rumor that Pearl Abyss was preparing to sell EVE Online studio CCP Games after having bought it back in 2018 finally bore fruit, as financial reporting made clear the Korean gaming giant had indeed sold CCP Games… back to CCP Games’ own executive management. As we noted, Pearl Abyss appeared to […]
  
• Massively OP Podcast Episode 564: Evercold or everwarmer?
  published on May 5th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV's Evercold and patch 7.5, Guild Wars Reforged's mobile port and patch, Guild Wars 2's The Only Way, Aion 2, Embers of the Uncrowned, Palia's spring expansion, SWTOR's 7.9 and 8.0, EVE Online's CCP Games, Conan Exiles, Dune Awakening, and Nightingale, with adventures in World of Warcraft, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, Palia, Farever, and Loftia.
  
• EVE Online brings PLEX For Good charity platform back… for good
  published on May 1st, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  It feels good to do good with your PLEX in EVE Online, even if maybe people shouldn’t ask you too many questions about where you got all of that PLEX. “Normal places,” you say. “And now I’m going to give it to charity, the next time that a PLEX For Good event starts up because I […]
  
• Pearl Abyss has finally sold EVE Online studio CCP Games… to CCP Games’ own management
  published on April 30th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Remember last summer when Korean media started rumbling about rumors that Pearl Abyss was trying to sell EVE Online company CCP Games? Probably not, but it’s finally happening almost a year later: This morning, the Korean gaming company announced that it has sold CCP Games back to its management team for the sum of $120M […]
  
• Empires of EVE author has launched the Kickstarter for his new MMORPG history book
  published on April 29th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  If you live for the high drama and obscure history of the MMORPG genre – and since you’re currently reading an MMORPG generalist website run by a historian and graced by an MMO archaeology column, you very well might – then the launch of The Archive: Epics of Virtual History book Kickstarter is tailor made […]
  
• The Daily Grind: Have you ever lied about yourself in MMORPGs?
  published on April 29th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  I have told this story in the past, but let me tell it again: When I joined my first MMORPG guild in 1997, my guild required new pledges to hand over their account information to the guild recruiter so that they could log into our account and confirm that we were not spies, that we […]
  
• EVE Vanguard explains its testing methodology, feedback, and preparations for alpha
  published on April 27th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  EVE Vanguard had earlier discussed testing, feedback, and iteration, but there weren’t too many details about what was actually being done or changed. This time around, CCP Games has another dev roundtable talking about testing and feedback, and once more we have no build update details — despite the video title suggesting it would explain what changed […]
  
• EVE Online prepares for its May Fanfest, EVE Frontier crowns a Hackathon king
  published on April 27th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  The news coming out of CCP Games’ EVE Fanfest, the gankbox’s big shiny convention for EVE Online, has been kind of scattered around over the past few months now. Unless, of course, you visit the event’s official website. But why do that when you can go to a megablog instead? Besides, “megablog” is a much cooler […]
  
• The MOP Up: Thousands of EVE Online players continue their epic war
  published on April 26th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  The ongoing war in EVE Online continued this week, bringing the server to its knees: “The war between WinterCo and Imperium shows no signs of slowing down!” CCP Games chortled. It’s really enjoying this. “4,500 pilots are currently engaged over an Imperium Keepstar which is trying to come online, with several other fights breaking out […]
  
• The Daily Grind: What do you think about EVE Online’s planned PvE zone?
  published on April 21st, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  It seems to me that EVE Online’s announcement that it’s planning a fully safe PvE starting zone – after two decades of allowing griefers to suicide into newbies in those areas – has been flying under the radar a bit. It was didn’t get the reaction that I think it would’ve gotten 5 or 10 […]
  
• EVE Vanguard admits to ‘brutal’ but appreciated testing feedback and changes for its extraction gameplay
  published on April 20th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Generally speaking, hearing that tester feedback for a developing shooter was “brutal” is disheartening, but CCP Games is taking a different approach in regards to player response to its testing of PvPvE FPS module EVE Vanguard, as explained in its latest video digest. CCP Gortz remarks about his most recent visits to the game’s Discord and […]
  
• EVE Online talks up its upcoming Fanfest event and summarizes the Clash at Atioth
  published on April 19th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  EVE Online fans are already likely staring at their calendars for the May 14th start of the EVE Fanfest event, but nobody has arguably been staring harder than CCP Games itself, which seems pretty evident in the latest roundtable video where devs of the gankbox talk about the upcoming convention. Naturally the devs talk up the […]
  
• EVE Online announces a fully PvP-free starting region for new players arriving this summer
  published on April 14th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Getting your foot into the door of EVE Online is probably one of the more daunting hurdles for new arrivals to clear, especially considering the gankbox’s history of warfare over the years, both in small and large scale. It’s been a bear that CCP Games has been trying to wrestle for a very long time now, […]
  
• The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG studios do you consider ‘mainstream’?
  published on April 10th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Last month, I was reading an article about GDC attendees that was discussing the low count of crypto, blockchain, and NFT gunk at the con, which is a big switch-up compared to the last five years. Don’t get too excited; those scammers have just been replaced with AI grifters. That’s not what I wanna talk […]
  
• EVE Online’s latest massive corporation war continues to rage across the digital galaxy
  published on April 8th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  War is hell when it comes to the real world, but in sandbox MMORPGs like EVE Online, war can be fun. Or at least it’s fun to read about; whether the game’s time dilation to handle massive battlefields is fun or not we’ll leave to those who are actually in New Eden personally. The point is, […]
  
• Thousands of players gathered in EVE Online last night for a keepstar fight and start of a new war
  published on April 7th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Those who enjoy watching EVE Online players brawl it out were eating pretty well yesterday, as members of the Imperium and Winter Co. held a massive clash that ultimately brought in over 10,000 capsuleers into the fight. The scuffle (to put it very lightly) played out in the Germinate system at Atioth as a keepstar structure […]
  
• EVE Online discusses Catalyst feedback and reception, EVE Frontier runs another free play promotion
  published on April 2nd, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  It’s a tale of two EVE’s today, as both EVE Online and the blockchain MMO EVE Frontier have a few smaller but noteworthy updates to share with the capsuleers out in the crowd. First for the regular sandbox, game design director CCP Okami chatted about the Catalyst expansion in general, noting some of the changes made to the expansion, […]
  
• EVE Online showcases the activities and rewards of its ongoing Gallente Election event
  published on March 25th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Usually elections aren’t necessarily a celebration so much as a civic duty, to say nothing of the fact that they don’t shower people with rewards. However, as we covered earlier, the Gallente Election that’s ongoing in EVE Online is an actual event with rewards for players to earn, which is the topic of the sandbox’s latest video. […]
  
• EVE Online drops an update that shakes up the Catalyst meta and starts a special election event
  published on March 18th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  In a galaxy far, far away where smugglers, rebels, and Empire collide, a big ol’ content drop arrived this week to bring balance to the for…tunate playerbase. That’s right, EVE Online trotted out a “major” update to its Catalyst expansion cycle that rebalances some of its ships to shake up the meta, adds a fun […]
  
• Blockchain MMO EVE Frontier adds clone manufacturing, co-op base building, and zone changes March 11
  published on March 10th, 2026 at 04:53 PM
  
  
  Wednesday, March 11th, is introducing another cycle to the development of CCP Games’ blockchain survival MMO EVE Frontier, which is the game’s fancy pants way of saying that the game is getting a new build. All words are made up. Among the features in the new Cycle 5 patch are the ability for players to manufacture […]