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EVE Online preps for its next player council, EVE Frontier shows tweaks to scanning and movement
CCP Games is preparing for the next Council of Stellar Management player feedback group for EVE Online, with candidate submissions, campaigning, and voting dates announced. Separately, EVE Frontier showcased updates including improved scanning and zero-g flight mechanics, and a video detailed the development of its FPS module, highlighting planetary design influenced by Iceland and a tool for creating points of interest.
Blockchain MMO EVE Frontier adds a new spaceship refueler module and applies changes to various items
The blockchain MMO EVE Frontier has received several updates, including the addition of a new spaceship refueler module called the Blackstart Cell, which allows players to refuel spacecraft in sunlight. The game also introduced a leaderboard feature and made various balance adjustments to items and game mechanics.
You Can Watch A Cow Play Eve Online Right Now
Fenris Creations, formerly CCP Games, is livestreaming a cow named Valva playing Eve Online from Iceland. The cow, controlled via "cow-proof" buttons, is participating in a mining operation within the Cradle of War expansion. The event has garnered thousands of viewers and aims to unlock community goals.
EVE Online has a cow playing the game today. Yes, seriously. Stop laughing.
Developer Fenris Creations is livestreaming a cow playing EVE Online using custom buttons as part of a promotional stunt for the Cradle of War expansion. The event aims to showcase the game's accessibility, with players invited to join the cow's in-game mining fleet.
EVE Frontier’s inaugural Conclave of Luminaries fills its eight seats
Fenris Creations has appointed eight players to the inaugural Conclave of Luminaries for its game EVE Frontier. This community body aims to provide a permanent channel for player feedback to the studio. The appointments were revealed during the game's weekly Frontier Friday stream.
Synths, impossible physics, and an "erotic experience with a PS5 controller" - the side projects of game devs are a reminder creativity is undimmable
This article highlights the undimmable nature of human creativity through the lens of game developers' personal side projects. Despite industry pressures, developers are pursuing diverse creative outlets, from interactive fiction and VR experiences to physical art and hardware experiments, demonstrating a persistent drive to create for its own sake.
EVE Frontier adds a new ship, new space hazard, and new items in its latest patch
EVE Frontier has released a new patch introducing the Reiver spacecraft, a new sentry turret, character raiments, and the temporal desync status effect. The update also includes significant quality-of-life improvements, particularly to the UI, such as updates for the fitting window and inventory, and moving some right-click context menu options to the 'F' key.
EVE Frontier’s 0.6.8.0 Update Brings a Modular Reiver, Deployable Sentry Turret and Temporal Desync
Fenris Creations released EVE Frontier update 0.6.8.0, introducing a reworked modular Reiver ship, a deployable sentry turret, and a new Temporal Desync status effect. This mid-cycle update also adds support for managing multiple ships via boarding at a refuge. Future updates will focus on full ship and structure modularity, temporary player teams, and shared storage.
EVE Online shares overall design principles for giving its HUD ‘accessible complexity’
Fenris Creations is sharing its design principles for improving the user interface complexity in EVE Online, aiming for 'accessible complexity'. The studio's dev blogs will focus on making ship speed, overheating, and danger more legible without altering the HUD's core identity. Testing will be conducted through an opt-in beta.
EVE Online studio hires former Icelandic minister to lead autonomous AI efforts
Fenris Creations, the developer behind EVE Online, has appointed former Icelandic minister Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir as its senior director of AI partnerships. She will lead the studio's initiative to test advanced AI systems within the persistent virtual world of EVE Frontier, aiming to create a live proving ground for autonomous agents in complex economic and social environments.
Comings and Goings
Developer That's No Moon, known for the Crossfire franchise, has experienced layoffs. Separately, former Icelandic minister Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir has joined Fenris Creations to lead new AI partnerships.
Fenris Creations hires former Icelandic minister to lead AI partnerships, deepens Google DeepMind research through EVE Frontier
Fenris Creations, formerly CCP Games, has appointed former Icelandic Minister Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir as Senior Director of AI Partnerships to foster collaborations with AI labs and universities. The company is leveraging its persistent world MMO, EVE Frontier, as a live testing environment for autonomous AI agents, building on its existing research partnership with Google DeepMind.
Fenris Creations recaps EVE Online and EVE Vanguard’s Operation Avalon, hires Icelandic politician for ‘AI alignment’
Fenris Creations, formerly CCP Games, has released a recap of the recent Operation Avalon event, which integrated EVE Online and EVE Vanguard players. The company also announced the hiring of former Icelandic Minister Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir as Senior Director, AI Partnerships, to lead initiatives for EVE Frontier, focusing on AI research and collaboration.
EVE Online breaks down how September’s update will tweak player-built jump bridges
EVE Online's September update will introduce changes to player-built Ansiblex jump bridges, altering their functionality from fuel and tolls to capacitor energy usage. These adjustments aim to create more logistical pressure on player organizations and are intended to help smaller groups compete with larger ones, though feedback is still being gathered.
Open-source ambitions arrive: EVE Frontier, MapleStory Universe and Pixels test decentralized play
EVE Frontier, MapleStory Universe, and Pixels are exploring decentralized engagement models in gaming, focusing on user-generated content and economic structures. EVE Frontier allows player modification of persistent structures, MapleStory Universe uses verified Action Modules for community marketplaces, and Pixels plans to open-source its frontend. The article questions whether these approaches represent true economic primitives or simply new packaging for decentralization, highlighting the challenge of autonomous systems and player trust in building lasting value.
Aream & Co: Gaming M&A hits $2.3bn in Q2, highest level since 2022
Gaming mergers and acquisitions reached $2.3 billion in Q2 2026, marking the highest level since 2022, according to Aream & Co. Mid-market acquisitions, particularly in PC and mobile gaming, drove this growth. Despite a decline in mobile installs and spending, PC gaming saw a 13% increase, and Nintendo reported significant revenue gains from its Switch 2 hardware and software.
This is my 3rd time playing EVE Online's upcoming extraction shooter little brother, and it finally feels like it's coming together—all without the ambitious crossover features it was made for
EVE Vanguard, an upcoming extraction shooter from Fenris Creations, is showing significant improvement and is shaping up to be a compelling standalone experience, even without its planned EVE Online integration. The game offers immediate action, satisfying gunplay, and emergent player behavior, reminiscent of titles like Tarkov. Developers are aiming for a self-sustaining narrative powered by EVE's player corporations, with director Scott Davis emphasizing a caretaker role similar to EVE Online's lead designers.
Here’s how EVE Online gamers can participate in their part of the EVE Vanguard Operation Avalon event
EVE Online players can participate in the Operation Avalon event from July 7-20, earning rewards by fighting, hacking, and salvaging through sites in New Eden. This event ties into the concurrent EVE Vanguard open alpha, allowing players to support their chosen empire and earn exclusive items by recovering intelligence related to Project Nemesis.
EVE Vanguard: Operation Avalon update launches the game's first alpha playtest
EVE Vanguard has launched its Operation Avalon update, marking the start of its first alpha playtest available for free on PC. This update introduces overhauled weapons and gunplay, orbital bombardments, a deeper looting system, and a new map called Lost Convoy. The playtest runs until July 20, 2026, and can be accessed via Steam or the EVE Launcher for existing EVE Online accounts.
EVE Frontier plots a new region, more modularity, and community features in a video roadmap
Fenris Creations has outlined a roadmap for EVE Frontier, detailing upcoming gameplay features and community-driven updates. Key additions planned for the rest of the year include new survival-focused modules, gravity dangers, a 'broken world' to explore, a fog of war mechanic, and enhanced social tools.