Title: EVE Frontier: CCP’s Daring New Survival Game in the EVE Universe

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CCP Games has established a reputation for its genre-defining MMORPG, EVE Online—a vast, player-driven cosmos filled with galactic politics, economic strife, and grand space confrontations. In recent years, the Icelandic studio has broadened the EVE universe into different genres. Among these new pursuits is EVE Frontier, an enigmatic survival game that was unveiled at EVE Fanfest 2025. While details about the game remain closely guarded—especially concerning its tie-ins to the larger EVE lore—it’s already stirring excitement among both fans and newcomers.

We interviewed Scott McCabe, known as CCP Overload, the product manager for EVE Frontier, to gain insights into what players can anticipate from this gritty new entry, how it’s being crafted with community involvement, and the significance of blockchain technology in its foundation.

A New Frontier in the EVE Universe

At its essence, EVE Frontier is a survival game situated in a post-apocalyptic segment of the EVE universe. In contrast to the vibrant, empire-focused realm of EVE Online’s New Eden, Frontier plunges players into a bleak, hostile landscape where survival reigns supreme. The game is designed to highlight self-sufficiency, strategic combat, and community-led development.

“You’re in this hostile post-apocalyptic world,” McCabe elaborates. “All the glitz and glamour of New Eden? Absent. It’s all about grit. The remnants of an ancient civilization that has fallen apart. Decayed. And you don’t even know why.”

Solo or Social? The Choice is Yours

EVE Frontier provides options for how players can interact with the game. Whether you prefer to be a solitary scavenger hunting for resources or part of a larger survivor community constructing fortified havens, the game accommodates both individual and collective play. Taking cues from survival titles such as DayZ and Rust, Frontier allows players to craft their own stories within a shared universe.

“There are individuals, survivors, who are like lone wolves,” indicates McCabe. “Then there are those who are cultivating small communities… with their own trading systems and rules.”

Grounded in Science, Built by Experts

A distinctive feature of EVE Frontier’s development is its scientific basis. CCP has enlisted astrophysicists and engineers to guarantee that the game’s mechanics feel intuitive and realistic. Gravity, energy transfer, and heat dynamics are all realized in ways consistent with real-world physics.

“We aim for it to be intuitive, and things that make sense have logical reasons,” McCabe states. “We’re fortunate to have two individuals with PhDs in astrophysics assisting us in simulating the universe accurately.”

Community-Driven Development

Similar to EVE Online and the forthcoming EVE Vanguard, EVE Frontier is being developed with substantial input from its player community. Via the Founder Access program, early users can experience the game, share feedback, and take part in live developer Q&As and AMAs. This collaborative development model ensures the game progresses in a manner that resonates with its community.

“We frequently use the term ‘co-development,’” McCabe clarifies. “The best way to ensure you’re heading in the right direction is to consult the individuals for whom you’re creating the game.”

Open Source and the Vision of “EVE Forever”

One of the most ambitious features of EVE Frontier is CCP’s commitment to open-sourcing the game’s engine, Carbon. The aim is to allow the game to endure indefinitely—even if CCP itself were to no longer exist.

“In an EVE forever world, by being open-source, if anything were to happen and we cease to exist, then the community will be able to keep it alive on their own,” McCabe explains.

The open-source approach also accelerates development and enables integration with industry-standard tools, facilitating contributions from third-party developers to the game’s ecosystem.

Blockchain: A Tool, Not a Gimmick

One of the more contentious elements of EVE Frontier is its incorporation of blockchain technology. Yet, McCabe is quick to clarify that this is not about cryptocurrency or financial speculation. Instead, blockchain serves to enable trustless, decentralized systems within the game.

For instance, players can construct gates governed by programmable rules stored on the blockchain. These rules can range from simple to complex—covering everything from access control based on in-game items to real-world conditions like the weather in Iceland.

“It’s not about crypto,” McCabe stresses. “It’s about enabling third-party development in a transparent and verifiable manner.”

Mystery as a Feature

One of the most captivating aspects of EVE Frontier is the limited information CCP has disclosed regarding its links to the broader EVE universe. McCabe likens it to a suspense thriller: “It would be a lot