The developers of the space MMORPG EVE Online have announced a new game. EVE Frontiers, according to the developers, relies on blockchain technology and will allow players to change the game.
What is EVE Frontiers? EVE Frontiers is the latest game from the studio behind the MMORPG EVE Online and was announced last year as Project Awakening
. CCP, a subsidiary of the Black Desert Online creators Pearl Abyss, announced the survival MMO today with a trailer.
The game is set to be released soon
for PC and Mac. The so-called founders will have first access. There is currently no specific date for the founder release or an official release. What is primarily known so far is that EVE Frontier will be based on blockchain technology and will once again take place in the EVE universe.
You can watch the first trailer here:
The first MMO that can be server-side modded
What is Blockchain? Blockchain is essentially an expandable list of records. Later additions can build on earlier entries and verify them as correct. Thus, the entries are considered very secure, as no content or things can be manipulated or deleted without destroying further modifications.
More about this and how it affects the gaming industry can be read here: Reddit founder believes blockchain will radically change gaming in 2021 – What is it anyway?
For EVE Frontier, CCP is relying on the Redstone Blockchain as well as the MUD Tool Set.
Why does EVE Frontier rely on Blockchain? In an interview with PC Gamer, CCP CEO Hilmar Pétursson states that the idea behind EVE Frontier is that it is the first MMO that can be server-side modded by players.
EVE Frontier is to take place on a single large server, rather than on multiple different ones, as is common these days for online multiplayer games. The world of the game hosted on this server will ultimately allow players to permanently change it through the blockchain technology used.
But not only the game world is supposed to be customizable: Creating your own currencies and systems should also be possible.
What does server-side modding mean?
Mods are usually additional contents created by other players for games. For example, in Baldur’s Gate 3 you can download tons of new hairstyles as well as clothing, classes, and balancing adjustments. The same goes for Final Fantasy XIV. However, these mods are only visible to you on your screen. Other players – whether in co-op in Baldur’s Gate 3 or in a raid in Final Fantasy XIV – do not see this.
Server-side modding, on the other hand, means that the changes you bring into the game will also apply to all other players. The game will thus be permanently changed by your modification.
Is this a classic blockchain game
? The CCP CEO firmly emphasizes to PC Gamer that EVE Frontier is not a blockchain game with cryptocurrencies and NFTs. His game is not a blockchain game, but a game that uses blockchain
.
EVE Frontier has just been announced. Whether and how exactly blockchain technology will actually affect the game remains to be seen. Cryptocurrencies also rely on blockchain. A previous buyer of bitcoins last faced a real dilemma: In 2013 he bought bitcoins for 4,800 €, today they are worth almost 3 million euros – he has long since forgotten the password, and then he had an unusual idea
