CCP Games' Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing GameEVE Onlinehas been raising money for fire relief in Australia through a “PLEX for Good” event that ended Sunday, joining the likes of Bungie’sDestiny 2andInfinity Ward’sCall of Duty: Modern Warfarein using a large platform to support the ravaged continent.
All donations made throughEVE Online’s in-game currency are being converted to real-world cash and sent to the Red Cross. Arguably the most impressive of those donations came from player Kelon Darklight selling a special edition Gold Magnate for 1,001,001 PLEX — the equivalent of about $40,000.
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EVE Onlineis a game launched in 2003,later made free to play, that features “space exploration, immense PvP and PvE battles, and a thriving player economy in an ever-expanding sandbox” of over 7,800 star systems according to its website. Among its hundreds of available ships, the auctioned Magnate has only been made available to winning teams inEve’s Amarr Championships, a PvP tournament that occurred in 2003 and in 2016; the latter of which saw Darklight as his team’s captain.
After nearly two decades working onEVE Online,CCP Games was acquired byBlack Desert Onlinedeveloper Pearl Abyssin 2016. This acquisition occurred a month before its PC spin-off dogfighting shooterEVE: Valkyriewas released on the PlayStation 4.
The developer has continued to release in-game events and update its MMO in the years since, thoughsome changes have drawn backlash. However CCP Games is still very connected to its community of players, even advertising all the Twitch accounts of streamers taking part in the Raid-a-Thon that ended its “PLEX for Good” event.
AnotherEVE Onlineshooter spin-off calledProject Novawas in development back in 2017, but is currently not moving forward with its invite-only Alpha according to the page on CCP Games' website. It says CCP is in no hurry to release the game “until we’re satisfied it provides a rock-solid gameplay experience and visuals to match.”
In the meantime, pouring more development time intoEVE Onlinehas clearly helped foster a very positive community given how far players are willing to go to support people in need.
