Eve Frontier is an ‘evil’ crypto spinoff of Eve Online its makers couldn’t shut down if they wanted to
Hilmar Pétursson is a veteran of making online games, and a veteran of doing things differently. A programmer by training and disruptor by inclination, he’s been with CCP Games, maker of the infamous space MMO Eve Online, since 2000, and has been the company’s CEO since 2004. He’s also your classic Icelandic Viking: tall, ruddy, red-headed, and jolly, with a strong glint of mischief in his eye.
Even Pétursson and CCP have rarely done things as differently as they’re attempting to with their next game. Eve Frontier looks superficially similar to its sister (or parent) game Eve Online: It’s an online spaceship game of battles, mining, and base-building. It takes place in a…
