Storyline

Set more than 21,000 years in the future, the background story of Eve Online explains that humanity, having used up most of Earth's resources through centuries of explosive population growth, began colonizing the rest of the Milky Way. As on Earth, this expansion also led to competition and fighting over available resources, but everything changed with the discovery of a natural wormhole leading to an unexplored galaxy subsequently dubbed "New Eden." Dozens of colonies were founded, and a structure, a gate of sorts (which bears the inscription "EVE" on the New Eden side), was built to stabilize the wormhole that linked the colonies of New Eden with the rest of human civilization. However, when the wormhole unexpectedly collapsed, it destroyed the gate as well as the connection between the colonies of New Eden and the Milky Way. Cut off from the rest of humanity and supplies from Earth, the colonies of New Eden were left starving and disconnected from one another; many died out entirely. Over the millennia the descendants of the surviving colonists managed to rebuild their own societies, but by this time the memories and knowledge of humanity's origins, of Earth and the Milky Way galaxy, as well as the history of the settling of New Eden, was lost; what little information that survived transmission over the generations was misunderstood, lost in translation, and/or consigned to mythology. Five major distinct societies rose to prominence from the surviving colonies, each growing into interstellar spaceflight-capable civilizations. The states based around these societies make up the five major factions in Eve Online: the Amarr Empire, the Caldari State, the Gallente Federation, the Minmatar Republic and the Jove Directorate.

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy

Platforms

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game Modes

Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Player Perspectives

First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Companies

CCP Games

Themes

Action, Science fiction, Open world

Keywords

space simulation, cyberpunk, grinding, crafting, death, spaceship, flight, management, space battle, steam, espionage, online, steam trading cards, capitalism, economy, mining, cross-platform multiplayer, digital distribution, pre-release public testing, leveling up, polygonal 3d, character creation, black market, player vs player, player vs environment, steam play, never-ending, planet, griefing, ancient advanced civilization technology, scorpion, pax east 2013, persistent world, graphics overhaul, supply and demand, armageddon, classless mmo, wormhole, pay-to-play, kill quest, pax prime 2010, multi-monitor support, play-to-play, game developers choice awards 2011, pax 2009, in-app purchases

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