Playable Worlds Raises Over $25M Series B With Strategic Investment from Kakao Games

Playable Worlds concept art.

BITKRAFT Ventures, Galaxy Interactive, Lilith Games and Gaingels join round to drive development of cloud-native tech and sandbox MMO game, led by Raph Koster and Eric Goldberg

SAN MARCOS, Calif. – April 20, 2022 – Playable Worlds announced today that it has secured over $25 million in Series B funding, led by Korean video game publisher Kakao Games Corp., a subsidiary of Kakao, and with participation from return investors BITKRAFT Ventures and Galaxy Interactive. New investors Lilith Games and Gaingels also joined the round, which follows a $10 million Series A in 2020. This strategic investment will be used to drive Playable Worlds’ talent recruitment and fund its cloud-native sandbox MMO game currently in development.

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CCP Games partners with BBC Studios for EVE Online x Doctor Who Crossover Event

Warp into New Eden on January 13 and challenge Doctor Who’s DALEKS in the first major cross IP collaboration in EVE Online history  

REYKJAVÍK – January 4, 2022 – CCP Games and BBC Studios have joined forces for EVE Online x Doctor Who, an original crossover event between the beloved action-adventure series Doctor Who and the free-to-play deep space-faring MMO EVE Online. Universes will collide as Capsuleers and Whovians face the Daleks together in massive space battles in EVE Online x Doctor Who starting 13 January until 1 February.

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DARK HORSE COMICS TO CONTINUE PARTNERSHIP WITH EVE ONLINE

Four-issue Digital Arc Launches December 1

MILWAUKIE, Ore., (December, 2021), In 2014, Dark Horse Comics and CCP Games brought to life new stories from the world of EVE Online for fans across the globe to enjoy. Now, Dark Horse is pleased to continue that partnership with EVE Online: Capsuleer Chronicles new four-issue miniseries from the universe of EVE, launching digitally on December 1, 2021.

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Gate is Green: EVE Fanfest Returns to Iceland in 2022

CCP Games works to create a COVID-19 safe event in the city of Reykjavik, tickets on sale now

REYKJAVÍK – November 4, 2021 – CCP Games today announced that EVE Fanfest will return to Reykjavík, Iceland on May 5 – 8, 2022. The first in-person EVE convention to take place since the EVE Invasion World Tour in 2019, EVE Fanfest 2022 is going back to its roots and will be held at the iconic Laugardalshöll Sport Center, home to classic Fanfests as well as this year’s League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational and Championship. Early Bird tickets are available now at a discounted price of $150 USD until sold out. Afterward, standard tickets will be available for $295 USD.

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EVE Online Now Available Natively On Mac

The flagship MMORPG from CCP Games is one of the first games optimized for the powerful performance of the M1 chip for Mac

REYKJAVÍK – October 13th, 2021 – CCP Games today announced that EVE Online, the hit sci-fi spaceship MMO enjoyed by more than 24 million players, is now available natively on Mac. Mac users can download the deep spacefaring MMO game for free and join a growing community of interstellar pioneers in the vast star cluster of New Eden.

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EVE Online Now Available on the Epic Games Store

In 18 years of rigorous growth, EVE Online has welcomed more than 24 million pilots who have destroyed more than 91 million ships across New Eden

REYKJAVÍK – September 23rd, 2021 – CCP Games today announced that EVE Online, the deep spacefaring MMO, is now available on the Epic Games Store. Epic users can warp into EVE Online for free and join the growing community enjoying unrivaled freedom to forge their own path in the vast star cluster of New Eden. 

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CCP Games Unveils EVE Academy, a Resource Hub Dedicated to Helping Players Find a Career Path in EVE Online

The living website offers insightful videos, guides, and articles to help Capsuleers embark on their intergalactic journey after completing the tutorial

Reykjavík, Iceland – June 13, 2021 – Today, CCP Games – creator of the player-driven spacefaring MMO EVE Online – officially launched EVE Academy, a resource website designed to assist new players forge their own path in New Eden after completing the game’s tutorial. EVE Academy houses key information about the MMO’s available career paths in one easily navigable location. It is localized in English, German, Russian, French, and Japanese, which are languages natively supported in EVE Online.

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Pearl Abyss Doubles Down on Its Western Expansion with Pearl Abyss America and Pearl Abyss Europe

Manhattan Beach, California, 4 June 2021 — Pearl Abyss, a leading South Korean game developer and publisher, announced it has opened a new office in Amsterdam and expanded its Manhattan Beach office in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. The company is best known for its highly successful Black Desert franchise which has attracted over 40 million players and generated over 2 billion dollars in lifetime revenue.

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