EVE Frontier is an externally funded project at Fenris Creations, the studio formerly known as CCP Games. The studio completed a management buyout from Pearl Abyss in May 2026 and entered a research partnership with Google DeepMind.
EVE Frontier is an externally funded project at the studio formerly known as CCP Games. The studio completed a management buyout from parent company Pearl Abyss in May 2026 and rebranded as Fenris Creations. The new name carries mythological meaning, and CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson framed the rebrand around the cycle of destruction and creation.
The rebrand coincides with a research partnership and minority investment from Google DeepMind. Petursson positioned the deal as a deliberate move toward AI research, describing EVE Online as a uniquely difficult environment for AI systems. The independence and the DeepMind alliance are the context in which EVE Frontier is being built.
Petursson also reaffirmed the company's 2008 mission to create virtual worlds more meaningful than real life, saying the declaration was serious. In an interview during his first Japan visit in 10 years, he argued that real-world structures like laws and money are themselves a form of game design, which virtual worlds can aim to surpass.
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CCP Games, the studio behind EVE Online, has completed a management buyout from parent company Pearl Abyss and rebranded as Fenris Creations. The move coincides with a research partnership and minority investment from Google DeepMind. CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson discussed the independence, the new name's mythological meaning, and the externally funded project EVE Frontier in a recent interview.
CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson discussed the studio's May 2026 management buyout from Pearl Abyss, its rebranding as Fenris Creations, and a new AI research partnership with Google DeepMind. He also detailed the externally funded EVE Frontier project and the philosophy behind the company's new name.
Fenris Creations CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson reaffirmed the company's 2008 mission to create virtual worlds more meaningful than real life. In an interview during his first Japan visit in 10 years, he said the declaration was serious, arguing that real-world structures like laws and money are themselves a form of game design.