Eve Online's Lifeblood Expansion Launches

CCP Games released the Lifeblood expansion for their sci-fi MMORPG Eve Online today. As with all previous Eve expansions, Lifeblood is available for free to all players. The expansion makes big changes to resource gathering which is one of the key components of Eve. Check out the changes below:

  • New players and veterans alike can more easily find purpose and wealth through rebalanced frigates, destroyers and cruisers, by participating in short-session cooperative gameplay in the Resource Wars, and by consulting a new tool called The Agency—a accessible scan of all nearby PvE opportunities.
  • Moon Mining is now a much more active and collaborative endeavor, providing varied gameplay for an exponential amount of players on all sides—whether miners or combatants, defenders or aggressors
  • More high-level challenges have risen in the sudden appearance of Guristas Shipyards and their brand-new capital class vessels—the Caiman, Loggerhead and Komodo
  • EVE’s commitment to its players continues in dozens of other Lifeblood additions and changes like the new Mining Ledger and Wagers on Duels
EVE Online: Lifeblood Feature Tour

Despite Eve Online's age (released in 2003), the game still maintains a sizable playerbase. The game's main Tranquility mega server averages about 20,000 concurrent players.