Eve Online maker CCP Games takes a pass on NFTs in games

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Eve Online maker CCP Games announced today that it will not use non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in its games.

The Iceland-based game publisher said its goal is to have the Eve universe live on forever, and it expects to explore new technologies over time, as it has done in the past 19 years since Eve Online originally debuted as a sci-fi massively multiplayer online game. Hilmar Veigar Petursson, CEO of CCP, said in the post that the company has been following developments with blockchain and cryptocurrencies for a a few years and reviewed feedback from gamers. He said CCP believes blockchain tech has a lot of untapped potential, but that also it needs a lot of work.

“On that note, we have no plans to add blockchain technology into Eve Online’s global server Tranquility for the foreseeable future,” he said. “For the coming years, development for Tranquility will focus on building exciting new opportunities on top of the robust foundation that has been laid over the past two decades.”

He added, “While we remain intrigued by the technology, for us, NFT stands for “Not for Tranquility”. Overall, the EVE IP will continue to push the boundaries of digital economies and virtual worlds – and we will continue to explore that outside of TQ.” While many game companies are rushing into the blockchain and NFT gold rush, a number of gamers and game developers have also come out against using NFTs because there are a lot of gaps in the technology, and the existing games are scammy or crappy and otherwise not fit for triple-A gaming.

Here’s the full statement from CCP’s Petursson.

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