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EVE Online Studio CCP Has Secured $40 Million Funding Led by a16z

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CCP Games, the Icelandic video game developer known for EVE Online, announced that it has secured $40 million in financing led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Makers Fund, BITKRAFT, Kingsway Capital, HASHED, Nexon, and additional participants.

The funds will be used to create a new AAA game within the EVE Universe that will utilize blockchain technology.

“Since its inception, CCP Games’ vision has been to create virtual worlds more meaningful than real life. Now, with advancements made within blockchain, we can forge a new universe deeply imbued with our expertise in player agency and autonomy, empowering players to engage in new ways. This financing has marked an exciting frontier in our studio history as we begin our third decade of virtual world operations. We are humbled by the confidence from our partners in the development of this new title.”  CCP Games CEO, Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, said in the statement.

Source: https://www.projectawakening.io/

Alongside independent financing, this new title’s production is separate from current and previously disclosed projects, including EVE Online, which is now in its landmark 20th year.

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