EVE Online Achieves New Concurrent User Record (PC)

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Iceland-based CCP has seen its virtual universe reach a new concurrent users milestone. Over 45,000 players were online at the same time.

by James Brightman on Monday, January 05, 2009

Representatives for CCP's MMO EVE Online noted on the game's official blog today that it's reached a new peak concurrent user milestone of 45,186 players.

"While we've made tremendous serverside changes in the EVE Online infrastructure with the EVE64 and StacklessIO initiatives, it is truly a testament to our loyal fans that 5 years into EVE's existence we are still breaking records and more people are flying in New Eden than ever before," commented CCP.

EVE Online is unique in that it features a real in-game economy, overseen by economist Dr. Eyjolfur Gudmundsson, and a democratically-elected representative council of players. Gudmundsson wrote about the impact of a real-world economy on CCP's virtual world in this special My Turn piece.

EVE Online has more than 240,000 active subscriptions.