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CCP Games readies tests for blockchain game Project Awakening | Hilmar Veigar Pétursson interview


Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here.  During 2024, CCP Games will have multiple playtests for Project Awakening, a next-generation blockchain game set with the Eve Online universe. The next tests, dubbed Phase III, get underway on May 21 […]

CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson spoke with me about this recently as the latest effort to create virtual worlds more meaningful than real life. Apply to speak here As a single-shard survival experience, Project Awakening is set in the dark expanse of space where civilization has decayed in the ruin of its own ambition. As part of the playtest in May, an online hackathon will enable builders to showcase their ideas to CCP, with the winning teams given the opportunity to visit the studio headquarters in Iceland.

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