CCP Games has made an exciting announcement regarding EVE Online. The massively multiplayer online role-playing game that released in 2003 is receiving a native macOS client. Testing for EVE Online on macOS begins in Q1 2021.
EVE Online is a unique game in that it is a player-driven persistent-world title. So much of EVE Online exists because of the players, and this macOS test will be the latest example, as it will be open to public testing when it begins. The exact date and details will arrive soon, according to the update provided by CCP Games.
The macOS client will allow native support for Big Sur and will be moved to Metal, Apple's processing framework that allows near-direct access to the GPU. This should allow the experience to be visually spectacular for macOS users. CCP Games is continuing to expand EVE Online in interesting and unique ways. Even beyond bringing the game to a new client and doing things in-game that are player-friendly, CCP and EVE Online has contributed to COVID-19 research, Guinness world records have been broken, and CCP Games recently launched The EVE Online Partnership Program.
EVE Online is one of the best free open-world games available. The player impact in the sci-fi space and open-world setting provides near-limitless possibilities. It is very impressive to see the game continue to evolve and be a presence in 2020, 17 years after it first launched. It will be exciting to see how it runs, as well as how it looks natively on macOS.
EVE Online is available on PC.