Overview
- Fenris Creations, the studio formerly known as CCP Games, announced Wednesday that management bought the company for $120 million and restored its independence.
- Google DeepMind took a minority stake and will run a controlled, offline version of EVE Online to test AI models that focus on long‑horizon planning, memory, and continual learning.
- Fenris said there are no layoffs or restructuring, the headquarters stays in Iceland, and teams in Reykjavík, London, and Shanghai continue work on EVE Online and related projects.
- The company reported more than $70 million in 2025 revenue, including a record November, and said more details on the research program will be shared at EVE Fanfest 2026.
- Pearl Abyss bought CCP in 2018, widely reported at around $425 million, and has now sold the studio back to its leadership, while the live EVE servers remain unaffected by the AI experiments.