EVE Online is an MMORPG set in the galaxy of New Eden, where alliances – comprised of thousands of real-life players – use spaceships to battle for supremacy. We’ve included a brief primer on the EVE experience, but if you’re familiar with it already and just want to skip to the main event click here. Update: a battle this week (December 30, 2020) has added an estimated $180,000 USD to that tally, bringing the total IRL value of destroyed starships to nearly $1 Million. For the past five months, its community of more than 300,000 players finds themselves embroiled in a war that’s sent its entire galaxy into disarray and has (so far) caused nearly $700,000USD in digital property damage. Now, it’s likely another book will be needed just for what EVE has experienced in 2020.
