EVE Online dev pays out $80,000 to mod contest winners for its experimental survival MMO
CCP Games has awarded $80,000 to winners of a hackathon for modding its blockchain-based survival MMO, EVE Frontier. The top prize of $25,000 went to CradleOS for an in-game civilization-building tool, with the remainder distributed among other contestants. The game emphasizes server-side modding at runtime, allowing players to create and share mods without leaving the game client.
- ▪CCP Games hosted a hackathon for its experimental survival MMO, EVE Frontier, awarding $80,000 in total to mod developers.
- ▪The winning mod, CradleOS, received $25,000 for enabling in-game civilization-building functionality.
- ▪EVE Frontier supports real-time, server-side modding, allowing immediate sharing of player-created content without client restarts.
- ▪The game uses a blockchain backend to facilitate seamless deployment and integration of user-generated mods.
- ▪Previous hackathon entries included a 4X-style minigame and a port of Doom running on an in-game Smart Assembly station.
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Games MMO EVE Online dev pays out $80,000 to mod contest winners for its experimental survival MMO News By Ted Litchfield published 30 April 2026 EVE Frontier is a game for true sickos. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: CCP Games) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter EVE Online developer CCP Games has announced the winners of its latest hackathon to build mods and third party tools for its blockchain-based survival MMO, EVE Frontier.
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