CCP Games Hires Economist for Eve Frontier’s Economy

CCP Games is well-known for aiming to give Eve Online and its spinoffs as much verisimilitude as feasible for a space-themed MMORPG. In this pursuit, they spend significant resources on establishing the game’s economy and nudging players to collaborate in constructing the most expansive and advanced fleets, bases, and other structures, all in the name of accumulating more ISK. However, they are not obliged to work together. Players can also employ a bit of cunning to outsmart and overthrow other players and corporations to climb the ladder of wealth and power.

What this all signifies is that Eve’s design heavily incorporates its economy, and CCP invests a lot of effort to keep it mirroring reality as much as possible. Consequently, it may come as no surprise to learn that the company recruited a former economist from the Central Bank of Iceland to supervise the monetary mechanics in Eve Frontier.

Stefán Þórarinsson joins the Eve universe, contributing his proficiency in macroeconomic evaluation, monetary policy development, and understanding of market trends. His role will be to carry forward the work initiated by Eve Online’s Lead Economist Dr. Eyjólfur Guðmundsson in Eve Frontier.

CCP also recently unveiled the first revision to the Frontier Economic Policy. This update discusses numerous facets of the game economy, like inflation, trading dynamics, etc. An exhaustive description of the update can be scrutinized on CCP Games’ website. The Eve Frontier developer video below furnishes additional details.