EVE Frontier is open once again in the form of Free Remnant Access
Remnant Access gives you a free trial of EVE Frontier to enjoy from February 14th to February 24th. While providing feedback to contribute to the MMO’s ongoing development. Participation requires signing an NDA to access the closed alpha version of this web3 title on Windows and Mac.
Remnant Access is a trial period that gives anyone the chance to try out EVE Frontier for free for 10 days in closed alpha.
During this free trial, you can explore a massive universe while collecting resources and salvaging wreckages as you attempt to survive in an unforgiving world. Attempt to go solo or team up with other players and battle enemy factions. Work as a trader or become a master strategist and command your fleet to war. It’s up to you what you’d like to do in the lawless depths of space.
Playing during trial access will not give you any Founder Pack perks, nor any additional content or customization options. This is simply another free chance for anyone try out the web3 game and see what it’s like for themselves ahead of official launch. But as with any playtest, it’s also an important opportunity for the developers to get more constructive feedback. So if you want to help them develop an engaging blockchain gaming experience, your input matters here.
What’s new in EVE Frontier?
Aside from that publicly available info, I can’t really say much when it comes to gameplay. As everyone looking to play this early version of the game needs to sign an NDA, so you can’t share anything outside of certain Discord channels that can only be accessed by those who sign the NDA. But if you know how complex EVE Online is and you enjoy that, then you might like this blockchain-powered version as well. An official ‘first look’ video was published in early December last year, so that might be helpful to watch if you’re on the fence on jumping in yourself.
While no new gameplay additions were officially revealed. The gaming studio has announced their biggest engine update yet in the company’s entire history. They’ve decided to move over from the Stackless Python fork over to vanilla Python 3. Specifically, this means that the game now runs on Python 3.12. This has required them to make 4 million lines of Python code compatible with Python 3. Among other big modifications, including an upgrade of all their development tools and a larger rewrite of most of their network stack. In the official blog post, they describe this whole process as “replacing the engine while the car is running.” That’s probably the best way to sum this all up.
This playtest started on February 14th and will end on February 24th. Whether you missed out on previous phases or are a returning player, here’s how you can join in and experience this sci-fi MMO for a limited time.