In Brief:
- CCP Games is running a free trial for EVE Frontier from April 1 to 13, dropping the Founder Access requirement for the first time.
- The trial coincides with Cycle 5: Shroud of Fear, which adds player-driven clone production, persistent Orbital Zones and dynamic Feral AI.
- Players earn Grace through missions, combat and cooperation to climb individual and Tribe leaderboards; retaining Grace after the cycle requires Founder Access.
CCP Games opened EVE Frontier to free players today. The two-week trial runs through April 13 and lets anyone register as a “Remnant” to download the PC and Mac client and jump in.
The window lands during Cycle 5, dubbed Shroud of Fear, which is the game’s latest content update. It introduces a clone production system called Shells, where skills are embedded into clones and permanently lost on death. The update also brings persistent Orbital Zones, dynamic Feral AI encounters and expanded base building and defense options.
How progression works
Players earn a currency called Grace through missions, combat and cooperation. Grace drives both individual and Tribe leaderboard rankings during the cycle. There’s a catch for free players: retaining Grace after the cycle ends requires Founder Access.
What EVE Frontier is
For those who haven’t been tracking it, EVE Frontier is CCP’s in-development space survival game, separate from EVE Online. Players wake as Riders, clones with no memory, in a hostile galaxy shaped entirely by player activity. The game runs on a risk-and-consequence loop where traversal, combat and base building all carry real stakes.
CCP, headquartered in Reykjavik with studios in London and Shanghai, has been running EVE Frontier through numbered test cycles. A full FAQ is available at evefrontier.com/faq.
