With its single-server structure,
EVE Online is home to over 330,000 pilots, all playing in the same instance of the game universe. As subscriber numbers rise,
EVE continues to set new records for the number of players simultaneously online in a single 3D game world. Records tend to be broken in the days leading up to or following a big expansion, usually during EVE's peak activity on Sunday evenings. The
previous record of 56,021 set following the Dominion expansion was beaten yesterday with
a peak concurrent user total of 60,453.
The high active subscriber levels we're currently seeing can be attributed to both the buzz caused by
EVE's
eighth alliance tournament and the newly released
Tyrannis expansion. The main feature of
Tyrannis goes live tomorrow, when the command centres required for planetary interaction will be seeded on the market. With two more weekends of the alliance tournament to go and
the imminent Tyrannis land grab, we're sure to see this new record pushed even further in the weeks to come.
