CCP Games Launches ‘EVE Online: Legion’ Major Update and Unveils ‘Operation Nemesis,’ The First Cross-Title EVE Universe World Event

September 2025

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REYKJAVÍK, Iceland – September 9, 2025 – Today, CCP Games launched a major update to EVE Online: Legion, the latest expansion for its iconic spaceship MMO, EVE Online. This update introduces significant changes to deepen fleet warfare, expands freelance jobs, and more, all shaped directly by feedback from Capsuleers. It embodies EVE’s hallmark of emergent gameplay, giving players fresh ways to express creativity, adapt strategies, and ensure New Eden remains a vibrant, ever-evolving sandbox.

CCP Games also set the stage for Operation Nemesis. In this first-ever EVE Universe world event, EVE Vanguard Warclones can have a lasting impact on EVE Online’s player-driven economy, strengthening the connection of ground-to-space play between the two games. Operation Nemesis kicks off at 11:00 UTC on September 16 and lasts through 11:00 UTC on October 2, 2025. Players who want to participate in Operation Nemesis can access the event through the EVE launcher, downloaded from the EVE Online website, Steam, Epic Games Store, or the EVE Vanguard website. More information about Operation Nemesis and EVE Vanguard can be found in the recent Director’s Letter for the event.

“The updates to EVE Online: Legion are a direct reflection of the incredible feedback and ideas we received from players and the Council of Stellar Management following the expansion’s release in May,” said Greg Hennessey, Game Design Director for EVE Online at CCP Games. “EVE has always been about building a universe together, and with this major update to the Legion expansion, we’re delivering enhancements that players have been asking for while also laying the foundation for our long-term vision of ‘EVE Forever.’ These refinements are designed to reward the passion, investment, and creativity of our community, ensuring that New Eden continues to thrive for years to come.”

“With the Legion major update and Operation Nemesis, we’re bringing space and ground closer together than ever before,” said Bergur Finnbogason, Creative Director at CCP Games. “Together, the Legion major update and Operation Nemesis mark the next leap in our vision for a fully interconnected EVE Universe. Capsuleers and Warclones alike will shape New Eden’s future, as these updates deliver a new era of consequence across both EVE Online and EVE Vanguard.”

EVE Online: Legion updates include:

Sweeping ship balance changes and improvements to broad areas of the game. Underutilized ships have been revitalized, armor-focused vessels have been strengthened, and the overall combat landscape has been rebalanced to expand player choice and shake up long-standing strategies.
Deeper exploration with the arrival of new and more frequent wormhole connections, alongside several quality-of-life upgrades for those who thrive on venturing into the unknown. The ESS (Encounter Surveillance System) also undergoes a significant overhaul, breathing new life into small-scale gameplay and offering fresh opportunities for mastery.
The Freelance system expands with the daring new “Destroy Capsuleer” project type. Combined with ESI support, this opens the door to player-made bounty boards and mercenary-style contracts.
Major quality of life improvements, including a free time-limited character resculpt token for better player expression, and changing the minimum requirements to join the Angel Cartel and Guristas pirate factions.

Operation Nemesis is a joint PvE operation tasked to EVE Vanguard’s Warclones and EVE Online’s Capsuleers to uncover valuable secrets hidden across New Eden. Connecting two games and realizing a sci-fi combined arms fantasy is only possible in the EVE Universe. It’s also the first time a direct economic connection has been established between EVE Online and EVE Vanguard, which can have lasting impacts across New Eden’s player-run corporations.

Operation Nemesis Key Features:

In EVE Vanguard, Warclones set out complete assignments and faction expeditions while planetside. Completing assignments as a Vanguard Warclone reveals high-value convoys in highsec, lowsec, and nullsec space in EVE Online.
As convoys are revealed, EVE Online Capsuleers can move to intercept them and earn valuable resources to gain the upper hand against rival factions in New Eden.
Completing faction expeditions and tracking convoys is no easy task; players must disable Upwell defenses and push back Mordu’s Legion to complete their missions.
EVE Online Capsuleers within five jumps from a convoy’s spawn are alerted to its location, creating a high-stakes race on who can intercept and loot its contents first.

In Operation Nemesis, EVE Online players can earn SKINs, Trade Tokens, implants, and even the possibility of PLEX (EVE Online’s premium currency) as rewards for raiding convoys.

To learn more about EVE Online: Legion’s major update, head over to EVE News: Legion Major Update. Press assets for the Legion expansion can be found in the press kit.

Play EVE Online free at eveonline.com. Learn more about EVE Vanguard at evevanguard.com.

About EVE Online®

EVE Online (PC/Mac) is a compelling, community-driven sci-fi MMO game where players can build and pilot a wide variety of spaceships, traverse vast solar systems for free, and choose their own path from countless options, experiencing space exploration, immense PvP and PvE battles, mining, industry, and a sophisticated player economy in an ever-expanding sandbox. EVE is a captivating game in which hundreds of thousands of players compete for riches, power, glory, and adventure, forging their own destinies in a single thriving universe.

About EVE Vanguard®

EVE Vanguard is an upcoming sandbox MMOFPS for PC, where players directly impact the biggest war in gaming. As an immortal warclone, descend onto the surface of hostile worlds to complete hazardous contracts, equipping adaptive weaponry to counter emergent threats. Set your own goals and play your way in a persistent, ever-evolving universe — joining thousands of others in a fight to dominate the vast star cluster of New Eden, 21,000 years in the far future. Currently in early development, players can access EVE Vanguard and deploy to the battleground directly from the EVE launcher on PC.

About CCP Games

CCP is a leading, independently operated game developer that has been praised for its artistry, technology and game design that facilitates emergent behavior, empowering players with compelling means of self-expression. Founded in 1997 on the principle of pushing the envelope and breaking new ground on all levels, CCP is on a mission to create virtual worlds more meaningful than real life. With the launch of EVE Online in May 2003, CCP established itself as a pioneer of cutting-edge massively multiplayer games, winning numerous awards and receiving critical acclaim worldwide. CCP is headquartered in Reykjavik, Iceland, and has additional studios in London and Shanghai.

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