EVE Online is set in outer space, in a distant future where humanity has migrated to a distant galaxy called New Eden, located far away from Earth and the Milky Way. Mankind has separated into different factions, and each spacefaring race vies for control of resources and technology. Billed as the ultimate "sandbox" game, EVE Online enables you to do whatever you'd like, from running courier missions to being a space pirate, commanding a fleet of war vessels or being a captain of industry.

The Mac OS X version of EVE Online debuted in late 2007, about the same time as the release of EVE's Trinity expansion pack, which incorporated new graphics support that upped the graphics quality of the game. Mac support of "Premium" graphics was promised, and was ultimately delayed while CCP Games and its Mac development partner, TransGaming, addressed numerous underpinning issues. eve isk The release of Apocrypha