EVE Online is now free to play

[Jamie McKane]

EVE Online is now free to play

EVE Online has released its latest expansion, allowing gamers to play for free.

[StaggerLee]

Can anyone give me an indication of the size of the client download?

[GregRedd]

Client only through Steam is tiny:


Full download off the EVE Support page indicates +7GB though:

If you want to download EVE on Windows in full up front, download the following file in addition to the installer above and place it in the same folder as the installer before running it. The installer will then extract the full set of resources for EVE from that file into the shared cache. Please have in mind that this file can be +7GB large.

This might be useful for players who wish to download the game on a different network connection from the one they play on.

[StaggerLee]

Thanks Greg.

[czc]

Client only through Steam is tiny:


Full download off the EVE Support page indicates +7GB though:

I hate when they don't do the full download on steam. Last I remember you couldn't pause their downloader.