Threats, bribes, and corporate espionage down the rabbit hole of EVE Onlines metaverse

From USA Today: “CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson is sitting in his office in Iceland one day when the phone rings its a call from a foreign embassy. Someone from our country has a problem with your game, the voice on the other end of the line explains.

People are always having problems in EVE Online, a spaceship sim where corporate espionage and heists are as commonplace as star systems. But this feels different, and theres something menacing about the tone of the conversation.

I say, Okay, well, people have problems all the time. What kind of problem? Pétursson recalls.

The caller gives him a vague explanation, Pétursson says he cant help, and the call ends. Shortly after, the phone rings again.

The problem with the game? the voice says. Its a big problem. This person their father is very powerful.”

source: gamezpot.com