Fenris Creations
Icelandic video game developer and publisher
Fenris Creations (originally Loki and formerly known as CCP Games which was short for Crowd Control Productions), is an Icelandic video game developer based in Reykjavík. Novator Partners and General Catalyst had previously collectively owned a majority stake in the company, and in September 2018, CCP was acquired by South Korean video game publisher Pearl Abyss for US$225 million. It was sold back to its management on 1 May 2026, for US$120 million. Fenris Creations is best known for developing Eve Online, which was released in 2003 and has since been maintained.
History
Fenris Creations was founded in June 1997 under the name Loki margmiðlun (e. Loki multimedia), first renamed to CCP in 1999, after releasing their first non-video-game product, by Reynir Harðarson, Þórólfur Beck Kristjónsson and Ívar Kristjánsson for the purpose of making MMORPGs. Harðarson was working at a metaverse company called OZ Interactive who had developed an engine for distributed 3D simulations over the internet, but not for gaming. Wanting to use the technology to build MMOs, Harðarson left OZ to found Loki/CCP with Beck and Kristjánsson, bringing over key people, including Hilmar Veigar Pétursson in 2000 who became CEO in 2004 and creative director Torfi Frans Ólafsson.
The former name "CCP" of the studio was short for "Crowd Control Productions". To finance the initial development of Eve Online, CCP Games developed and published a board game, called Hættuspil ("Danger Game").
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