Google DeepMind has acquired a minority stake in CCP Games, the developer of space-based MMO Eve Online. The investment will enable Google's AI division to use Eve Online's virtual environment for training machine learning systems. Eve Online provides a complex, persistent universe with player-driven economies and social systems. This makes it suitable for testing AI algorithms in dynamic, large-scale environments. The collaboration represents a growing trend of using video games as testbeds for AI development. Games offer controlled yet rich environments for machine learning research. No financial details of the investment were disclosed. The partnership follows similar initiatives where game worlds have been used for AI training purposes.