It looks like 2010 is already shaping up to be a great year for EVE Online. According to a new status message on the game's Facebook page, CCP hit a new peak concurrent user record of 54,446 players on Sunday.

The previous record for most players logged into the game at the same time was 54,181 on Dec. 6. The new record may only be an increase of 265 players, but it demonstrates that EVE Online is still going strong more than six years after its launch.