Skip to main content

'EVE Valkyrie,' an Oculus Rift dogfighting game by the makers of 'EVE Online,' coming in 2014

'EVE Valkyrie,' an Oculus Rift dogfighting game by the makers of 'EVE Online,' coming in 2014

Share this story

via puu.sh
via puu.sh

Oculus Rift tech demo EVRwhich wowed us at E3 with its multiplayer space dogfights, is on its way to becoming a full game. This morning, EVE Online creator CCP released a trailer for EVE Valkyrie, the new name of EVR or EVE-VR, promising a 2014 release date. The teaser below shows off the game's 360-degree virtual reality combat, which looks much like what we've seen before in EVR, and more details will be announced later this year.

EVR was originally a small project meant to explore the Oculus Rift's capabilities, but its favorable reception has spurred CCP into putting more resources into a full version. At E3, the demo was fairly small and multiplayer-only. Currently, it's not absolutely clear whether EVE Valkyrie will support non-VR play, though it seems likely — betting on a large Oculus Rift user base by next year is a risky proposition. CCP also remains equivocal about whether a single-player campaign is coming, telling IGN that "we're not ready to talk about that yet."