EVE: Valkyrie Becomes Oculus Rift Launch Title

Yeah, count me in.

yepp as ocolous rift is not going to support consols at launch atleast (as for the info we have now)

Love that they dropped Below the Asteroids at the very end.

Not only this makes me even more interested in the Rift, that small clip of Eve music at the end made me grab my purse and almost re-activate the Eve subscription. The music in that game is spot on for the setting and the mood.

This is quite an interesting announcement/reconfirmation, because the last we had heard from CCP (two months after announcing in August that it was going to be a 2014 release) was this:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/10/24/very-odd-ccp-refuses-to-confirm-eve-valkyrie-on-pc/

From Gamesradar: “No, we’re not necessarily [basing our launch on when Oculus comes out],” Reid said. “While we can’t get into details here, there are other platforms that are available. It is technically possible to run this game without a Rift. There’s a whole bunch of different things out on the market right now.”

CCP doesn't seem to do the coy "we're not talking about that right now", and it's to their credit sometimes....

Does look rather promising in this brief teaser.

its not a space sim, they have already said its a arcade flight combat games. does not look like you will be pulling out your flight sticks.

Is it too much to hope some version of this makes it consoles? Is it?

I probably would never play EVE Online due to the sheer amount of complexity and time it takes to learn (I don't have THAT much free time), however I would absolutely play this!

We can only dream.

awesome!

Good god I want an Oculus Rift so effing badly.

I know I didn't see much, but man.

I like what I saw.

I've been waiting for a new hot sexy space combat sim since Freelancer... now I get Valkyrie and Star Citizen back to back and both in full VR. Words cannot express how erect I am.

I am excite! I really hope we get to play it this year.

Pretty pumped that this is now a launch title. One of the things I've been looking forward to playing the most whenever the Rift consumer version hits shelves.

Can't. Wait.

@dannyhibiki: My thoughts exactly! There is a new Japanese VR accessory that seems to be combining a hose and a sewage filtering system that will keep you going without having to get up for going to the toilet.

Prepare to be smartbombed..

As someone who has tried this more than once.

It is the most amazing experience i've had as a gamer in my entire life.. Its fucking amazing.

As someone who had no real expectations for DUST 514 and was still disappointed by it, I'm worried that this is exciting me.

I may never play this, but I'm really excited that it's out there.

If Valkyrie comes even close to living up to its promise, it'll be enough to get to me to fork out for a Rift.

I did like DUST, but, yes, this looks way more interesting in every regard, and the EVE soundtrack is fucking amazing (DUST did have a great soundtrack during the beta too, for some reason they took it out at launch. Fuck the contemporary game convention that there shouldn't be any music during gameplay).

EVE and Star Citizen here we come!

Ever since I heard of that VR headset that doesn't use screens I've steadily become less interested in the OR because it sounds like a lot of the problems can be eradicated from removing screens from the process all together.

So, the launch title for OR is a high-end space simulator?

Sign me in, Oculus. Hopefully you will not have as waiting for long...

Nice!

Awesome. CCP bringing us that much closer to a dystopian cyberpunk future where malnourished VR junkies are mercenary dog fighters paid in bitcoin.

Wait and see. Have some hope.

Already sounds more interesting than DUST. Also, heck yeah Below the Asteroids !

So VR Space Fighter in teh EVE system. Sign me up!