Eve Valkyrie

• Title — Eve: Valkyrie • Developer — CCP Games • Publisher — CCP Games Oculus VR • Producer — Owen O'Brien • Series — Eve Online • Engine — Unreal Engine 4 • Platforms — Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 • Released — * Microsoft Windows • 28 March 2016 • PlayStation 4 • 13 October 2016 • Genre — * Vehicular combat • first-person shooter • Modes — Multiplayer

In Eve: Valkyrie, players assumed the identity of a cloned ace pilot, with the pilot ostensibly remembering previous deaths and failures. One of the central characters of the plot, Rán Kavik, is voiced by Katee Sackhoff. The game allowed single-player mode for the tutorials and several "exploratory" levels, although as of September 2016, the game was primarily focused on PvP (player versus player) dogfighting matches. After the opening missions, Valkyrie splits into two game mode options: Chronicles could be played in single player, while Combat allowed eight by eight combat PvP missions. In June 2016, a "trench" fighter pilot feature was added as part of a free patch with new gameplay. The new Carrier Assault game mode with the update featured three gameplay stages, the final of which features a "Star-Wars-like trench run" into the center of a ship. Among other changes with the patch were "Boost Gates" that increase speed when flown through, a new "Crossroads multiplayer map", new game modes, and a new bonus feature awarded to each player at the end of matches. The main menu was also revised, with an additional new "tactical" menu added showing all actives players and their stats during multiplayer matches. As of September 2016, the game was only available to players with the Oculus Rift headset through PC, and players with the PSVR headset, on PlayStation, although CCP has announced the game will allow cross-platform play with other upcoming systems.

During development, it was called EVE-VR while still a tech demo. Eve: Valkyrie was initially a demo put together by several CCP developers as a side project in their free time, with the demo then shown at EVE Fanfest in late April 2013. While the game was undergoing early development in October 2013, CCP asserted they were "thinking about" adding a single-player campaign to EVE: Valkyrie. At the time, the demo was only multiplayer and focused largely on dogfighting. While the game console or operating system for the game was initially left unannounced, in February 2014 CCP announced that Eve: Valkyrie was being developed for exclusive use on Microsoft Windows with the then unreleased Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. In May 2014, CCP announced that the game would utilize the Unreal Engine 4, moving on from the Unity engine. The source code for the original demo, according to developers, had been entirely rewritten by a team of 24 to work with the new engine. By that time, it had also been announced that beyond Windows PC, the game would also be compatible with Sony's Project Morpheus (now titled PlayStation VR) on the PlayStation 4, with the game to be ready by the start of 2015, but the launch date held off to coincide with the retail version of the Oculus Rift. On March 19, 2015, CCP announced that Eve: Valkyrie had been opened for its pre-alpha testing phase, which was invite-only to players. At the time, CCP also confirmed that game would be a launch title for both Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR, with no firm release dates set for either version. The versions were confirmed to be similar, but would not allow cross-platform play for players using different hardware.

Eve: Valkyrie was launched for Microsoft Windows on March 28, 2016, serving as a launch title for Facebook's Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, with the game coming bundled with every pre-order of the device. On April 5, 2016 CCP Games announced that the game will get support for the HTC Vive in 2016. In March 2014, CCP announced they plan to enable cross-platform play between the three major VR systems: the Oculus Rift, the HTC Vive, and the PlayStation VR, with the latter two versions unreleased at the time. A version for Sony's PlayStation VR was expected to launch in October 2016, with the date set for October 13. As of September 2016, the game was shipped for free with every version of the Rift Consumer Version 1 kit for Oculus Rift. On September 26, 2017, CCP released Eve: Valkyrie - Warzone on PC and PlayStation 4, removing the VR requirement and allowing for cross-platform multiplayer. In October 2017, CCP ceased all VR development for Eve: Valkyrie and other VR projects. As of August 5, 2022, CCP officially turned off all servers for the game making the game unplayable.