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Official VR Support Heading To ‘Microsoft Flight Sim’ This December

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During a live Q&A hosted on Twitch this past week, developer Asobo Studio confirmed that full VR support will be exiting closed beta and arriving on all PC VR headsets, including the HTC Vive, Oculus, Valve Index, and Windows Mixed Reality, this December as part of the free “Sim Update 2.” Image Credit: Microsoft.

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CCP to Shelve VR as It Shutters Atlanta Office, Sells Branch Behind ‘EVE: Valkryie’ in Newcastle

Road to VR

According to a report by Icelandic publication MBL , CCP is shelving virtual reality as it closes its Atlanta location and sells its Newcastle office, two important VR branches that produced Sparc (2017) and EVE: Valkyrie (2016). The Atlanta studio was best known for Sparc , the PSVR sports game that launched in August.

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CCP Shuffles EVE: Valkyrie Senior Programmer to Work on “cutting-edge VR” in Atlanta

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

The post CCP Shuffles EVE: Valkyrie Senior Programmer to Work on “cutting-edge VR” in Atlanta appeared first on UploadVR. Sigurður ‘Siggi’ Gunnarsson is one of the most recognisable figures behind CCP Games’ flagship VR multiplayer game, EVE: Valkyrie , but he’s no longer working on it.

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Play VR Sport ‘SPARC’ for Free on Rift This Weekend

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Sparc (2017) , the VR sport from EVE Online developers CCP Games , is hosting a free weekend for Rift players on Oculus Home. Sparc, which features multiplayer game modes, as well as single player challenges and training modes, was later released on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift with crossplay last November.

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Play Space Dogfighter ‘EVE: Valkyrie’ on Rift for Free This Weekend

Road to VR

EVE: Valkyrie (2016), the space dogfighter originally developed by CCP Games , just opened up its free weekend, which gives anyone with an Oculus Rift an all-access pass to play for the next few days. SEE ALSO CCP to Shelve VR as It Shutters Atlanta Office, Sells Branch Behind 'EVE: Valkryie' in Newcastle.

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CCP Games CEO: “We expected VR to be two to three times as big”

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CCP Games , the Icelandic studio known for their long-running MMO Eve: Online (2003) , shuttered their VR production studios in a surprise move last year, selling off their Newcastle-based branch behind their multiplayer space dogfighter EVE: Valkyrie (2016), and completely shutting down their Atlanta studio behind sports game Sparc (2017).

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‘EVE: Valkyrie’ Winter Update Adds Custom Matches, Spectator Mode & New Map

Road to VR

Launched today across all platforms including PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive comes the Winter Update which includes custom matches, spectator mode, a new map, and support for TrackIR and Tobii for non-VR players. SEE ALSO CCP to Shelve VR as It Shutters Atlanta Office, Sells Branch Behind 'EVE: Valkryie' in Newcastle.

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