EVE Online Devs Reveal First-Person Oculus Rift Space Dogfight Game

Posted by Ben Huber on Apr 27, 2013 in Videogames

Now that’s a mouthful! At the EVE Online Fanfast this year, the EVE Online developers showed off their latest creation: a space dogfighting game. The kicker? It’s viewed in first-person via the Oculus Rift, so it feels like you’re actually piloting the ship. This isn’t a full game yet, and the creators aren’t even sure when or if they’ll release it, as it was created as a fun side-project in just 7 weeks. Still, they set it up at the convention and showed it off, so hopefully they have aspirations to get it to the public one day. Penny Arcade Report has a longer write-up of the game, and below the jump is some video. It looks great! I’m just going to continue waiting patiently for my Rift to arrive. Read more…

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EVE Online Going Through Massive Online War to Alter Economy

Posted by Ben Huber on Apr 29, 2012 in Videogames

EVE Online has always been fascinating to me, mainly due to the open nature of the digital economy it has. Anyone can do anything they’d do in real life – sell goods, steal goods, attempt to control a resource in high demand – it’s all possible. So for your lazy Sunday, take a look at this: EVE Online is currently going through a massive upheaval as a powerful federation called Goonswarm (a player-created federation, by the way) is killing anyone in the trading hub Jita. This is the final piece in a massive plan by Goonswarm to control alloy prices and become the sole provider right before the EVE expansion, Inferno, is released. And the game’s creators are going to stand by and watch it all happen. Read more…

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