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CCP retreats from VR, cutting 100 jobs and closing two studios

evevalkyriejpg CCP retreats from VR, cutting 100 jobs and closing two studios

Icelandic games giant CCP has called time on its big virtual reality adventure. CCP was one of the earliest and largest supporters of VR, but has now announced its intentions to quit the sector. The move comes at the cost of 100 jobs and two studios. Its Atalanta office is …

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CCP’s Gunjack has sold over half a million copies

It looks like CCP’s Gunjack might be the best-selling VR title to date. Speaking to Games Industry, CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Ptursson said that the space shooter has so far sold over half a million copies. I think [this] is a record,” he added. I’m certainly gonna claim it until …

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CCP announces Sparc, a full-body VR sport

CCP, the developers behind EVE Online, have announced a new VR game called Sparc.  The game is a full body sport that is played in virtual reality, which means you will have to move around a lot in real life to play it. From the trailer it looks kind of …

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CCP will use EVE Online to help in search for new planets

With the hunt for a new Earth very much the fashion right now, Icelandic developer CCP has announced that EVE Online players will soon be able to do their bit. Yesterday NASA announced the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting dwarf star Trappist-1, around 40 light years from Earth. The …

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