One of the full fledged games released last year for the PlayStation VR was none other than CCP Games’ EVE: Valkyrie. Today, CCP Games has announced the game’s first major expansion called "Warzone" which will be available on September 26.
While new content is to be expected, the EVE: Valkyrie DLC will let non-PSVR owners get in on the action. This means that both PS4 players and those with PSVR will be able to fly and fight alongside each other in EVEL Valkyrie – Warzone! What’s more, this expansion will be free, with the complete package (DLC and base game) now priced at $29.99. According to CCP, Warzone will bring new features and improved gameplay and more.
New features and improved gameplay
EVE: Valkyrie – Warzone brings with it enhanced and refined gameplay features across the board.
Each ship within a class will have a more distinctive role to play in battle and all ships will be available from the first time a pilot enters the Clone Vat. This new, open hangar will allow pilots to experiment and find the ships that best fit their playstyle within a few matches.
There will be new weapons and abilities to inflict upon each other, including powerful ship-specific Ultra abilities that, when timed correctly, can turn the course of battle. Ultras facilitate a deeper combat experience, being fuelled by the performance of you and your team.
Pilots will be able to explore a new modular progression system that introduces multiple new modifications for each ship. With unique abilities and meaningful upgrade paths for each ship, you’ll have more control over how you evolve and customise your fleet.
Warzone introduces the brand-new ‘Extraction’ game mode – think capture the flag in outer space – that mixes combat and navigational challenge in new and exciting ways, encouraging pilots to use the environment to their advantage. Most importantly though, it makes team-play – and team-tactics – a key component of success.
In addition, the Warzone expansion will also feature two new maps; ‘Fleet’, a Sisters of EVE space station, and ‘Outpost’, a mysterious Drifter base, that will bring even more aspects of the rich EVE universe to the world of the EVE: Valkyrie. There will also be new weekly Wormholes to fight for, where established reality is twisted for a fresh gameplay experience.
New rewards system
In Warzone, we’ve simplified EVE: Valkyrie’s previously complex in-game economy with the removal of Gold and the reduction of surplus Silver. You’ll earn XP per ship and use only XP to craft a Modification for that ship, which is far easier to follow. Salvage picked up during a battle by you or your team now has a more immediate effect by fuelling your ship’s Ultra gauge.
You can also fight over Spoils of War to earn Reward Capsules, enabling you to unlock a hangar-full of personalization options for your ships and pilot. Each item rewarded is categorised as Common, Rare or Epic to convey its sense of worth and desirability, plus a random element ensures that the content of each capsule remains a surprise.
That’s one heck of a game update and for free! You can check out our hands-on impressions of EVE: Valkyrie to see what we thought of it on PSVR.
Source: PlayStation Blog