While CCP Games may remain best known for their online universe, ‘EVE Online’, the company have had several releases over the past couple of years in virtual reality space. These titles include EVE: Valkyrie and Gunjack – both of which are available on several different platforms. But their latest title, Gunjack 2: End of Shift, is set to be a little more exclusive than its predecessors.
CCP Games have announced that this sequel will be available exclusively on the Google Daydream VR Platform from November 2016. It is currently unknown whether this exclusivity is time-limited, or if it will indeed only ever be created for Google Daydream.
According to CCP Games, Gunjack 2: End of Shift will seamlessly incorporate the Daydream controller, with players using it to aim and shoot down swarms of enemies, deploy their special weapons, and activate their energy shields to survive dangerous situations. To enhance the experience, they also claim that “Presence and storytelling are also core to the new title”. This is accomplished through cinematic cut-scenes and voice acting. They hope that through these that players feel “more than ever, fully immersed and engaged in the action and narrative of the game”.
Hilmar Veigar Pétursson | CEO of CCP Games
We are extremely excited for the Daydream platform and what it means for VR. Collaborating with Google and developing Gunjack 2 for their VR platform has been an amazing experience. We started a new chapter for CCP a year ago with the launch of our first VR title, and now the upcoming release of its sequel on the Daydream platform bears testament to our commitment to VR in gaming and entertainment.
Jean-Charles Gaudechon | Executive Producer of Gunjack 2: End of Shift
Gunjack 2’s core gameplay is all about destroying masses of enemies, and Google’s Daydream controller allows us to make that experience even more natural and fun. In Gunjack 2, we’re pushing the limits of what a mobile VR game can be.
About Gunjack 2: End of Shift
In Gunjack 2: End of Shift players are transported to a heavy-duty mining rig in the Outer Ring of the EVE universe. Part ship and part station, the vast Kubera platform is home, far from the eyes and comforts of civilization.
Everyone fights in New Eden. Some fight for power. Others for money. But out here, on the fringes of space, most fight simply to see another day. As a turret operator charged with destroying waves of attackers, players stand united with their crew mates in defense of the rig.
These are not soldiers, but survivors, the scourge of would-be plunderers. With a formidable arsenal at their disposal, players will live the life of a Gunjack and protect the Kubera, its precious cargo and their crew, from bandits trying to blow the rig apart!
