Sparc is CCP's first non-Eve game
Think full-body VR Pong.
Eve Online and Eve: Valkyrie developer CCP has formally announced virtual reality sport game Sparc, which had been known as Project Arena until now. It's CCP's first non-Eve universe game.
Sparc is a full-body game of Pong, or VR air hockey if you like. You stand face-to-face with an opponent in a corridor and sling discs at each other, bouncing them off the walls, floor and ceiling as you try to score a hit. Your defense is a shield you can bat the disc away with.
CCP wants Sparc to be an online hit so has matchmaking, spectating and character customisation systems integrated. I expect online success will depend a lot on how lag factors into the equation.
Sparc is due this year. Specific platforms aren't mentioned but presumably Sparc will be on all three - PlayStation VR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift - as CCP's other major VR title, Eve: Valkyrie, is.
