Cow Valva livestreams EVE Online mining to promote Fenris Creations' Cradle of War
GG Brief Editorial Desk · AI-assisted, source attributed
Fenris Creations staged a livestream from Iceland featuring a cow named Valva (username FC CapitalCowPilot) operating a mining ship in EVE Online via pressure-activated buttons installed in her pen. The interactive event drew over 200 in-game participants and more than 4,000 concurrent Twitch viewers during a roughly 4–6 hour stream. The stream tied to community goals that can unlock new ship skins and updates for the Cradle of War expansion, which also adds time-limited Military Campaigns and a new Exordium area to help onboard players.
- The cow is named Valva, broadcasts from Iceland under the username FC CapitalCowPilot, and is literally manning a deep-space mining ship in EVE Online.
- Fenris Creations fitted Valva’s pen with pressure-activated, "cow-proof" buttons that perform in-game actions and ran a voiceover that delivered cow facts during the stream.
- More than 200 players joined the in-game mining expedition and the Twitch stream drew over 4,000 viewers; the stream ran for roughly 4–6 hours on the cow’s schedule.
- The event promotes the Cradle of War expansion with unlockable community goals for ship skins and updates; Cradle of War also introduces time-limited Military Campaigns and a new Exordium onboarding area.