Overview
- Fenris Creations ran the roughly four-hour livestream on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, and posted the full archive to its Twitch channel after the event.
- The participant was an eight-month-old cow named Valva using the account FC CapitalCowPilot from a farm in Iceland with cameras and oversized, mapped buttons to trigger in-game actions.
- Developers said they added stronger fencing after earlier escape attempts and that a human developer supervised the pen during the stream to encourage the cow’s movement.
- In-game, Valva’s Rorqual led an open high-security mining fleet that Fenris reported cleared three asteroid fields with the help of a few hundred human pilots, and some players attempted combat against the cow-led ship.
- Fenris framed the stunt as a playful promotion for the Cradle of War update to make EVE appear more approachable, a move that drove social-media buzz and could draw casual players to try the game.