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Galactic MMO Elite: Dangerous has emerged from E3 with a new trailer. Frontier Developments showcased the new trailer, which offers a detailed look at the gameplay in Elite: Dangerous. The footage shows off the open-world gameplay of Elite: Dangerous as players board their spacecraft and head out into the vast …
Read More ȣ100 Elite Dangerous Premium Beta begins as Star Citizen stalls
Frontier’s Elite: Dangerous has exited alpha and officially entered premium beta. Presumably the premium beta phase is thus named because entry to it requires a 100 purchase. Normal beta access (to kick off at an as-of-yet unspecified time) costs 50 while a standard game pre-order costs 35 – although there’s …
Read More »How Frontier is bringing Elite: Dangerous to VR
David Braben discusses what the studio is doing to adapt its upcoming game to virtual reality
Read More »Elite: Dangerous Premium beta goes live today
Those who have purchased to 100 Elite: Dangerous Premium Beta can get stuck in from today. Frontier has released a single player combat build of the game ahead of the roll out of the full Premium beta on May 30th. Those who have previously purchased any of the other assorted …
Read More »VIDEO: Backers get hands on playable Elite Dangerous code
Supporters of Frontier Development’s Elite Dangerous are now able to get their hands on a playable chunk of the game. The alpha offers a small taste of what the full game will offer, focusing on the mechanic that sees players redistributing power through three channels – weapons, engines and shields. …
Read More »Elite Dangerous will support Oculus Rift
The maker of Elite, Frontier, will support the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset in its upcoming Elite: Dangerous game. Frontier has also revealed that the Oculus Rift version of Elite: Dangerous will be available to of the title’s crowdfunding backers at no extra cost. We’ve been playing with the Oculus …
Read More »Elite: Dangerous gets Oculus Rift support
Rift version to be available to all backers at no extra cost
Read More »Frontier to be listed on London Stock Exchange
Developer of crowdfunded game Elite: Dangerous goes public
Read More »Elite: Dangerous gets Kickstarter green light
David Braben’s Elite: Dangerous has hit its 1.25m Kickstarter funding goal. It reached the target with 52 hours to go and at the time of writing stands at 1.282m with 38 hours left before it closes. Braben’s studio Frontier Developments has also announced some new stretch goals to try and …
Read More »Elite Dangerous hits funding goal with days to go
More than 21,000 backers make pledges with 37 hours remaining
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