Frontier Developments today announced the launch of Elite: Dangerous. Elite: Dangerous is the fourth in the Elite series of games, following on from the seminal 1984 Elite, developed by David Braben and Ian Bell, 1993’s Frontier: Elite 2, and 1995’s Frontier: First Encounters. Continue reading Elite: Dangerous Is Now Available →

Frontier Developments today released the launch trailer for Elite: Dangerous. This 90 second trailer is soundtracked by Royal Blood’s ‘Out Of The Black,’ and can be viewed below. In addition, Frontier announced that Gamma 2.00 is available now, and that there will be no wipe of positions or progress on the December 16th launch of Elite: Dangerous 1.0. Continue reading Elite: Dangerous – Launch Trailer Out Now, Gamma 2.0 Update Available, No Wipes For Launch →

Frontier Developments held its Elite: Dangerous Premiere event at RAF Duxford Imperial War Museum on November 22nd, where it officially closed the game’s Beta process, released the final Gamma development build, and launched the official Elite: Dangerous iOS companion app. Continue reading Elite: Dangerous Releases On December 16th, Single-Player Missions Available On November 26th →

A couple of days ago, Frontier Developments revealed that its space sim game, Elite Dangerous, would no longer be played via an offline mode. Naturally, this decision upset a lot of PC gamers and today, Frontier Developments founder David Braben claimed that this decision was made for the good of the game, whatever that means. Continue reading Elite Dangerous Will No Longer Support Offline Mode, Single-Player Mode Will Still Work →

Frontier has announced today – via its latest Newsletter – that it will announce the release date of Elite: Dangerous in the next week. In addition, the company revealed that the beta phase of the game will end on November 22nd. Continue reading Elite: Dangerous – Release Date To Be Announced Next Week, Beta Closes On November 22nd →

Frontier Developments announced today that it has released Elite: Dangerous Beta 3. As the company noted, this third stage of Elite: Dangerous’ Beta test has rolled out to players, unlocking even more of the real Milky Way for exploration and introducing long-awaited features including multiple ship ownership and mining. Continue reading Elite: Dangerous – Beta 3 Now Available →

Frontier Developments has released Elite: Dangerous Beta 2 and announces the date for Beta 3. As the team noted, Beta 2 is now available and marks a major update to the game, with new ships, new outposts and even more of the galaxy unlocked for exploration. Continue reading Elite: Dangerous – Second Beta Phase Launched, Third Beta Phase Dated →

Frontier Developments today announced the release date of Elite: Dangerous Beta 2 as September 30th. According to the press release, this new beta build will come with a host of improvements and optimizations including additional rock, ice and metal planetary ring types, a lot more music and some optional ‘simulator’ tutorials. Continue reading Elite: Dangerous – Second Beta Phase Launches September 30th →