Our latest coverage of Elite: Dangerous.
This is more of a PSA than anything. Purchasing the latest Humble Bundle—offered as part of the Yogscast Jingle Jam—will net you access to the Chronicle: RuneScape Legends Closed Beta. However, this offer is only available to the first 15,000 purchases and it will cost you a staggering $25 for the bundle as a whole. Fortunately, the Chronicle Beta key [...]
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The Elite Dangerous: Horizons Beta is now live for all players who pre-ordered the Beta access package. It went live earlier today and was met with such a large rush of players that the servers "went boom." Granted you can get in and have purchased the Beta access package, you can now experience landing on planets and exploring them with [...]
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"Please postpone your exploration activity," the forum post reads. For a brief moment, Frontier have asked Elite: Dangerous players to stop exploring. The team recently upgraded the servers holding the game's exploration data. Some unnamed issues have cropped up as a result. Frontier are currently working to fix said issues and have promised to keep players up to date on [...]
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As of today, Elite: Dangerous is no longer part of the Game Preview Program on Xbox One. The Xbox One version has now launched as version 1.0 and is available to buy in full. It launches with a price tag of $37.49, remaining a bit lower in price than the PC version. There is still no word on when Horizons [...]
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For those of us not fortunate enough to make it to EGX this year, the team at Frontier Developments have sent out a newsletter detailing the major announcements made. Horizons will include multi-crew ships, allowing players to pilot ships with friends. A new Commander Creator, seemingly not unlike that of EvE Online, will allow players to make their commanders their [...]
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Frontier Developments announced via press release today that Elite: Dangerous will be a launch title for the HTC Vive. Vive and Steam VR support will be available via a free update when the HTC Vive launches this holiday season. Frontier's Chief Creative Officer said "Back in December 2013 we were among the first to support virtual reality with a triple-A [...]
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Elite: Dangerous began the beta test of their new close quarters combat (CQC) mode, taking place in cosmic deathmatch arenas. Jump into the cockpit of a fighter ship and duke it out for rewards and glory. The beta test also includes new starships: the Imperial Eagle, Federal Gunship, and Federal Assault Ship. The combat inclusion is part of the 1.4 [...]
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