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Half-year revenue up to £10.9 million as company moved to self-publishing model
Read More »The indie developer taking on the galactic threat of triple-A
I have always wanted to make a sci-fi universe.” Die-hard sci-fi fan and Australian developer Paul Turbett’s dream found itself a reality in complex spaceship-battling PC title Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy. Released by studio Black Lab Games earlier this year to positive reviews, the game allows players to deploy …
Read More »Free update brings SteamVR support to Elite Dangerous
Frontier’s Elite Dangerous will soon add compatibility with a second virtual reality headset. The space sim is already one of the few mainstream releases to already offer Oculus Rift support. Now it has been confirmed that the game will support SteamVR’s HTC Vive headset at launch. We’re thrilled to announce …
Read More »Elite: Dangerous Xbox One full release set for October
Elite: Dangerous is heading for full release on Xbox One next month, developer Frontier has announced. In an AMA post on Reddit, studio CEO David Braben revealed the space sim will depart the console’s Xbox Game Preview Program for official release on October 6th. Braben added that Ships and modules …
Read More »Frontier reveals first Elite Dangerous expansion
Horizons introduces the ability to explore planet surfaces
Read More »Frontier announces new £40 Elite Dangerous expansion
Space sim Elite Dangerous has announced what effectively sounds like a Season Pass for a range of upcoming content. The whole package is called Horizons and the star feature is the Planetary Landings bundle, which for the first time, provides players with the chance to explore a planet’s surface for …
Read More »Elite Dangerous confirmed for Xbox One (UPDATE: And PS4)
Ambitious space sim Elite Dangerous is finally on the way to consoles. The game has been available for PC in an assortment of states for a while, but was officially released on PC in December. The same galaxy state will be shared across PC, Mac and Xbox One, although Frontier …
Read More »Elite: Dangerous creator Frontier announces redundancies
Frontier Developments – the team behind Elite: Dangerous – has announced a round of redundancies at the developer. The firm says it is working on two main projects: Elite: Dangerous and a new PC game called Coaster Park Tycoon, which will launch in 2016. As a result, 15 ‘content creation’ …
Read More »Elite: Dangerous has been officially released
19 years on from the release of the last game in the series, Elite: Dangerous has been officially released. Talk of a fourth entry in the much cherished series, which dates all the way back to 1984, began in 2011 with a Kickstarter drive to back the game concluding in …
Read More »Frontier reassessing some refund requests as Elite: Dangerous outrage persists
David Braben has said that Frontier is re-assessing some of the refund requests it declined in the wake of Elite: Dangerous’ online U-turn. The company earlier this week faced a backlash for dropping the game’s offline mode but yesterday said it would only refund customers who had not yet already …
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