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Rift version to be available to all backers at no extra cost
Read More »David Braben to speak at Albert Hall
Elite creator poised to take to the stage at TEDxAlbertopolis event
Read More »VIDEO: X Rebirth gets release date, promises radical overhaul
Cult PC developer Egosoft has at last confirmed what appears to be a firm release date for X Rebirth. The epic space exploration sim is scheduled for release on PC in North America on November 15th. The studio has also released a highly impressive trailer for the game that can …
Read More »Elite Dangerous hits funding goal with days to go
More than 21,000 backers make pledges with 37 hours remaining
Read More »Redundancies strike at Frontier Developments
14 staff let go as company looks to 'shift the balance of skills'
Read More »Man starts a Kickstarter… to fund his Elite Kickstarter pledge
Author Drew Wagar has taken to Kickstarter to try and raise the funds he needs to pledge money on a separate Kickstarter project. Yes, really. He wants to raise 4,500 so he can make a near top-level pledge to David Braben’s Elite Dangerous Kickstarter. Donating this amount will allow him …
Read More »Braben takes to Kickstarter to fund Elite: Dangerous
Famed UK developer David Braben has taken to Kickstarter to try and fund a brand new sequel to 1980s cult classic Elite. Called Elite: Dangerous, the game is seeking an ambitious 1.25m, of which it has currently raised 75,439 from 1,436 backers. The original Elite fitted into around 22K of …
Read More »David Braben takes Elite to Kickstarter
Frontier Developments crowdfunding reboot of groundbreaking title
Read More »Black Ops II Season Pass still TBC on Wii U
No decision has yet been made on whether or not the Wii U version of Call of Duty: Black Ops II will offer the new Season Pass. Activision announced yesterday that it was scrapping subscription charges for its CoD-based social network Call of Duty: Elite. Instead it will now offer …
Read More »Activision scraps Call of Duty Elite subscriptions, introduces Season Pass
Call of Duty Elite membership will come free with Black Ops II. The bespoke social network was once seen as Activision’s early attempt to manoeuvre the Call of Duty IP into the subscription-based market, but those plans have seemingly been abandoned. Instead, Activision will try to generate post-sale revenue for …
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