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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 »Braben on Frontier layoffs: ‘We’re rebalancing our teams’
Frontier founder says it's unclear how many employees will choose to relocate
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 »Layoffs hit Elite: Dangerous developer Frontier
Canada studio effectively closed as development operations moved to UK
Read More »Frontier, WayForward and Happy Tuesday team up with Amazon Game Studios
Amazon co-developing Fire exclusives with veteran studios
Read More »Braben: The Outsider probably ‘gone for good’
Long absent political thriller has essentially been scrapped
Read More »Frontier’s next franchise exclusive to Xbox One
Physics-based rollercoaster title ScreamRide debuts at Gamescom press briefing
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Develop speaks to seasoned developers on why they are embracing automatic creation
Read More »Frontier says it would be ‘stupid’ not to bring Elite Dangerous to PS4 and Xbox One
Elite Dangerous is coming to PS4 and Xbox One, it seems. Speaking to Eurogamer Frontier boss David Braben said in no uncertain terms that he was not announcing a console port of the game. But then pretty much did. "I’ve just got to watch out," he said. "I don’t want …
Read More »Braben admits Elite Dangerous pricing ‘looks terribly capitalist’
You can play Elite: Dangerous RIGHT NOW. Providing you’re willing to pay 100. That’s the price Frontier is charging for the game plus access to the Premium. The Standard Beta SKU is 50 and the game 35 – with the option of a further 35 for the DLC Expansion Pass. …
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