Official Site:Â Elite Dangerous
Studio:Â Frontier Developments
Launch Date:Â December 16, 2014
Genre:Â Sci-fi Space Sandbox
Business Model:Â B2P (DLC)
Platform: PC
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Make My MMO: Dual Universe vrooms into another pre-alpha test (October 21, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, the much-anticipated indie sci-fi sandbox Dual Universe dropped a starship-load of tutorials on ship construction, the interface, territory, and...
The MOP Up: Speedrunning World of Warcraft (October 15, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Frontier Expo 2017: Science, history, and gaming make for a great first con
This past weekend was not the first time I have attended a developer's convention, but Frontier Expo 2017Â was one of only a very few...
Frontier Expo 2017: Elite Dangerous goes ‘Beyond’ with big plans for 2018
When I spoke to Elite Dangerous' devs at this year's Frontier Expo 2017, the company's first fan expo, they admitted that communication went dark...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen is hosting parties for space whales (October 7, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, I hope you've got your special black Star Citizen VIP card because CIG has invited concierge-level backers -- sorry, space...
The Thargoids are adapting to player tactics in Elite: Dangerous
First, the player debate in Elite: Dangerous was whether or not players would have to fight the Thargoids. Then, it was over how to...
Global Chat: The MMO community’s Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire impressions
It is kind of impossible to stroll around the MMO blogging community as of late and not trip and fall into a pool of...
Elite: Dangerous players are at war with one another over war with the Thargoids
Players of Elite: Dangerous have spent quite a while anticipating the arrival of the Thargoids. There were hopeful skirmishes against the aliens soon after...
Make My MMO: The Thargoids should win Elite Dangerous (September 30, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Elite has finally begun to sound "dangerous" indeed. After just a few days of owning players, the alien race that "returned"...
Elite: Dangerous players are putting together fragmented accounts of fighting the Thargoids
One of the first players to encounter the Thargoids in Elite: Dangerous provided a video of the encounter, and the bad news is that...
Elite Dangerous’ 2.4 update today heralds ‘The Return’ of the Thargoids
When Frontier's servers return to service today, Elite Dangerous will have a shiny new update. Patch 2.4 The Return promises "more mysterious and exciting...
Massively Overthinking: How will Star Citizen make money after launch?
During this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I attempted to tackle a question sent in by commenter and listener Sally Bowls - specifically,...
The Daily Grind: Do you feel crowdfunded MMOs ‘owe’ you something?
My husband and I were chatting about the whole Chris-Roberts-is-fed-up-with-trolls-and-date-estimates-that-everyone-knows-aren't-going-to-stick thing from last week when he said something that struck me. "It reminds me...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen would make for a terrible scam (September 16, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen's Chris Roberts gave an interview that seemed to express understandable frustration with the constant barrage of demands...
Elite: Dangerous brings the Thargoids with patch 2.4 on September 26
There are dangerous things in deep space when you play Elite: Dangerous. More dangerous than system failures, or pirates, or interstellar phenomena. The Thargoids...
One Shots: Alien sunset
I will admit that I've been craving a good space exploration sim lately -- the burn to "explore strange new worlds" is rising inside...
Xbox One X announces ‘select enhanced titles’ that include many online games
At its pre-Gamescom press conference this Sunday, Microsoft revealed more about its upcoming Xbox One X and its glorious 4K gaming capabilities. As part...
The MOP Up: Black Desert shows pet love (August 20, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Elite: Dangerous has passed 2.75 million sales
Good news for the Elite: Dangerous crew; according to the Frontier Developments Twitter account, Elite: Dangerous and the Horizons expansion have passed a grand...
PUBG and TERA dev house Bluehole denies that Tencent has invested in it
Tencent is sprinkling more money around: Yicai Global and Gamasutra are reporting that the Chinese conglom has invested money into South Korea's Bluehole Studio....
