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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Elite: Dangerous is retiring its 32-bit client
Despite the name, Elite: Dangerous has never required a particularly elite home computer to run. But it will be getting just a little bit...
One Shots: Sacred space
Anyone a little excited about Guild Wars 2 these days? Probably not, but on the off-chance that there's a glimmer of hype and hope...
Elite Dangerous: A ground-pounding newbie’s perspective
Earlier this summer I wrote that Elite Dangerous' community events were something the MMO community should watch. Watch. I never said play, and I never ended...
Make My MMO: Valiance Online’s founder alpha has begun (July 29, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Valiance Online took everyone by surprise by announcing the launch of its investor alpha on PC for Friday, though...
Tencent buys into Frontier, recruits Batman to give its MOBA western appeal
Two MMO forces are now bound together in will and purpose -- or at least in stocks and finances.
Tencent, the world's biggest games publisher...
Frontier Developments plans a convention for Elite: Dangerous in October
Do you have a deep and abiding love for Planet Coaster? Probably not. How about Elite: Dangerous? Yes, that's good, many more hands are...
Make My MMO: Albion Online joins the list of launched crowdfunded MMORPGs (July 22, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, indie sandbox Albion Online -- whose 250,000 founders reportedly crowdfunded the game for almost $10,000,000 -- formally launched. The...
Massively Overthinking: Building a better MMORPG economy
We are on a roll with the epic questions for Overthinking lately! "The recent article about monetization got me thinking about just how much most...
Elite Dangerous’ David Braben on communities, MMOs, F2P, and the space game genre
Elite Dangerous' David Braben has a big spread in Rolling Stone's Glixel blog this week, and it's a fun read as he zips around...
One Shots: Man of Tungsten
Look there! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... Mysecretid!
Who among us hasn't played a video game at some point and...
The Stream Team: Scoping out Elite Dangerous on the PlayStation 4
It's time to get dangerous. Elite Dangerous.
Er, with me. On YouTube. As a newbie. On a PlayStation 4. You know, this is already sounding pretty...
Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous journeys to PS4, we interview Kickstarted MMO devs (July 1, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Frontier launched Elite Dangerous for the PS4, complete with relevant adjustments for touchpad controls and a "fast headlook" mode for...
Elite: Dangerous players find Thargoid bases prior to this fall’s invasion
The Thargoid menace may already be encroaching into Elite: Dangerous' galaxy, well before the planned invasion for later this year. Sharp-eyed pilots have discovered...
Elite Dangerous has launched for the PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 players can flock to the Elite Dangerous universe beginning today, thanks to the game's official launch on that console, complete with adjustments...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen sells 14K concept ships in 24 hours (June 24, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen followers once again proved their game's dominance by purchasing 14,000 of its new Nox concept ships in less...
E3 2017: Why MMO players should be paying attention to Elite Dangerous
I sat down with Elite Dangerous Senior Designer Sandy Sammarco again at E3 2017, and while the information I've got in terms of game info may...
Aliens from 1984 swarm into Elite Dangerous with Horizons 2.4
For a good long while, it seemed as though Elite Dangerous players were all alone in their gigantic galaxy playground. Then came the discovery of...
Make My MMO: Broke Protocol launches early access after failed Kickstarter (June 10, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Minecraft-meets-GTAO MMO Broke Protocol's Kickstarter ended unsuccessfully on Thursday, but the good news is that the game launched its early access...
Make My MMO: Ashes of Creation’s Kickstarter, Shroud of the Avatar’s equity crowdfund (June 3, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Ashes of Creation's Kickstarter came to a close with $3.2M and nearly 20,000 backers, making it the biggest MMORPG Kickstarter...
Make My MMO: Legends of Aria’s alpha, Ashes of Creation’s lofty ambitions (May 27, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Legends of Aria -- which we'll probably never stop accidentally calling Shards Online -- began its alpha, introducing testers and...
