Cambridge, UK – May 18, 2021. Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV) confirmed today that, after a successful 5-week public Alpha phase,
Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, releases on May 19 for Windows PC via
Steam, the
Epic Games Store and
FrontierStore.net.
Building upon an install base of
12 million Elite owners, the launch of
Elite Dangerous: Odyssey marks the next exciting step in Frontier’s long-term vision for
Elite Dangerous, heralding the start of a new era for the definitive space simulation.
Odyssey allows players to touch down on newly accessible planets with light atmospheres beautifully rendered by stunning new technology; to explore, to engage in combat and trade, take on missions, work together or alone over their surfaces with complete freedom from a first person, feet-on-the-ground perspective.
Watch the launch trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAb3nH5Eilo This new on-foot expansion is seamlessly integrated with the classic galaxy-spanning Elite Dangerous experience, adding a new and exciting layer of detail and gameplay opportunities that provide new depth within Elite Dangerous' full scale Milky Way. Being adventurous explorers or callous bounty hunters, every Commander will be able to customize their
Odyssey experience by acquiring specialized space suits and gear tailored to their chosen paths.
David Braben, Frontier’s CEO and founder, said: “This is the next step in what has already been an incredible journey and labour of love with
Elite Dangerous since the Kickstarter over eight years ago. The team have pulled off a fantastic achievement here across a mind-bending scale – from the detail within a human footprint to the vast distances across stellar systems and beyond is breathtaking, in a rich, detailed and accurate recreation of the Milky Way in 1:1 scale. For me it is not just the detailed exploration and combat, but the gothic beauty of watching stars, planets, moons, moons-of-moons rise and fall or slowly pirouette in their often complex paths in the night sky, while each tiny dot or nebula in that sky is really there and can be visited.”
Prospective Commanders still have the chance to get hold of the exclusive Pioneer suit skin pre-ordering the
Elite Dangerous: Odyssey expansion with an SRP of £29.99/$39.99/€34.99, or the new Deluxe Edition, with an SRP of £34.99/$44.99/€39.99. This includes the
Odyssey expansion and the official soundtrack.
Elite Dangerous: Odyssey releases on PC on May 19, via the
FrontierStore.net,
Steam and the
Epic Games Store. Releases on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and the Xbox One all-in-one games and entertainment system are planned for autumn 2021.
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Elite Dangerous on
Facebook,
Twitter,
Instagram and
YouTube. Visit the
Elite Dangerous official website at
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About Elite DangerousTake control of your own starship in a cutthroat galaxy. Some may know you as an ally; others will call you a pirate, a bounty hunter, a smuggler, an explorer, an assassin, a hero… Fly with friends, fight for a cause or go it alone. Your actions change the galaxy around you in an ever-unfolding story. Explore a detailed 1:1 model of our real galaxy, and be the first to discover one of 400 billion star systems. Start with a small starship and a handful of credits, and do whatever it takes to earn the skill, knowledge, wealth and power to stand among the ranks of the Elite.
About FrontierFrontier is a leading independent developer and publisher of videogames founded in 1994 by David Braben, co-author of the iconic Elite game. Based in Cambridge, Frontier uses its proprietary COBRA game development technology to create innovative genre-leading games, primarily for personal computers and videogame consoles. As well as self-publishing internally developed games, Frontier also publishes games developed by carefully selected partner studios under its Frontier Foundry games label.