Elite on Kickstarter...

[Misfit]

I was going to say a few days ago that video was a perfect example of a game needing Oculus Rift support and then this email just came in to remind me...



I think that about locks up that I need to buy a new PC and rift rather than a PS4/XBox 1.

Great news that we know many of you have been hoping for – today we’re announcing that Elite: Dangerous will support Oculus Rift. We’re very excited by this and if you aren’t aware of what Oculus Rift is then visit their website to find out more:

http://www.oculusvr.com/

I’m sure you’ll also be pleased to learn that the Oculus Rift version of Elite:Dangerous will be available to ALL backers that have an Oculus Rift headset for no extra cost.

Here’s David’s opinion on this:

“We’ve been playing with the Oculus Rift dev kits and are excited about the potential – just glancing around your cockpit or being totally immersed in a space battle. Many of our backers have made it clear that they would like Oculus Rift support – and so do we! We’re very pleased with the results so far.”

Thanks as ever for reading and why not pop by our forums to discuss the latest news:

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=29

Thanks for reading

Michael

[defsdoor]

Tonight I will be downloading Elite Alpha testers build

[Istar]

Are you under NDA? I didn't bother fronting for the Alpha tier, but would love to see some screen shots from production code.

[Portland]

Are you under NDA? I didn't bother fronting for the Alpha tier, but would love to see some screen shots from production code.

If they are, there are a lot of people breaking it in the private backers section of the Frontier forums

There are tears of joy

[defsdoor]

I'm struggling to master the controls but thats me being an old fogey.

Otherwise it looks stunning - really does appear to be an Elite brought into the present.

[Sir_LANs-a-lot]

Are you under NDA? I didn't bother fronting for the Alpha tier, but would love to see some screen shots from production code.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013- ... pha-backer

[wanye]

errmahgerd!

[Mqark]

Premium beta - so I'm playing the waiting game...

Hope you Alpha guys bust a fair few bugs for me before I get my hands on it!

[Misfit]

I seem to have paid £90, which is £10 below beta.

Now I've just seen that footage. Bugger.

[Misfit]

I seem to have paid £90, which is £10 below beta.

Now I've just seen that footage. Bugger.

Ahh, looks like I do get the second round of Beta testing. I'm sure I can cope with that....

[t0ne]

I seem to have paid £90, which is £10 below beta.

Now I've just seen that footage. Bugger.

Ahh, looks like I do get the second round of Beta testing. I'm sure I can cope with that....

Same here, looks like I better get a new PC organised because I doubt the beta will be Mac ready.

[Misfit]

Same here, looks like I better get a new PC organised because I doubt the beta will be Mac ready.

I was thinking exactly the same thing!

[Muttley]

[Mqark]

Jesus, that looks great!

[defsdoor]

He made a much easier job of that than I did. Cleared it tonight - eventually.

The game does look like it's going to be amazingly good.