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Frontier Developments launches Elite Dangerous Powerplay
Cambridge, UK. June 5, in the year of our Lord 2015.
Frontier Developments will today release Elite: Dangerous –
Powerplay free for all players. Powerplay is the third major
free update for Elite: Dangerous and the largest to date,
introducing new ships, new features and an all-new strategic
layer to the Elite: Dangerous galaxy.
In Powerplay, players can pledge allegiance to one of a number
of galactic Powers and join the battle for interstellar conquest
and control. Players can guide their chosen faction’s strategy,
take on special objectives to advance their shared cause, and
dominate Elite: Dangerous’ full-scale Milky Way galaxy together.
Players are rewarded with valuable perks, reputation bonuses and
unique equipment for their allegiance as they defend their
territory and conquer human space. Every action taken in
Powerplay will have a direct and visible impact on the balance
of galactic power for all players.
Powerplay’s new strategic layer connects with and enhances every
aspect of the Elite: Dangerous experience, and headlines an
immense free update containing hundreds of upgrades and new
features, including:
An enhanced mission system with new objectives and new ways to
play.
Three new ships: the Lakon Diamondback Scout, Lakon Diamondback
Explorer and the Imperial Courier.
Drones for cargo collection, fuel trading and prospecting.
A new illustrated GalNet newsfeed, accessible directly in
players’ ship UI.
High and low intensity mining sites, adding risk to mining and
increasing potential rewards.
New minable commodities.
An updated bounty system.
Upgraded UI and animated emblems for ranking up.
Numerous other improvements to gameplay and performance.
Elite: Dangerous is available now for PC and Mac, and is coming
to Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from
Microsoft, in 2015.
About Elite: Dangerous
Take control of your own starship in a cutthroat, multiplayer
galaxy.
It is the year 3301. Across the vast expanse of an epic,
full-scale recreation of our Milky Way, interstellar rivalries
flare as galactic superpowers fight proxy wars.
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
alone or with friends, fight for a cause or go it alone; your
actions change the galaxy around you in an ever unfolding story.
Start with a small starship and a few credits, and do whatever
it takes to get the skill, knowledge, wealth and power to stand
among the ranks of the Elite.
400 Billion Star Systems. Infinite Freedom. Blaze Your Own
Trail.
Elite: Dangerous is the critically acclaimed third sequel to the
genre-defining Elite, created in 1984 by David Braben and Ian
Bell. Elite: Dangerous brings gaming’s original open world
adventure into the modern generation with a connected galaxy,
changing narrative and the entirety of the Milky Way re-created
at its full galactic proportions.