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Frontier Developments has announced Coaster Crazy Deluxe for Wii U, which is being developed in parallel across its UK and Canadian studios with Elite: Dangerous.

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Veteran British developer David Braben has admitted to being a “little nervous” at around the midway point of his Kickstarter campaign for Elite: Dangerous and doubted if it was “the right thing to have done”. The space-epic sequel eventually met its Kickstarter target of £1.25m, raising £1.58m in total.

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Elite: Dangerous will live up to its precursor’s reputation for truly huge game worlds, David Braben has promised.

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Elite: Dangerous has met another stretch goal, which will see a Mac release of the Frontier Developments title three months after the PC version is released.

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Elite: Dangerous has received a new trailer, courtesy of developer Frontier Developments. The studio has also added a PayPal funding option to the game’s site, which will run alongside the game’s Kickstarter campaign. At the time of writing the Elite: Dangerous Kickstarter has reached £820,035 of its £1,250,000 goal with 15 days to spare. Check out the trailer below and judge for yourself if it’s worth investing in.

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Frontier has released a new Elite: Dangerous video featuring live, work-in-progress gameplay between David Braben and other members of the development team. You’ll see a convoy under attack, and a mix of AI and the players controlling the ships. The teams has also updated the FAQ on the single-player portion of game, and new concept art has also been released. With 23 days to go, 15,492 backers have pledged £721,132 towards the Kickstarter’s £1,250,000 goal.

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In the second developer diary for Elite: Dangerous, David Braben delves into the game’s galaxy, how it will evolve over time. and how this will play into player missions. You can re-watch the first developer diary here. The Kickstarter is now 50% funded, with 34 days left to reach its £1,250,000 goal. So far, 13,605 backers have pledged £632,380.

Also, the Elite: Reclamation Kickstarter, a novelization of the game’s story by Drew Wagar, has been fully funded with 33 days to spare.

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Elite: Dangerous is doing big guns on Kickstarter at the time of writing, with £584,968
raised towards Frontier’s £1,250,000 goal. One of the top funding tiers costs £4,500 and lets backers write part of the game’s fiction. Enthusiastic writer Drew Wagar has started his own Kickstarter to raise the money. Get the facts below.

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Two ships twist and turn through an asteroid belt in the latest gameplay footage of David Braben’s Elite: Dangerous.

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Elite: Dangerous is the long-awaited space trading game from industry legend David Braben. VG247′s Dave Cook asks him about the game’s galaxy, multiplayer and more.

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Elite: Dangerous is the long-requested sequel to David Braben’s space trading series. The game has currently raised £366,991 of developer Frontier’s £1,250,000 goal on Kickstarter. To celebrate, Braben has revealed new concept art and a trailer. Check them out below.

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Legendary designer David Braben has turned to Kickstarter to fund a new entry in the Elite series.

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Frontier Developments has announced it’s opening a new development studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The firm said the region has been on its “radar as an attractive geographic and commercial environment,” in which it can create titles as be surrounded by the pool of local universities graduates and various indie developers. “We are excited about opening an office in Halifax, our first outside of the UK,” said COO and president David Walsh. “The studio will be up and running during August, collaborating with our teams in the UK. We are looking forward to working together with our new colleagues, integrating quickly into the Halifax area and making a positive contribution to the Nova Scotia business community.”

Develop organisers have announced the inclusion of Gaikai founder David Perry, Eidos life-president Ian Livingstone, Blitz’s Phillip Oliver and Frontier’s David Braben to the event’s Visionaries Track.

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Develop organisers have announced the first big speaker of this year’s show is none other than Frontier boss David Braben. Braben’s talk, as part of Brighton Visionaries in a session called “Raspberry Pi – the story so far”, describing the success to date of the mini coding-based USB stick.

Develop takes place between July 10-12 in Brighton.

Kinectimals and Elite creator David Braben has once again spoken out strongly against the second-hand games market.

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Dabid Braben has said Disneyland Adventures is a triple A game that “we can be proud of as an industry”.

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Frontier boss David Braben has been confirmed as a keynote for this year’s Develop. Braben’s keynote, which will happen on the second day of the Brighton-based event, is called “Making Disneyland,” which will touch upon the development of the studio’s latest project Kinect Disneyland Adventures. The game was announced during Microsoft’s E3 briefing.

Develop takes place between July 19-21.

In his latest Develop magazine column, industry luminary David Braben has questioned whether or not the $50m blockbuster is still a viable proposition, concluding that triple-A development may be “taking a nap”.

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Frontier boss David Braben has said at a GDC panel that plans for an Elite IV are still in the pipeline.

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