[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.]
3
rd January 2012. Cambridge, UK:
Frontier Developments (“Frontier”) is
delighted that its
Kickstarter campaign for the
‘Elite: Dangerous’ game has reached its funding target
of £1.25M attracting over 21,000 backers.
“Thank you to everyone who helped us reached that total
– it’s incredibly heartening and uplifting to see so
many people supporting Elite: Dangerous,” said David Braben,
CEO of Frontier and co-author of the original Elite. “The
help, feedback and ideas given and the enthusiasm shown has been
remarkable, vividly illustrating the power of the community which
is a force to be reckoned with in today’s connected
society. This has made us even more determined than ever to
produce a game worthy of such support and engage even further
throughout development.”
The Kickstarter project
http://kck.st/YN6rVC is still accepting pledges
until midnight GMT/7pm EST on Friday 4
th January 2013 as the team pushes towards stretch goals
of Mac support and increased numbers of playable ships, in response
to requests from the community. A PayPal payment option is
also available via Frontier’s website
elite.frontier.co.uk which will continue to
accept contributions after the Kickstarter project
closes.
The Elite: Dangerous Kickstarter campaign has generated
over 100,000 comments so far on the project’s page, which
Frontier believes is a current record for the site.
David Braben will be hosting a Reddit AMA at 5pm GMT/noon EST
today
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/15od2s/i_am_david_braben_cocreator_of_elite_creator_of/
Elite: Dangerous is due for release on PC in March
2014.
For further information please contact:
Alison Beasley or Natalie Griffith at Lincoln Beasley PR
T: +44 1608 645756 M: +44 7966 449
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E:
frontier@lincolnbeasley.co.uk
About Frontier
Frontier Developments is an established game development company
with 235 talented developers in the UK and Canada who have
used Frontier’s own state-of-the-art technology to deliver an
outstanding track record of high quality games for publishing
partners such as Microsoft, LucasArts, Atari and Sony.
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