Frontier's David Braben has told VG247 that console versions of Elite 4 are being considered.
DSOGaming writes: "Here is some exciting news for all Elite fans out there. Elite IV, the latest part of the legendary space trading game, is in early development."
I didn't even know there was a Elite II and Elite III, last time I played Elite was on a C64 over 20 years ago.
Still have very fond memories of Elite on the ol' C64 :)
EARLY?!!?!?
I've been waiting for another Elite since the 3rd one. We're ion dire need of a deep, open space sim!
Very true. The space sim seems to have all but disappeared this generation. At one time the space sim was as popular as the FPS.
I reinstalled Freelancer the other day along with the Shattered Worlds mod for a graphics bump, and it still plays great. Now if only a developer / publisher could make something as easy to pick up and play as that game, but with the depth of the original Elite on C64, well that would be amazing.
I'll keep crossing my fingers for a new Elite game though. Its been too many years already.
I was playing Elite II up until a few years ago, the graphics are obviously dated, but for sheer openness and depth of gameplay, it can't be beaten.
Hardware was another good space trader, though set on the planet mars.
And Terminus is a fantastic plot driven one, came out years before Freelancer, but reminded me so much of it.
I watched a very long video interview thing with Braben answering questions from the crowd at GDC 2011. Obviously someone asked him if they were still working on Elite IV, to which he replied something along the lines of "it would be tragic if we weren't".
found the link.
http://www.gdcvault.com/pla...
I have heard Braben say this sooooooooo many times it has lost meaning. I don't expect there to ever be a new Elite some one somewhere will distract Braben with something shiny.
Forthcoming projects from Frontier to include Elite IV on PS3 and 360, this is the first proper confirmation.
*claps hands like a seal*
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I have been waiting for this day since i was a little fella....
read my bio.
Hey Commodore, I read your bio, and even though I was too young to really appreciate good games, my favs were Law of the West, Beach Head 2 and Ghostbusters. Man, that thing really kicked my Atari's ass.
I've never heard of Elite, but if it's space trading, I'm there.
I played Elite to death on my ole Commodore64. I remember when my ship was overrun with trumbles (tribble clones) until finally one of the damn things jumped on the screen in the middle of battle.
I remember thinking..."What the hell's a tribble?"
Good times.
Oh, boy. I spend hours, days, weeks, months playing Elite. Made my mum really upset at the time! Boy good old days (that must have been 25 years ago! Time flies!). If that is the same, no over gimmicky but just state of the art visuals, I fear about my coming nights. Can just repeat: Epic!
if you guys liked Elite, you may want to check out 'X3 reunion' and 'x3 Terran Conflict'
Much in the same vein, but oh-so-pretty!
That said, i can't wait for Elite IV.
may have to upgrade my computer for it.
Epic series of space trading sims.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
Wasn't exactly my thing when I was younger, but if anything, the scope is going to be amazing.
22, my Dad had them on Amiga, I 'attempted' to 'play' them.
Pretty big thing for the industry with this series coming back especially on consoles, I believe this is the first time Elite has in fact been on consoles.
Dude, that actually sounds pretty frikin sweet! I hope they do a good job updating it for this gen.
Elite is still my favorite game of all time. I am glad that word is finally leaking about the sequel.
Elite, released in the United Kingdom in 1984 and the United States a year later, was the first major entry in a genre now called the "space sim."
Developed by Ian Bell and David Braben for the BBC Micro, Elite made a big impact in the United Kingdom, the only territory where Acorn's BBC Micro and compatible budget-friendly Electron computers had a presence.
Bell and Braben's masterful coding for the original Acornsoft version extracted every ounce of juice from these modest machines, wowing gamers and reviewers alike.
PC is soo dead :(
That would be neat. I loved Elite years ago I would play the game for hours on the NES. So bringing out Elite 4 on PSN and XBLA would be great news.