They can blaze their own trail to fame and fortune and can assume a number of roles, including trader, pirate, bounty hunter, miner, explorer, and scavenger.Įlite Dangerous brings a modern look and new features to the Elite franchise. New players start out with a Sidewinder MkI ship and a small sum of credits. The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions can be played on the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 respectively via backwards compatibility, but no new ports optimized specifically for next-generation consoles are currently planned. The Xbox One version launched on October 6, 2015, followed by the PlayStation 4 version on June 27, 2017. The Mac version was released on May 12, 2015, but Mac OS support was dropped on Decemdue to technical barriers.

It was partially funded via a Kickstarter campaign. The Windows PC version launched on December 16, 2014. It was developed and published by Frontier Developments with David Braben as the director.

Elite Dangerous is a massively multiplayer space epic and the fourth installment in the legendary Elite series, the longest running space simulation series in history.