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Elite 4 Coming Soon 30

skabb writes "Is Elite 4 back in development? The game, rumoured back in 2001 is a sequel to the popular Elite series, with a multiplayer version planned!"
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Elite 4 Coming Soon

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  • Ooooooold News (Score:4, Informative)

    by TonyMillion ( 545370 ) on Sunday September 26, 2004 @04:15PM (#10356563) Homepage
    That page has been like that for years. I remember looking up the history of Zarch and finding it. Still waiting on that announcement.
  • by polyp2000 ( 444682 ) on Sunday September 26, 2004 @04:15PM (#10356568) Homepage Journal
    Where is the information that says Elite 4 is to be released soon ?

    I've been checking the frontier website with considerable regularity and the page which is being linked to hasnt looked different for probably more than year?

    If anyone has any real evidence about release dates or confirmation that things are happening behind the scenes at Braben's shop - I'd sure as hell like to know about it. Im surprised this post got accepted because this is not even news its unfounded fabrication.

    Nick (obsessed with elite and has been hanging on for Elite 4 news for far too long)

  • by Pluvius ( 734915 ) <pluvius3@gmai[ ]om ['l.c' in gap]> on Monday September 27, 2004 @01:04AM (#10359966) Journal
    It was a few days ago; it got rejected, I'm guessing because the main bit of information was one of those annoying registration-required articles.

    Anyway, David Braben was interviewed recently by Computer and Video Games. He actually gave some details on Elite IV:

    • It will have first- and third-person combat in addition to the usual space exploration.
    • It was originally conceived as an MMOG but Braben decided against it because of what he felt were "weaknesses in the Internet infrastructure" (paraphrased). There will still be LAN-style MP in addition to the single-player, though.
    • A major part of the game will be the lifelike, interactive characters that exhibit group dynamics and realistic animation.


    You can take a look [computeran...ogames.com] for yourself if you don't mind registering.

    Rob

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