Elite Dangerous is a space-flight simulation game developed and published by Frontier Developments. Beginning in the year 3300 upon its release in 2014, Elite Dangerous has now run to the year 3305 and has been running in sync with UTC, albeit 1286 years in the future. The game is set around 45 years after Frontier: First Encounters, the previous game in the series. Elite Dangerous retains the basic premise of previous games – players start with a spaceship and a small amount of money and have to make their own way in an open galaxy, furthering themselves either legally or illegally, through trading, mining, bounty-hunting, piracy and assassination. The game is the first in the series to feature online multiplayer, with players having access to a massively multiplayer persistent world, as well as an online-only single player mode. Open Play gameplay is similar to EvE Online in that many actions which would be considered griefing in other multiplayer games are generally permitted here, so long as a valid roleplaying reason is attached. Examples include (but are not limited to) stealing from other players, extortion, and blocking off star systems via blockade or similar means. However, some actions, such as “mob mentality” persecution of players, exploiting mechanics of the game (such as quitting the game in the middle of a fight to avoid death), and cursing are still not allowed, and could eventually result in a ban from the main server.

Elite Dangerous System Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: Windows 7/8/10 64-bit
• Processor: Quad Core CPU (4 x 2Ghz)
• Memory: 6 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 470/ATI 7240HD
• Storage: 25 GB available space

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 7/8/10 64-bit
• Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K Quad Core CPU or better / AMD FX 4350 Quad Core CPU or better
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 770 / AMD Radeon R9 280X
• Storage: 25 GB available space