Difference between revisions of "Elite Wiki:Current events"
From Elite Wiki
(→Robert Holdstock 1948-2009) |
(Also add Category:Elite Wiki.) |
||
| (15 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Want to submit news? Please see the [[News Submission Guidelines]] on how to do this. |
Want to submit news? Please see the [[News Submission Guidelines]] on how to do this. |
||
| − | Want to discuss news? |
||
| + | == Oolite Version 1.77 released == |
||
| + | Oolite v1.77-test released on Tuesday 8th January 2013. Download from [http://www.oolite.org Oolite.org]. |
||
| − | == Robert Holdstock 1948-2009 == |
||
| + | ==Elite:Dangerous hit its funding target== |
||
| − | The sad news has emerged that Robert Holdstock - author of the Elite novella The Dark Wheel - has died in hospital at the age of 61. |
||
| + | The Kickstarter for Elite: Dangerous hit its funding target of £1.25 million today, 52 hours ahead of the deadline. This means that the game WILL be made, with release estimated for March 2014. |
||
| − | Full story [http://robertholdstock.com/ here] |
||
| + | ==Elite:Dangerous Novels== |
||
| − | [[User:Steve|Steve]] 22:15, 29 November 2009 (GMT) |
||
| + | There are currently four crowd source funding projects to create official/canon Elite novels to be released with the game in March 2014. |
||
| − | == Elite - 25th Anniversary == |
||
| + | The links are: |
||
| − | It's now a quarter of a century since David Braben and Ian Bell changed the face of computer gaming with the release of Elite on the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. |
||
| + | John Harper: http://www.indiegogo.com/EliteDangerous-And-here-the-wheel?show_todos=true&a=1801378 |
||
| − | Frontier Developments have launched a [http://elite.frontier.co.uk/ 25th Anniversary Website] to celebrate. |
||
| + | Drew Wagar: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1245019716/reclamation-an-elite-novella-by-a-fan-for-the-fans?ref=live |
||
| − | [[User:Steve|Steve]] 16:25, 21 September 2009 (BST) |
||
| + | 'Commander Boz': http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/336512366/the-cost-of-exploration-an-elite-dangerous-world-b?ref=live |
||
| − | == New dev release of Oolite == |
||
| + | Vasileios Kalampakas: http://www.indiegogo.com/elite-dangerous-novel?a=1801378 |
||
| − | 1.72 is now out for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. You can get your fresh copy of Oolite from [http://www.oolite.org oolite.org] now. |
||
| + | Stop by, check them out and please (if you can) help us get some real stories into the Elite universe. |
||
| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 15:03, 8 November 2008 (UTC) |
||
| + | [[User:Jack Hamtilon|Jack Hamtilon]] |
||
| − | == |
+ | == News Archives == |
| − | On the 22nd August a program was broadcast in the UK all about the creation of Elite, including interviews with its two inventors - David Braben and Ian Bell. |
||
| + | '''Present archives:''' |
||
| − | |||
| + | * [[Wikinews Archive 1]] |
||
| − | If you missed it you can watch it [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=38455283567435786 here] |
||
| + | * [[Wikinews Archive 2]] |
||
| − | |||
| + | * [[Wikinews Archive 3]] |
||
| − | [[User:Steve|Steve]] 20:57, 2 September 2008 (BST) |
||
| + | * [[Wikinews Archive 4]] |
||
| − | |||
| − | == Ulite, version 4 == |
||
| − | |||
| − | [[Ulite]], the German web based game inspired by Frontier First Encounters is having a major revision on the 5th of May, with version 4 of the game. The game is available in English as well as German. At present, no information on what the update contains. The game can be found at http://www.ulite.de |
||
| − | |||
| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 14:01, 24 April 2008 (BST) |
||
| − | |||
| − | == New Oolite test release - 1.71 == |
||
| − | |||
| − | A new Oolite test release is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. There are many updates and bug fixes - see Ahruman's post here: [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4487] . You can download a new package for all platforms from [http://oolite-linux.berlios.de|the BerliOS project page], as an exe installer for Windows, a Linux autopackage, or a Mac OSX .dmg (there are also updaters available; see the appropriate forum on the [http://aegidian.org/bb|Oolite Bulletin Board] for information for your specific computer) |
||
| − | |||
| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 12:00, 23 April 2008 (BST) |
||
| − | |||
| − | == Braben on the Beeb == |
||
| − | |||
| − | [[Simon Challands]] on [[alt.fan.elite]] spotted an article on the BBC, about the [[David Braben|Breadbin]] on the BBC Micro. It's an interesting read to Braben's opinion on the machine, and computing today. You can read it here - [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7305699.stm] |
||
| − | |||
| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 11:09, 31 March 2008 (BST) |
||
| − | |||
| − | == Braben's impression of the UK government's attitude to the games industry == |
||
| − | |||
| − | On a link from Frontier's website, I noticed that David Braben has strongly criticised the British government's treatment of the UK game industry. In Gamespot, he's quoted as saying, "The government has made it very clear that it doesn't give a damn about the games industry." When asked to expand on his point, Braben told GameSpot that, "As an industry we have largely slipped between the cracks until now as far as government is concerned. Certainly as an industry, we have a low profile within government; there is a lack of appreciation of the size and revenue generated by our industry, and a similar lack of awareness of the issues we face." |
||
| − | |||
| − | You can read the full article here: [http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6183562.html] |
||
| − | |||
| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 11:02, 14 March 2008 (UTC) |
||
| − | |||
| − | == Older news == |
||
| − | |||
| − | You can see older news by viewing the archive pages - see [[:Category:News]] |
||
[[Category:News]] |
[[Category:News]] |
||
| + | [[Category:Elite Wiki]] |
||
Latest revision as of 21:09, 24 January 2016
Want to submit news? Please see the News Submission Guidelines on how to do this.
Contents
Oolite Version 1.77 released
Oolite v1.77-test released on Tuesday 8th January 2013. Download from Oolite.org.
Elite:Dangerous hit its funding target
The Kickstarter for Elite: Dangerous hit its funding target of £1.25 million today, 52 hours ahead of the deadline. This means that the game WILL be made, with release estimated for March 2014.
Elite:Dangerous Novels
There are currently four crowd source funding projects to create official/canon Elite novels to be released with the game in March 2014.
The links are:
John Harper: http://www.indiegogo.com/EliteDangerous-And-here-the-wheel?show_todos=true&a=1801378
Drew Wagar: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1245019716/reclamation-an-elite-novella-by-a-fan-for-the-fans?ref=live
'Commander Boz': http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/336512366/the-cost-of-exploration-an-elite-dangerous-world-b?ref=live
Vasileios Kalampakas: http://www.indiegogo.com/elite-dangerous-novel?a=1801378
Stop by, check them out and please (if you can) help us get some real stories into the Elite universe.
News Archives
Present archives:
