Oculus VR Store Distribution Channel for Elite

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Frontier Developments PLC

14 March 2016

 

14 March 2016

Frontier Developments plc

Frontier Adds Oculus VR Store Distribution Channel for Elite Dangerous

Frontier has announced that Elite Dangerous will support Facebook's Oculus Rift Virtual Reality (VR) headset from its consumer launch on 28 March.

In addition to delivering an update to all existing Elite Dangerous and Horizons players, Frontier will distribute the Elite Dangerous Deluxe Edition, including Elite Dangerous and the Horizons season of expansions, via the Oculus Store.

Elite Dangerous is one of the first top quality games to showcase the possibilities of VR, which differentiates the title and will provide sales opportunities as uptake of VR devices grows.

Commenting on this David Braben, CEO said

"I'm delighted to officially announce our support for Oculus Rift. VR is a technology with significant long term potential. Having support for and distribution by the current two major VR players, Oculus and Steam VR / HTC Vive, in place as they start to ship their first consumer headsets in the coming weeks means we are well placed to reinforce Elite Dangerous' position as a leading VR experience with the new VR audience."

Enquiries:

Frontier Developments	[phone]
David Braben, CEO David Walsh, COO Neil Armstrong, CFO
Numis - Nomad and Joint Broker	[phone]
Simon Willis/Jamie Lillywhite/Toby Adcock (Nomad)
Finncap	[phone]
Matt Goode/Giles Rolls
Tulchan Communications	[phone]
James Macey White/Matt Low

About Frontier Developments plc 

Frontier Developments plc, quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM: FDEV), is a leading independent game developer founded in 1994 by David Braben, co-author of the seminal 'Elite' game. Based in Cambridge, Frontier uses its proprietary 'COBRA' game development technology to create innovative games across videogame consoles, computers, smartphones and tablets.

www.frontier.co.uk 

 

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