Announces full public release of Elite: Dangerous

RNS Number : 9578Z

Frontier Developments PLC

16 December 2014

 

16 December 2014

Frontier Developments plc

(the “Company”)

Announces full public release of Elite: Dangerous

Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV; “Frontier”, the “Company”), a leading independent developer of video games with studios in Cambridge, UK and Halifax, Canada, today announces the release of Elite: Dangerous as planned.

Frontier closed the pre-order period at the time of the release, having raised total funding via Kickstarter, the crowd-funding website, and its own site of £10.0 million from more than 200,000 backers.

David Braben, Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Developments, said:

“We are delighted to release Elite: Dangerous 1.00.  I want to congratulate the development team on their fantastic achievement, and also thank our many backers for their enthusiastic support and valuable feedback throughout development."

Enquiries:

Frontier Developments	[phone]
David Braben, CEO David Walsh, COO Neil Armstrong, CFO
	[phone]
Canaccord Genuity
Simon Bridges/Cameron Duncan
Finncap	[phone]
Malar Velaigam
Tulchan Communications	[phone]
James Macey White / Tom Buchanan

About Frontier Developments

Frontier Developments plc, listed on the AIM stock market (ticker: FDEV), is a leading independent game developer founded in 1994 by David Braben, co-author of the seminal ‘Elite’ game. Based in Cambridge, UK and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Frontier uses its proprietary ‘Cobra’ game development technology to create innovative games across videogame consoles, computers, smartphones and tablets.

The studio released Zoo Tycoon as a launch title for Microsoft’s Xbox One console in 2013 and Tales From Deep Space for Amazon in 2014. It continues to work on ScreamRide for Microsoft and other unannounced titles in addition to Elite: Dangerous.

www.frontier.co.uk

 

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