Greetings Commanders! Last week, we were joined on stream by the fantastic Dr Kay Ross to answer some of your questions regarding planetary tech and the changes coming in Elite Dangerous: Odyssey! If you missed it, you can watch the entire stream on YouTube - but we're also going to give you a refined recap of the answers given by Dr Kay right here! As Arthur mentioned last week, we were unable to answer every question, so we've sprinkled in a few extra answers in this post. For those who might ...

Microsoft has announced new games coming to Xbox Game Pass during the remainder of February. On 18th February, Bandai Namco's action role-playing game Code Vein hits Xbox Game Pass for PC. Also out on that day is Obsidian's RPG Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition on console and the cloud, and Bugbear's car smash 'em-up Wreckfest on console, PC and cloud. Moving on, on 23rd February team platformer Killer Queen Black hits Game Pass on console and cloud. Read more

Greetings Commanders, Some of you have expressed concerns over suspicions of bot usage in Elite Dangerous. Frontier is committed to offering the best gaming experience to all of our players and we actively monitor and act on any developments that might unbalance the Elite Dangerous Universe, or offer any unfair advantage to some players. We take any form of cheating or hacking in Elite Dangerous seriously. This includes the use of bots and third party software, which directly infringe on our Ter...

So far Frontier has talked a lot about combat in Elite Dangerous' upcoming Odyssey expansion, but not so much about how it'll affect other activities out among the stars. That's changed a little now though, with the developer outlining a few of the ways another of the space sim's core disciplines - exploration - will be affected come launch day. The most immediate change to exploration will come in the number of landable planets available in Odyssey, with Frontier anticipating around a 20% incre...

Greetings Commanders! We’re back this week to answer more of your burning questions on Elite Dangerous: Odyssey! This week we’re focusing on the brand new ‘First footfall’ system. Q: Will I be able to disembark on every planet I can land on? Odyssey will allow players for the first time to disembark their ships and SRVs and explore the galaxy on foot. The ability to disembark however is subject to the survivability of the environment, with temperature and gravity both playing a part in the lengt...