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[Nirolak]

It seems that one of the writers for TheSixthAxis went to a presentation where various game designers talked about their games, and David Braben was among the speakers there. The writer seems to have obtained a powerpoint when he went there as well, confirming the platforms for Elite IV, The Outsider, and containing other various information about Frontier. A lot of it is blurred out, but still fairly readable. I've never actually played Elite, but I know a lot of people really love the series, so I thought they'd be interested to hear the news.

Back in May I saw that one of our ever resourceful readers, Tuffcub, had posted in the forums about a little meeting of industry heads in my home town. How could I not go? Whilst I didn’t exactly know what to expect it turned out to be totally worth the effort. It brought forth some really interesting thoughts which I’ll be letting you all know about later on in the week.

Get to the good stuff, right? I will, however it does require a small explanation. You see, one of the speakers at the lecture was none other than the much loved co creator of the original Elite and Chairman of Frontier, David Braben (you whippersnappers might have to do some googling). I have the slideshows that accompanied his very entertaining talk and in the section introducing himself, as if he needs to, he details that Elite IV, the often dismissed sequel is set to release on the PC, the 360 and, as you might have guessed, the PS3.

This is, of course, great news as back in the day Elite was one of the most forward thinking concepts out there. A huge chunk of the games industry will quite happily admit that some of the roots of many current strategy genres owe Elite big time. We have no clue as to when Elite IV will surface but it’s bound to be under wraps untill Frontier have The Outsider in the bag, which, as a side note, I’m most definitely looking forward to.

Oh, and here’s hoping that ‘more lost winds’ comes our way too.

Source: http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2009/06/16/elite-iv-confirmed-for-ps3/

Update:

We have a non blurry version of the PowerPoint. Thanks nofi!

The Powerpoint presentation from Braben, along with the other speakers at Games Eden is here in full, chaps.

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[Loudninja]

Wow The Outsider is still alive!

 

[farnham]

more lost winds awesome!!!

 

[glaurung]

Wow The Outsider is still alive!

That's what I came in here to say!

I still remember the awesome preview EDGE did about The Outsider - I think last year or so.

Even then it looked awesome.

 

[nofi]

The Powerpoint presentation from Braben, along with the other speakers at Games Eden is here in full, chaps.

 

[Witchfinder General]

That's what I came in here to say!

I still remember the awesome preview EDGE did about The Outsider - I think last year or so.

Even then it looked awesome.

Try 2006. I'm glad to see it alive.

 

[Zaptruder]

Goddamn. Elite 4 is still in production. This thing has been in production nearly as long as DNF.

 

[Darklord]

I thought it was canned like 4 years ago.:lol

 

[Freak]

Oh dear ive just made a terrible mess

 

[glaurung]

Try 2006. I'm glad to see it alive.

*checks EDGE cover stories

Oh yeah.

Blimey, how time flies.

 

[Shig]

more lost winds awesome!!!

More like "about fucking time", considering the first one greeted you at the end with zero denouement and a totally obvious "TUNE IN NEXT TIME!"

 

[rezuth]

more lost winds awesome!!!

Is that a carnival he is going to?

 

[Psychotext]

Do want!

 

[Busty]

I just hope he isn't funding the development himself in this economic climate.

We lost Free Radical, we can't afford to lose anymore.

 

[Quasar]

Wow.

I've been waiting on this for much longer than DNF. And if it got formally announced at E3 it probably would have been my megaton of the show.

 

[Acosta]

Braben already said, precisely in that Outsider feature from Edge, that Elite IV was planned, but it will come after Outsider. It will take a while.

 

[Nirolak]

I just hope he isn't funding the development himself in this economic climate.

We lost Free Radical, we can't afford to lose anymore.

That's an interesting question actually. I wonder who is funding them.

 

[Visualante]

I saw a realtime demo of their unannunced stuff. They couldn't show much because publisher wasn't willing- I think it's a Zoo Tycoon but take that's just my take based on their previous titles.