LONDON (Alliance News) - Frontier Development PLC said Friday that backers of Elite Dangerous, a sequel to the pioneering 1984 video game, will be able to join in the testing phase beginning in December.
The UK video game developer sourced funding for Elite:Dangerous via Kickstarter, and raised GBP1.6 million to produce the game. Backers who contributed more than GBP200 will be eligible to access the test phase of the game.
Shares in Frontier were trading down 0.20 pence at 123.30 pence Friday morning.
By Hana Stewart-Smith; hanassmith@alliancenews.com; @HanaSSAllNews
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