Today is the start of our second annual 24-hour livestream event to raise money for the gaming charity SpecialEffect. We’ll begin at 12:00 GMT (noon) and since it’s our second 24-hour streaming event we’re taking things up a notch! We will be streaming across two channels at once!



On the official Elite Dangerous YouTube channel we have Community Manager Edward Lewis running the show and bringing you all of the Elite Dangerous streaming content with guests from the community and the development team, loads of chances to win prizes, and also a chance for you to help support SpecialEffect!



Meanwhile over at the Planet Coaster side of things we’ll have Community Manager Bo De Vries running the show with her own guests from the Planet Coaster development team and community, as well as special prizes to be won and again a chance to support SpecialEffect, the gamers’ charity.



We hope you’ll join us and help us celebrate the festive season in style!


Elite Dangerous With Ed: https://youtube.com/FrontierDevelopments/live
Planet Coaster with Bo: https://youtube.com/PlanetCoaster/live
Our JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/FrontierDev

Today is the start of our second annual 24-hour livestream event to raise money for the gaming charity SpecialEffect. We’ll begin at 12:00 GMT (noon) and since it’s our second 24-hour streaming event we’re taking things up a notch! We will be streaming across two channels at once!



On the official Elite Dangerous YouTube channel we have Community Manager Edward Lewis running the show and bringing you all of the Elite Dangerous streaming content with guests from the community and the development team, loads of chances to win prizes, and also a chance for you to help support SpecialEffect!



Meanwhile over at the Planet Coaster side of things we’ll have Community Manager Bo De Vries running the show with her own guests from the Planet Coaster development team and community, as well as special prizes to be won and again a chance to support SpecialEffect, the gamers’ charity.



We hope you’ll join us and help us celebrate the festive season in style!


Elite Dangerous With Ed: https://youtube.com/FrontierDevelopments/live
Planet Coaster with Bo: https://youtube.com/PlanetCoaster/live
Our JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/FrontierDev

Join Ed, Adam Bourke-Waite, and Dominic Corner as they answer your questions from the official forums and the live chat!

Tonights livestream is focusing on missions specifically! Please keep that in mind when you're asking questions.

7PM GMT 13/12/16

https://www.youtube.com/user/FrontierDevelopments/live

Join Ed, Adam Bourke-Waite, and Dominic Corner as they answer your questions from the official forums and the live chat!

Tonights livestream is focusing on missions specifically! Please keep that in mind when you're asking questions.

7PM GMT 13/12/16

https://www.youtube.com/user/FrontierDevelopments/live

Hello commanders,

Join Edward Lewis and Adam Woods tonight as they take each other on in an SRV race across a planet surface in Open play. They're starting things off at 7PM GMT on our official YouTube channel at Ferguson Prospect in the Wasat system on Planet A2 e. Hopefully we'll see you there... let us know if you want to join in over on our stream!

https://www.youtube.com/user/FrontierDevelopments/live

Hello commanders,

Join Edward Lewis and Adam Woods tonight as they take each other on in an SRV race across a planet surface in Open play. They're starting things off at 7PM GMT on our official YouTube channel at Ferguson Prospect in the Wasat system on Planet A2 e. Hopefully we'll see you there... let us know if you want to join in over on our stream!

https://www.youtube.com/user/FrontierDevelopments/live

Greetings Commanders,

Throughout the development of 2.2 and the 2.2 beta, we found the feedback that you gave us absolutely invaluable. The discussion around balancing and feature improvements, both in the office and on our forums, has brought some interesting and positive things into focus. For that reason we've decided to keep the thrusters burning and release an important point update that will have a big impact on some of the core mechanics in Elite Dangerous: Horizons. With the 2.2.03 update we want to continue the positivity that the 2.2 update and balance changes brought to Elite Dangerous, while giving Powerplay some love at the same time.

Beta starts tomorrow! (7th December)

Because it's such a special update that contains some fundamental gameplay changes, it's important that things are thoroughly tested and tweaked until they're just right. For the first time ever we're running a point update beta that starts on December 7th and will remain open until the update is released after Christmas in the new year.

The beta will be available to all those with previous Elite Dangerous beta access.


The update will focus on three main things, and we'll be looking for feedback on each topic:

- Powerplay adjustments: Changes to how AI react to players in Powerplay, and discussing potential mechanical improvement. More information on this here:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/309692

- Engineer Changes: Balancing tweaks to promote greater variety in recipe use and smooth over a few problems, focussed on combat related blueprints for this pass. More information on this here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/310527

- Combat Balancing: Changes to existing weapons to enable greater choice in how players can effectively choose and outfit their ships for combat.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/309693


As usual we'll have a beta feedback forum, and bug reporting channels open for any feedback or suggestions you may have. Thanks again for helping us to make Elite Dangerous the best possible game it can be. Good luck Commanders.

Bug Reports: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/forumdisplay.php/146
Beta Feedback: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/forumdisplay.php/147

Greetings Commanders,

Throughout the development of 2.2 and the 2.2 beta, we found the feedback that you gave us absolutely invaluable. The discussion around balancing and feature improvements, both in the office and on our forums, has brought some interesting and positive things into focus. For that reason we've decided to keep the thrusters burning and release an important point update that will have a big impact on some of the core mechanics in Elite Dangerous: Horizons. With the 2.2.03 update we want to continue the positivity that the 2.2 update and balance changes brought to Elite Dangerous, while giving Powerplay some love at the same time.

Beta starts tomorrow! (7th December)

Because it's such a special update that contains some fundamental gameplay changes, it's important that things are thoroughly tested and tweaked until they're just right. For the first time ever we're running a point update beta that starts on December 7th and will remain open until the update is released after Christmas in the new year.

The beta will be available to all those with previous Elite Dangerous beta access.


The update will focus on three main things, and we'll be looking for feedback on each topic:

- Powerplay adjustments: Changes to how AI react to players in Powerplay, and discussing potential mechanical improvement. More information on this here:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/309692

- Engineer Changes: Balancing tweaks to promote greater variety in recipe use and smooth over a few problems, focussed on combat related blueprints for this pass. More information on this here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/310527

- Combat Balancing: Changes to existing weapons to enable greater choice in how players can effectively choose and outfit their ships for combat.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/309693


As usual we'll have a beta feedback forum, and bug reporting channels open for any feedback or suggestions you may have. Thanks again for helping us to make Elite Dangerous the best possible game it can be. Good luck Commanders.

Bug Reports: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/forumdisplay.php/146
Beta Feedback: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/forumdisplay.php/147

It’s that time of year again, where people come together to celebrate the family and friends closest to them. This holiday season we’re proud to be celebrating this special time with you, our incredible community. We’ve got a whole heap of fantastic activities this festive period that we’d love for you to join in with as we see out this final month of the year.

Frontier’s 24 Hour Holiday Livestream

For those of you who don’t know, last year we held a 24 hour livestream extravaganza, with developers and community members joining us to make it an extra special event. Well, we’re back and this year Ed Lewis will be joined by the wonderful Bo de Vries as the dynamic duo both take on the challenge simultaneously! With Bo taking on 24 hours of Planet Coaster festive fun and Ed Lewis captaining 24 hours of the great ship Elite Dangerous, it’s sure to be a night/day to remember.

They will both be taking on this challenge on the December 19, 2016 (midday GMT) and will be ending at the same time on December 20. What’s more, for the entire event we will be raising money for SpecialEffect charity. For those of you who don’t know, SpecialEffect are a charity which do fantastic work helping disabled people access technology and games.

Charity Sweepstake

Every full £1 donated to the campaign Just Giving page will be an entry into a prize draw. The draw will be held on the stream at the end of the 24 hours and you must leave your contact email address (the optional field at donation, not as a comment) to be entered into the prize draw so that we can contact you. We’ve got an amazing set of prizes available. Here’s what you could win…

• High End gaming PC! – Up to £2,000 worth of pure gaming awesome.
• Xbox One S console
• PlayStation 4 pro console
• 3 x Planet Coaster Thrillseeker edition (No longer available in store)
• 3 x Elite Dangerous Commander Edition on Steam
• 2 x £50 Frontier Merch Design Credit – Perfect to create your own style in our merch designer!
• 4 x £25 Frontier Merch Design Credit – Perfect to create your own style in our merch designer!
• 5 x Elite Dangerous goodie bags containing
  
  • Elite ranking cap
  • Elite Socks
  • Elite Beanie
  • Elite Mug
  • Elite Keyring
  • Elite Pin Badge
• 5 x Planet Coaster goodie bags containing
  
  • Planet Coaster tote bag
  • Planet Coaster Mouse mat
  • Signed artwork
  • Planet Coaster badge
  • Planet Coaster Lanyard
  • Planet Coaster 8GB USB stick
• 5 x digital copies of the You, Me and Gravity – Planet Coaster Soundtrack

Terms and conditions apply, see the bottom of this post for details.

Special Effect Paint Job

As if the awesome raffle and prizes aren’t enough, we’ve also got a very special incentive for anyone that donates to this fantastic cause. If you donate £6/€7/$7.5 or more in a single donation, you’ll be eligible for this fantastic, unique SpecialEffect Sidewinder paint job AND decal! You will still keep the same number of raffle tickets into the prize draw too so there’s twice the reason to get involved!

Please note: Make sure you add your email address when donating so that we can contact you for your prizes. The paint job and decal will be sent via a redemption code to all eligible donators after the event ends. Terms and conditions apply, see the bottom of this post for details.



Charity Auction

In addition to the fantastic prizes above, we’ve also got our annual charity auction where you can bid on a host of cool items in the hopes of winning that prize. All bids are private so you have to bid what you would be willing to pay per item. The winners will be contacted and asked to donate that much into the Just Giving page.

Here’s how it works: take a look at the list of auction prizes below! Some will be Elite Dangerous focused and some will be Planet Coaster specific. Once you see one or more items that you would like to bid on, simply email the name of the item or items you wish to bid on and the amount per item to community@frontier.co.uk with the subject line “Blind Charity Auction”. The bidding will end on December 9 at 9AM GMT and winners will be contacted immediately.
Terms and conditions apply, see the bottom of this post for full details.

Here’s what’s up for auction (Photos may be added shortly)!


Elite Dangerous

Dine with the Developers – Elite Dangerous: Dine with the developers of Elite Dangerous. We’re holding an evening meal with five of Elite Dangerous’ best known developers who will be joining you. The date of the event is planned for Thursday January 26, 2017 from 7PM GMT – 10PM GMT and we are looking for FIVE lucky bidders to come and join us! All the food and drink will be on us but you’ll need to make your way to a location in central Cambridge; all travel and other expenses for the event will be paid for by the winning bidders.

Name a Rare good: Make your mark in Elite, name a Rare good and have it added to the game! All entries will be reviewed and require approval from the Frontier Development team and the location will be decided by the dev team.

Name a Station: Make your mark in Elite, name a Station in game! All entries will be reviewed and require approval from the Frontier Development team and the location will be decided by the dev team.

Name a System: Make your mark in Elite, name an entire system in game! All entries will be reviewed and require approval from the Frontier Development team and the location will be decided by the dev team.

Your own custom unique, bespoke paint job: A one of a kind, special unique paint job for one of your Commanders. You will be able to work with our paint job designer to create something custom and unique for you. Pick the ship, colour and style and be the envy of all you meet with this fantastic prize.

Elite Dangerous Lifetime Expansion Pass: Not available for sale currently. The lifetime expansion pass offers you every update ever made to Elite Dangerous and all future expansions! Join the Elite and enjoy every piece of content made in Elite Dangerous.



Planet Coaster
Dine with the Developers – Planet Coaster: Dine with the developers of Planet Coaster. We’re holding an evening meal with five of Planet Coaster’s best known developers who will be joining you. The date of the event is planned for Friday January 27, 2017 from 7PM GMT – 10PM GMT and we are looking for FIVE lucky bidders to come and join us! All the food and drink will be on us but you’ll need to make your way to a location in central Cambridge; all travel and other expenses for the event will be paid for by the winning bidders.

Signed Scenery: Some of you will remember Marc Cox from the Planet Coaster livestream. Now we all know that scenery is important in Planet Coaster but Marc takes this to a new level, covering his entire desk in home-made scenery. We’re giving away a special piece of scenery from his collection signed by the development team. It really is the blocks that helped build Planet Coaster.

Bespoke Hand Drawn Planet Coaster Photo Frames: You might not know but our much loved Community Manager and Streamer extraordinaire, Bo de Vries, is also incredibly talented in calligraphy! She’s creating three custom Planet Coaster frames with hand-drawn calligraphy on it for you to enjoy! By bidding on this item you are bidding on one of these delightful frames; there will be three frames to be won.

Planet Coaster cushion set: At the Planet Coaster launch event we had so many comments of people who wanted the Planet Coaster cushions on the set. So we’ve made a beautiful bespoke set of three cushions which will be available to bid on as one set. Please note you are bidding on one set of three Planet Coaster cushions.

Signed Artwork from the Launch event: Another launch event special is a set of two Planet Coaster wall arts, signed by the team. There are some minor scratches to the set so buyers take note. These make a beautiful decoration for anyone who appreciates stunning artwork and Planet Coaster!

Once again, we want to take this moment to thank you, our amazing community for helping and supporting Elite Dangerous and Planet Coaster over the past year. You breathe life into the games and are at the very heart of everything we do. We hope you can join us and take part in what promises to be a fantastic event!



Terms and conditions

Raffle
- Every full £1 (UK British pound) donated to the just giving page is an entry into the prize draw.
- If a donation is made in another currency we will use a currency converter to work out the UK equivalent.
- The prize draw will be held on 20 December 2016 and will be help live on stream. The cut off time for entries will be announced shortly before the draw.
- For prize draw tickets to be valid they must include suitable contact details. Either the Commander name in the name or comments for Elite Dangerous players or the Email address in the donation (not as a publically viewable comment).
- Prizes in the raffle may be substituted for one of equal value if for any reason they become unavailable, such as going out of stock.
- Prizes are available worldwide
- Where a prize is not deliverable by a specific merchant, vouchers may be offered for a suitable retailer instead. Specifically for the Gaming PC, Xbox One S and Playstation Pro.

SpecialEffect PaintJob
- The Special Effect paint job and decal will be made available to everyone who has donated over the specified amount in their currency and has a valid email address on their donation (be sure to add them at the donation and not as a comment).
- These will be sent out after the event ends and not granted immediately. Please be patient for your code, they could take a number of days to be dispatched.
- The SpecialEffect paint job is only available for use with Elite Dangerous and you will need to own the game in order to use this item.

Auction
- The auction will end on Friday 9 December 2016 at 09:00 GMT
- Winners will be contacted shortly after and will be required to reply within 48 hours.
- If deemed required by Frontier Developments we will move on to the next eligible big should the person fail to respond.
- Payments should be made the Just Giving page before the event 19 December 2016.
- Frontier reserve the right to edit or replace any auction prizes with an alternative prize of equal or greater value should any of them become unavailable
- Frontier can re-arrange the “Dine with the Developers” evenings as require by giving a minimum of 48 hours’ notice.

It’s that time of year again, where people come together to celebrate the family and friends closest to them. This holiday season we’re proud to be celebrating this special time with you, our incredible community. We’ve got a whole heap of fantastic activities this festive period that we’d love for you to join in with as we see out this final month of the year.

Frontier’s 24 Hour Holiday Livestream

For those of you who don’t know, last year we held a 24 hour livestream extravaganza, with developers and community members joining us to make it an extra special event. Well, we’re back and this year Ed Lewis will be joined by the wonderful Bo de Vries as the dynamic duo both take on the challenge simultaneously! With Bo taking on 24 hours of Planet Coaster festive fun and Ed Lewis captaining 24 hours of the great ship Elite Dangerous, it’s sure to be a night/day to remember.

They will both be taking on this challenge on the December 19, 2016 (midday GMT) and will be ending at the same time on December 20. What’s more, for the entire event we will be raising money for SpecialEffect charity. For those of you who don’t know, SpecialEffect are a charity which do fantastic work helping disabled people access technology and games.

Charity Sweepstake

Every full £1 donated to the campaign Just Giving page will be an entry into a prize draw. The draw will be held on the stream at the end of the 24 hours and you must leave your contact email address (the optional field at donation, not as a comment) to be entered into the prize draw so that we can contact you. We’ve got an amazing set of prizes available. Here’s what you could win…

• High End gaming PC! – Up to £2,000 worth of pure gaming awesome.
• Xbox One S console
• PlayStation 4 pro console
• 3 x Planet Coaster Thrillseeker edition (No longer available in store)
• 3 x Elite Dangerous Commander Edition on Steam
• 2 x £50 Frontier Merch Design Credit – Perfect to create your own style in our merch designer!
• 4 x £25 Frontier Merch Design Credit – Perfect to create your own style in our merch designer!
• 5 x Elite Dangerous goodie bags containing
  
  • Elite ranking cap
  • Elite Socks
  • Elite Beanie
  • Elite Mug
  • Elite Keyring
  • Elite Pin Badge
• 5 x Planet Coaster goodie bags containing
  
  • Planet Coaster tote bag
  • Planet Coaster Mouse mat
  • Signed artwork
  • Planet Coaster badge
  • Planet Coaster Lanyard
  • Planet Coaster 8GB USB stick
• 5 x digital copies of the You, Me and Gravity – Planet Coaster Soundtrack

Terms and conditions apply, see the bottom of this post for details.

Special Effect Paint Job

As if the awesome raffle and prizes aren’t enough, we’ve also got a very special incentive for anyone that donates to this fantastic cause. If you donate £6/€7/$7.5 or more in a single donation, you’ll be eligible for this fantastic, unique SpecialEffect Sidewinder paint job AND decal! You will still keep the same number of raffle tickets into the prize draw too so there’s twice the reason to get involved!

Please note: Make sure you add your email address when donating so that we can contact you for your prizes. The paint job and decal will be sent via a redemption code to all eligible donators after the event ends. Terms and conditions apply, see the bottom of this post for details.



Charity Auction

In addition to the fantastic prizes above, we’ve also got our annual charity auction where you can bid on a host of cool items in the hopes of winning that prize. All bids are private so you have to bid what you would be willing to pay per item. The winners will be contacted and asked to donate that much into the Just Giving page.

Here’s how it works: take a look at the list of auction prizes below! Some will be Elite Dangerous focused and some will be Planet Coaster specific. Once you see one or more items that you would like to bid on, simply email the name of the item or items you wish to bid on and the amount per item to community@frontier.co.uk with the subject line “Blind Charity Auction”. The bidding will end on December 9 at 9AM GMT and winners will be contacted immediately.
Terms and conditions apply, see the bottom of this post for full details.

Here’s what’s up for auction (Photos may be added shortly)!


Elite Dangerous

Dine with the Developers – Elite Dangerous: Dine with the developers of Elite Dangerous. We’re holding an evening meal with five of Elite Dangerous’ best known developers who will be joining you. The date of the event is planned for Thursday January 26, 2017 from 7PM GMT – 10PM GMT and we are looking for FIVE lucky bidders to come and join us! All the food and drink will be on us but you’ll need to make your way to a location in central Cambridge; all travel and other expenses for the event will be paid for by the winning bidders.

Name a Rare good: Make your mark in Elite, name a Rare good and have it added to the game! All entries will be reviewed and require approval from the Frontier Development team and the location will be decided by the dev team.

Name a Station: Make your mark in Elite, name a Station in game! All entries will be reviewed and require approval from the Frontier Development team and the location will be decided by the dev team.

Name a System: Make your mark in Elite, name an entire system in game! All entries will be reviewed and require approval from the Frontier Development team and the location will be decided by the dev team.

Your own custom unique, bespoke paint job: A one of a kind, special unique paint job for one of your Commanders. You will be able to work with our paint job designer to create something custom and unique for you. Pick the ship, colour and style and be the envy of all you meet with this fantastic prize.

Elite Dangerous Lifetime Expansion Pass: Not available for sale currently. The lifetime expansion pass offers you every update ever made to Elite Dangerous and all future expansions! Join the Elite and enjoy every piece of content made in Elite Dangerous.



Planet Coaster
Dine with the Developers – Planet Coaster: Dine with the developers of Planet Coaster. We’re holding an evening meal with five of Planet Coaster’s best known developers who will be joining you. The date of the event is planned for Friday January 27, 2017 from 7PM GMT – 10PM GMT and we are looking for FIVE lucky bidders to come and join us! All the food and drink will be on us but you’ll need to make your way to a location in central Cambridge; all travel and other expenses for the event will be paid for by the winning bidders.

Signed Scenery: Some of you will remember Marc Cox from the Planet Coaster livestream. Now we all know that scenery is important in Planet Coaster but Marc takes this to a new level, covering his entire desk in home-made scenery. We’re giving away a special piece of scenery from his collection signed by the development team. It really is the blocks that helped build Planet Coaster.

Bespoke Hand Drawn Planet Coaster Photo Frames: You might not know but our much loved Community Manager and Streamer extraordinaire, Bo de Vries, is also incredibly talented in calligraphy! She’s creating three custom Planet Coaster frames with hand-drawn calligraphy on it for you to enjoy! By bidding on this item you are bidding on one of these delightful frames; there will be three frames to be won.

Planet Coaster cushion set: At the Planet Coaster launch event we had so many comments of people who wanted the Planet Coaster cushions on the set. So we’ve made a beautiful bespoke set of three cushions which will be available to bid on as one set. Please note you are bidding on one set of three Planet Coaster cushions.

Signed Artwork from the Launch event: Another launch event special is a set of two Planet Coaster wall arts, signed by the team. There are some minor scratches to the set so buyers take note. These make a beautiful decoration for anyone who appreciates stunning artwork and Planet Coaster!

Once again, we want to take this moment to thank you, our amazing community for helping and supporting Elite Dangerous and Planet Coaster over the past year. You breathe life into the games and are at the very heart of everything we do. We hope you can join us and take part in what promises to be a fantastic event!



Terms and conditions

Raffle
- Every full £1 (UK British pound) donated to the just giving page is an entry into the prize draw.
- If a donation is made in another currency we will use a currency converter to work out the UK equivalent.
- The prize draw will be held on 20 December 2016 and will be help live on stream. The cut off time for entries will be announced shortly before the draw.
- For prize draw tickets to be valid they must include suitable contact details. Either the Commander name in the name or comments for Elite Dangerous players or the Email address in the donation (not as a publically viewable comment).
- Prizes in the raffle may be substituted for one of equal value if for any reason they become unavailable, such as going out of stock.
- Prizes are available worldwide
- Where a prize is not deliverable by a specific merchant, vouchers may be offered for a suitable retailer instead. Specifically for the Gaming PC, Xbox One S and Playstation Pro.

SpecialEffect PaintJob
- The Special Effect paint job and decal will be made available to everyone who has donated over the specified amount in their currency and has a valid email address on their donation (be sure to add them at the donation and not as a comment).
- These will be sent out after the event ends and not granted immediately. Please be patient for your code, they could take a number of days to be dispatched.
- The SpecialEffect paint job is only available for use with Elite Dangerous and you will need to own the game in order to use this item.

Auction
- The auction will end on Friday 9 December 2016 at 09:00 GMT
- Winners will be contacted shortly after and will be required to reply within 48 hours.
- If deemed required by Frontier Developments we will move on to the next eligible big should the person fail to respond.
- Payments should be made the Just Giving page before the event 19 December 2016.
- Frontier reserve the right to edit or replace any auction prizes with an alternative prize of equal or greater value should any of them become unavailable
- Frontier can re-arrange the “Dine with the Developers” evenings as require by giving a minimum of 48 hours’ notice.