elite-like posts

Okay, quick gamer quiz. Do you know what Elite is? If you answered no, hand in your gamer card. You are no longer considered a gamer. Leave here forever, and hang your head in shame! We kid, we kid, but Elite is considered one of the incredible classics of gaming. The open-world, dynamic gameplay made it an instant hit, and even inspired an entire sub-genre called "elite-likes" which include such greats as the X series and EVE Online. Speaking to a group of assembled developers at Develop, David Braben, one of the original developers of the series, had this to say:

"We started, we stopped, we started, we stopped. We do have people working on... it's a very difficult game to realise. The plan is to do it after The Outsider. I know it's been an awfully long time, but we are, in terms of technology, very nearly there."

Here's looking to losing our lives in Elite once again! We can't wait.

Evochron Renegades, an indie elite-like, has released a new version. The game is very similar to X3: Reunion or Freelancer in terms of being a realistic freeform space sim. There's many new features, but here are the most notable:

• A new multiplayer system allowing for improved router support and performance.
  
• Option to save in different profile slots in-game (multiple save points).
  
• Custom music option now supports event/threat level triggered music. In other words, you can add all your own music for actions you might do in the game.
  
• Server software updated for new multiplayer functionality.
  
• A new clan battlefield system.

For a full list of changes, as well as the download link for the demo (trust me, it's well worth it!), visit the official site. You can purchase the full version for $25 as well, which gives you a registration key for the demo to unlock it to the full version.

[Via Blue's News]