Elite: Dangerous “Mercenary Edition” Unveiled

Frontier Developments announced pricing details for the release version of Elite: Dangerous along with additional information about the day one digital pre-order edition.

Elite: Dangerous on final release will be available for $59.99 through Frontier’s online store.

Frontier also announced that a special pre-order digital pack — the Mercenary Edition — is now available for $49.99 to all customers who pre-order the game before the day of release. Those who have already pre-ordered the final release version of Elite: Dangerous or backed the game through Alpha and Beta stages will also receive the pre-order digital pack when the game is released.

The Elite: Dangerous Mercenary Edition is loaded with digital extras. As well as a digital download copy of the game, the pack contains:

• An additional Eagle fighter ship docked in a secondary location in-game
• Exclusive pack of ship paint schemes
• A ‘Day One’ ship decal
• A digital players guide
• A digital concept art book
• Plus additional in-game benefits and other digital goodies to be announced over the coming weeks.

Elite: Dangerous will be released in Q4 2014.