One of the finest virtual reality experiences around has just got a whole lot cheaper as Frontier Developments joins the holiday sale madness and slashes the price of it’s space epic Elite:Dangerous by 67% to just £9.99 ($15).

The seasonal retail holiday of Black Friday is upon us and the deals are starting already in full flow. Well, there’s a great offer for those virtual reality enthusiasts who haven’t yet picked up one of the finest VR experiences available, Frontier Developments have slashed the price of the Elite:Dangerous digital download by 67%, now down to £9.99 ($15) with the DVD edition down 57% to £12.99 (around$ 20).

Elite:Dangerous has been at the forefront of VR’s recent renaissance, being one of the first triple A titles to integrate Oculus Rift support from the early beta releases. We went hands on with the game just after the DK2’s release and I was suitably impressed with Frontier’s VR integration.

See Also: We Play Elite: Dangerous in the DK2 – In-Depth Hands-On Vid

Currently, E:D‘s Oculus Rift support is currently deprecated, forcing users to switch between older Oculus runtime versions – apparently due to development difficulties with Oculus’ recent SDK changes. However, we understand VR support for both Oculus’ headset and Valve’s HTC manufactured Vive headset will be back soon and present and correct once the headsets reach retail next year.

I went hands on with the E:D at EGX 2015, you can read my impressions of that experience here.

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Paul James
Based in the UK, Paul has been immersed in interactive entertainment for the best part of 27 years and has followed advances in gaming with a passionate fervour. His obsession with graphical fidelity over the years has had him branded a ‘graphics whore’ (which he views as the highest compliment) more than once and he holds a particular candle for the dream of the ultimate immersive gaming experience. Having followed and been disappointed by the original VR explosion of the 90s, he then founded RiftVR.com to follow the new and exciting prospect of the rebirth of VR in products like the Oculus Rift. Paul joined forces with Ben to help build the new Road to VR in preparation for what he sees as VR’s coming of age over the next few years.
  • GabyS

    Great game, i’ve already taken, to good price…
    Now i wait for CV1 :)

  • Raphael

    “Currently, E:D‘s Oculus Rift support is on hiatus – apparently due to difficulties with their recent SDK changes.” <<< Elite Dangerous works perfectly on Oculus rift but players need to use between 500 and 601 runtime. Use the reddit runtime switcher to switch between 500 and 800 runtime without rebooting or uninstalling runtimes. It's Star Citizen that doesn't work with VR.

    • RoadToVR

      Thanks Mr Underpants – you’re right. Post updated to reflect this. Thanks.

      • Raphael

        You welcome Mr RoadToVR. :) It’s annoying they haven’t got it working with the latest runtimes considering lots of smaller developers have (Radial-G is the latest to support runtime 800).