Frontier Launches Elite Dangerous: Arena

In my opinion, CQC: Close Quarters Combat Championship in Elite Dangerous was one of the best things Frontier has bestowed upon the game yet.  Last year CQC was added to Elite and this brought an entirely new level of awesome to the already fantastic space sim. But today this all became a lot more accessible. With Elite Dangerous: Arena, players who are not looking for the grandeur of the main branch of the game can now join in the fun and see what all the buzz surrounding Elite Dangerous is all about.

Elite Dangerous has always been a showcase game for VR. Flying my Star Fighter was truly one of the first true, “Oh Shit!” moments I had after getting my DK2. The scale and scope of this game with the addition of VR support was everything I had dreamed of while playing those space sims of old. For the first time I felt a bit of presence and couldn’t get enough. But as these types of games often do,

Elite started to get a bit tiresome with the every day tedium of making your way in the Galaxy. Constantly trading and grinding towards a larger and more powerful ship had started to lose its apeal. Soon however this changed when Frontier added a breath of fresh air to the game. CQC brought the familiar FPS style Death Match, Team Death Match, and Capture the Flag modes that the game was sorely missing. Now it was just a click away to engage in some fast paced Pew-Pew action against other commanders across the globe.