Thargoids | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Thu, 22 Feb 2018 12:07:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Thargoids | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Elite Dangerous: Beyond goes live next week https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/elite-dangerous-beyond-goes-live-next-week/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/elite-dangerous-beyond-goes-live-next-week/#respond Thu, 22 Feb 2018 10:24:07 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=364761 Last year, players of Elite Dangerous began noticing some odd encounters. A few players managed to come across huge Thargoid ships and soon after, the alien race began attacking spaceports in the game. This has all been building up to Elite Dangerous: Beyond, a multi-chapter series of updates that will explore humanity's next steps in …

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Last year, players of Elite Dangerous began noticing some odd encounters. A few players managed to come across huge Thargoid ships and soon after, the alien race began attacking spaceports in the game. This has all been building up to Elite Dangerous: Beyond, a multi-chapter series of updates that will explore humanity's next steps in the face of the Thargoid threat. Beyond marks the third season of Elite: Dangerous content and will be going live at the end of next week.

Elite Dangerous: Beyond Chapter One had an open beta on PC last month. Now, the official launch for Chapter One has been announced, with the update set to begin rolling out on Tuesday. The update is free for all players and will focus largely on “community-requested enhancements”, including changes to the crime and punishment system and a trading system revamp. You can see the trailer for Elite Dangerous: Beyond- Chapter One below:

As Frontier explains it, Chapter One features “a range of game-improving updates, including changes to the engineering mechanics, an overhaul of mission rewards, and an altered crime and punishment system”. During the open beta, pilots will have a chance to fly a new alliance warship known as The Chieftain and the GalNet news station will constantly be giving players updates on what is happening throughout the galaxy, bringing story to the forefront of the experience.

Elite Dangerous: Beyond's first chapter will be part of the game's 3.0 update. It begins rolling out on the 27th of February.

KitGuru Says: I've been playing quite a bit of Elite Dangerous over the last month, though I've mainly been grinding for credits in anticipation for this update. Are many of you still playing Elite Dangerous at the moment? Will you be jumping back in for ED: Beyond?

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The war against the Thargoids is heating up in Elite Dangerous: Beyond https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/the-war-against-the-thargoids-is-heating-up-in-elite-dangerous-beyond/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/the-war-against-the-thargoids-is-heating-up-in-elite-dangerous-beyond/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2018 11:51:49 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=360473 Last year, players of Elite Dangerous began noticing some odd encounters. A few players managed to come across huge Thargoid ships and soon after, the alien race began attacking spaceports in the game. This has all been building up to Elite Dangerous: Beyond, a multi-chapter series of updates that will explore humanity's next steps in …

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Last year, players of Elite Dangerous began noticing some odd encounters. A few players managed to come across huge Thargoid ships and soon after, the alien race began attacking spaceports in the game. This has all been building up to Elite Dangerous: Beyond, a multi-chapter series of updates that will explore humanity's next steps in the face of the Thargoid threat.

Elite Dangerous: Beyond Chapter One is getting an open beta for PC players this month. While this test is under way, players will have access to Wing Missions, team-based challenges, a revamped trading system and ‘reworked planet rendering'. There is a short teaser trailer for the expansion below:

As Frontier explains it, Chapter One features “a range of game-improving updates, including changes to the engineering mechanics, an overhaul of mission rewards, and an altered crime and punishment system”. During the open beta, pilots will have a chance to fly a new alliance warship known as The Chieftain and the GalNet news station will constantly be giving players updates on what it happening throughout the galaxy, bringing story to the forefront of the experience.

Elite Dangerous: Beyond's first chapter will be a free update for PC players at some point in Q1 2018. The open beta will kick off on the 25th of January. After that, Frontier will begin focusing on future chapters.

KitGuru Says: I've been itching to jump back into Elite Dangerous recently, so this has come at a great time for me. It sounds like Frontier is gearing up for a huge showdown between humans and the Thargoid race, which could be very exciting. Are many of you still playing Elite Dangerous at the moment? Will you be jumping back in for ED: Beyond?

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Even starports aren’t safe from the Thargoid invasion in Elite: Dangerous https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/damien-cox/even-starports-arent-safe-from-the-thargoid-invasion-in-elite-dangerous/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/damien-cox/even-starports-arent-safe-from-the-thargoid-invasion-in-elite-dangerous/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:05:53 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=357863 2017 is the year that the Thargoids emerged within Elite: Dangerous. The first sighting was in January, swiftly followed by a full-scale invasion in September. Now, the aggressors are targeting friendly starports. Players began spotting the attacks in random locations, before congregating on Reddit to create a list of known locations targeted by the aliens. …

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2017 is the year that the Thargoids emerged within Elite: Dangerous. The first sighting was in January, swiftly followed by a full-scale invasion in September. Now, the aggressors are targeting friendly starports.

Players began spotting the attacks in random locations, before congregating on Reddit to create a list of known locations targeted by the aliens. At this point, only Aegis stations have been affected, with “Titan's Daughter in the Taygeta system, Liman Legacy in HIP 16753 and the Oracle in the Pleiades Sector IR-W D1-55” all severely damaged.

This was all the doing of a brand new Thargoid variant, known as an Interceptor Medusa, that is able to use its shutdown field to neutralise the defences of the stations before attacking the reactor directly. “It’s like they wanted to cripple rather us rather than destroy us outright,” according to Galnet News.

Attacked stations are dangerous, as it has been confirmed that the cores are now unstable and producing an immense amount of heat. Any ship close enough will be cooked in a matter of minutes.

This was officially revealed by Elite: Dangerous developers to be a part of its ‘The Fall of the Orcale’ event that launched today, with Imgur user CmdrBadPlayer giving us brand new images to feast our eyes on.

KitGuru Says: It’s good to see Elite: Dangerous adding more content surrounding its most iconic villain, especially after the hype surrounding the Thargoid introduction. While it’s perhaps possible to take down these new Interceptor Medusa ships, remember to think smart. Does The Fall of the Orcale make you want to jump back in?

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