Longest development period for a simulation videogame
Who
Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments)
Where
United Kingdom ()
When
The first game in the space sim Elite series, titled Elite (David Braben and Ian Bell), was published in 1984 and had two sequels: Frontier: Elite II (GameTek) in 1993, and Frontier: First Encounters (Frontier Developments) in 1995. Braben mentioned plans to work on Elite IV at E3 1997. More than 17 years later the PC version of the game’s fourth instalment – Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments) – is set for a worldwide release in late 2014, with a Mac version due to follow some three months later.