Elite: Dangerous is packed full of pew-pew pilots going about their space lives, but something deadly is on the horizon; literally. Frontier has been found with their sticky fingers on a trademark for ‘Elite: Deadly’.
Some mused this could be a companion app of sorts, while others suggest it could be a return of the Thargold species. They’re a truly alien insectoid race, and David Braben is eager to re-envision them.
The insect pests were in the very original Elite space sim, but then disappeared. Deadly is also the rank above Dangerous, which is topped by Elite. If the Thargold were returning then it would make sense Frontier wants us to feel the game itself is ‘ranking up’ in challenge.
The ’Elite: Deadly’ trademark was filed with the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, which is an utterly ridiculous name for the European Union’s trademarking body. It was snooped by NeoGAF.
Frontier is offering no comment yet, just a weird series of insect-like clicking sounds. Odd.
