Kotaku: David Braben

Kinectimals Creator Sets His Sights on Building the $25 PC

Owen Good — Thu, 05 May 2011 23:30:00 EDT

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David Braben, whose Frontier Developments studio has delivered Elite, Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, LostWinds and, yes, Kinectimals, has now created Raspberry Pi. It's not a game, it's a working, Linux-based PC on something not much larger than a standard USB memory stick. More »

This Is Definitely Not A Tease For Kinectimals 2

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:00:00 EST

This cake featuring a crashed Air Force One is based on a game David Braben's Frontier Developments is making. Their most recent work was the toss-frisbees-at-cute-tigers game Kinectimals. But could this be Braben's reminder of something thought lost, something cooler? More »

Lostwinds Might Come To 360, PS3

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:30:00 EDT

Lostwinds is pretty great, but because it's only available on WiiWare, many people are missing out. Maybe a version on the 360 or PlayStation 3 could be a little more inclusive. More »

MIGS Keynote: A Broken Business Model

Maggie Greene — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:30:00 EST

The Montreal International Game Summit recently wrapped up, and keynote speaker David Braben of Frontier Development really took the industry to task on everything from the business model (broken!) to retailers (killing longevity of games!) to the 'online myth' of the next gen consoles. He makes some interesting points, though I'm not at all convinced of the veracity of some of them. Here's his take on the retail model: More »

Braben: Elite 4 coming to consoles

Stuart Houghton — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:20:00 EDT

I've been waiting so long for Elite 4 that the issue of what platform it will actually appear on has become kind of irrelevant. More »

Elite 4 Still Alive, Still Years Away

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:30:00 EDT

A lot of Americans may be in the dark when it comes to Elite, since it's more fanatical followers are based mostly out of the UK, but all you really need to know is that it's one of the greatest games ever made. Actually, I think its sequel - Frontier - is even better, but whatever, that's open to debate. The point is, the latest Elite game, Elite 4, which has been years in the making, is...still being made, according to series creator David Braben. Which is good to know, since it's been over nine months since we heard anything on the project. Latest is that it'll be out after his current game, The Outsider, which is slated for release sometime next year. Putting Elite 4's release at somewhere around 2010. At the earliest. Which, when you write it down like that, is an awfully long time away. More »

David Braben on The Outsider and 'Next-Gen' Design

Maggie Greene — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:30:00 EST

David Braben, who developed Elite and has recently been talking up his latest, the espionage-themed The Outsider (and giving backhanded compliments to games like Bioshock in the process). Gamasutra has an interesting interview up with Braben, talking about new paths for narrative design, what he and Frontier Developments are hoping to do with The Outsider, and what everyone in the industry is doing wrong: More »

The Outsider is Next Gen, Halo 3 and Bioshock Aren't

Mark Wilson — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:40:48 EDT

Frontier Developments' boss David Braben is feeling really confident about his upcoming game, The Outsider (for PS3 and Xbox 360). Players take control of an ex-CIA agent framed for the assassination of the President in what looks to be a good, "high octane" time. But like we said, he's feeling really confident about it.

I loved the 1930s-1950s atmosphere of BioShock...but the gameplay itself was not 'next-gen'...I found Halo 3 great fun, too, but also a little disappointing - as although there were a few nice touches and improved graphical fidelity, it hadn't really moved on much from Halo 2 in terms of the gameplay.

His game on the other hand, is going to be fantastic: More »