Elite Dangerous' Odyssey expansion opens playable PC alpha later this month

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, the new on-foot-focussed expansion for developer Frontier’s long-running space sim, will be opening its doors to the paying public on 29th March, when its playable alpha gets underway for Commanders on PC.

Players wishing to take part in the alpha will need to have pre-ordered Elite Dangerous: Odyssey’s Deluxe Alpha edition, priced at £39.99 – which is £10 more than the standard edition if you’re wondering how much you’ll be paying for the privilege (and an OST).

To accompany the news, Frontier has released a new trailer showing off gameplay from the alpha build of Odyssey. Here, three players team up to complete an on-foot raid of a military outpost in order to disable its power and hinder the opposing faction.

“All three Commanders in the incursion team are specially equipped for their assigned role,” explains Frontier. “Their tactical gear grants them an edge in their assigned tasks, whether it is to infiltrate the base avoiding detection, lay down covering fire if the alarm is raised, hacking, or quickly extract their teammates from a tight spot if enemy forces overwhelm them.”