You’re getting AAA-quality content for zero dollars with cross-headset multiplayer. On the other hand, Elite Dangerous: Arena and its big brother, the full Elite: Dangerous, both have native HTC Vive and Oculus Rift support through Steam. Elite Dangerous: Arena offers an experience that’s extremely similar to that of EVE: Valkyrie, which is still only available on Oculus Home for Oculus Rift. This mode, commonly referred to as the game’s CQC mode, isn’t as popular traditionally, but the influx of new players this promotion creates should more than alleviate that problem. It also hasn’t always been free, plus many people have moved on to the full game so it was hard to find matches online. Most of the negative reviews are in regards to the fact that this mode required an account with the base game – which was a bit of a hurdle to handle.

While you may look at the Steam page for the game and see the flood of negative reviews and feel discouraged, let me clarify. As long as you download it before the date and time above, it’s yours to keep permanently. What’s unique about this offer is that it’s not temporary access to the standalone dogfighting mode – it’s permanent access. Starting today until 10AM PST on Monday, July 11th, the competitive close-quarters-combat multiplayer experience, Elite Dangerous: Arena, is free to download on both Steam and the official Frontier Developments Store. If you’re aching for a little space dogfighting this weekend, then you’re in luck.

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