The Premium Beta, which includes a lifetime Expansion pack, is available now for new customers. Those who wish to upgrade can do so from a pre-order of the Standard Beta, or the Final Game. If you have already pre-ordered the standard Beta and the Expansion pack, you only need spend an additional £15 to join the Premium Beta phase today.



David Braben said:



“The start of the Premium Beta phase is another exciting moment in our development – from today we have over 10,000 additional people playing the game. This is a significant and sensible step-change with which to test the next level of scaling of our cloud-based systems and servers as we move towards the very large numbers of people we will eventually have playing. I once again would like to thank all those who played such an important role in the Alpha phase, which is now at an end. We’re looking forward to continuing to collaborate with the expanded community during the beta phase as we deliver greater scale, richer content and ever higher quality.”



The Elite: Dangerous Beta phase will be starting soon – the date will be confirmed during the Premium Beta phase. If you are not ready to join in with Premium Beta you can pre-order the Beta or the Final Game which will be release later this year.



Finally, to remind all our Alpha participants: in order to accommodate the 10,000 new people and associated changes, all progress from Alpha will be reset – everyone starts off from the same point again.