Final thoughts, acknowledgements &
Distant Worlds 3 Speculation
LAYING FOUNDTIONS FOR A GREAT ADVENTURE
An insight in to the early planning of DW2
THE DISTANT WORLDS EXPEDITIONS
A background history
Accomplished
Departure: January 13th
Destination: Beagle Point
CURRENT WAYPOINT
WP12 - Beagle Point
System: Beagle Point
Meetup: None
Location: 2
Coordinates: -16.001 / 169.212
0.17G
APHELION
MAPPING EVENT
Completed
Beagle Point validation
22nd April - 13th June
The follow-up to Distant Worlds 3302 — the expedition that changed group exploration of the Galaxy forever — Distant Worlds 2 was the definitive massively-multiplayer exploration experience. With around 13,600 Commanders signed up and Frontier's official support, this one-of-a-kind adventure was a game-changer.
The expedition took place on all platforms over a 5-month period (Jan. 13th 2019 - Jun. 13th 2019) for the outbound trip to Beagle Point, 65,000ly from Sol. Visit the Information Index for more info.
Although supported by Frontier, Distant Worlds 2 was not an official Elite: Dangerous event.
History of the Distant Worlds Expeditions: Link
DISTANT WORLDS 2 IN THE PRESS
Sagittarius Eye, 18 Nov 2017 (issue #3)
GameStar, 5 Feb. 2018
Sagittarius Eye, 18 Jul 2018 (issue #11)
Polygon, 28 Dec. 2018
KnowTechie, 28 Dec. 2018
Gamerz Unite, 29 Dec. 2018
MeinMMO, 30 Dec. 2018
HiComm, 31 Dec. 2018
UploadVR, 2 Jan. 2019
Union Cosmos (blog), 3 Jan. 2019
Polygon, 7 Jan. 2019
Polygon, 9 Jan. 2019
PCGamer, 9 Jan. 2019
DerStandard, 10 Jan. 2019
Polygon, 11 Jan. 2019
Kotaku, 12 Jan. 2019
Polygon, 14 Jan. 2019
GameStar, 14 Jan. 2019
Rock Paper Shotgun, 15 Jan. 2019
PC Gamer, 15 Jan. 2019
AltChar, 16 Jan. 2019
New Scientist, 16 Jan. 2019
GameStar, 17 Jan. 2019 (German)
Polygon, 18 Jan. 2019
Rock Paper Shotgun, 29 Jan. 2019
Polygon, 6 Feb. 2019
Polygon, 18 Feb. 2019
Polygon, 8 Mar. 2019
Polygon, 6 May 2019
Sagittarius Eye, 13 Jun 2019 (issue #22)
Kotaku, 18 Jun 2019
Rock Paper Shotgun, 8 Jul. 2019
Kotaku, 8 Jul. 2019
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Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage...
- Stan Rogers (Northwest Passage)