Dropping this in as it's getting there now. BETA costs £50.00 though, so quite a bit if you want to go in early. The pre order is a more reasonable £35.00 pencilled in for a 2014 release, so soon I guess.

Multi-player and it's a pay once and play the game.

I used to play the first ELITE on my college's BBC Micro B computers - it was a great game.

http://www.elitedangerous.com/

Interesting 

I found some gameplay ...

That was quite funny, the game looks nice I think. 

Wiki here : http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ

That brings back memories. Only really played the original, though did look at the sequels.

£50 for the beta though. Seems a little steep.

Yep a little steep to me too, especially when the release date is around the corner.

They raised over $1,000,000 in crowd funding, I kind of thought they would just have a open beta like other games, but maybe that much money doesn't stretch as far as I think.

Think I will wait till the release date.

In case anyone else is interested Elite is on sale from now over the weekend.

Good timing, I nearly bought it a couple of days ago 

http://store.steampowered.com/app/359320/?snr=1_620_4__45