Elite: Dangerous Arena released as standalone space combat game, live stream event at 6 PM GMT

Frontier Developments announced that the PvP multiplayer mode of Elite: Dangerous, Arena, is now available as a separate title on Steam called, of course, Elite: Dangerous Arena. The standalone game will only cost a mere $7.49.

Arena will be compatible with the full game, so it "will open Elite Dangerous to a whole new group of players, all of whom you can play against in the Close Quarter Combat Championships (CQC) in Arena mode in Elite Dangerous and Elite Dangerous: Horizons."

The game, which supports Oculus Rift and TrackIR, has the following system requirements:

Minimum:

• OS: Windows 7, Windows 8
• Processor: Quad Core CPU (4 x 2Ghz)
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 260 / ATI 4870HD
• DirectX: Version 11
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Storage: 7 GB available space

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 7, Windows 8
• Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K Quad Core CPU or better / AMD FX 4350 Quad Core CPU or better
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 770 / AMD Radeon R9 280X
• DirectX: Version 11
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Storage: 7 GB available space

To celebrate the launch, a new Mayhem event will run from today through to the 15th March, with a live streaming event kicking off at 6pm GMT tonight, which you can watch here on GameWatcher. The list of upcoming events for Mayhem can be found on the official site here.