Elite: Dangerous stream showcases new planetary landings, coming later this year

Elite: Dangerous is already an impressive game. Not only is it huge, like, simulated-milky-way-galaxy huge, a new update to the game will make planetary exploration possible. While it may not be on the level of, let's say, No Man's Sky, this demo does seem pretty impressive.

In the latest Frontier Developments livestream, the team shows off various planets, their sizes as well as scientific compositions.

As I'm sure you recall, in Elite Dangerous: Horizons, players will be able to land on airless worlds throughout the 400 billion star systems of the game’s simulated Milky Way. Every planet is based on real science, right down to the age of the impact craters on its surface.

In this video, Frontier’s rendering team take you on a tour of our Stellar Forge galaxy-building engine and show how Frontier is recreating an entire galaxy for you to explore, trade, fight and survive in. It’s a rare look inside the tech that powers an entire simulated galaxy.

The team stated that planetary exploration will be possible in late 2015 with Elite: Dangerous Horizons releasing, it's awesome to be able to get a glimpse at the future, of what is already an enormous game.

You can check out the stream above. Elite: Dangerous is currently available on PC, as well as Xbox One, and Horizons can currently be pre-ordered.