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Star Citizen highlights June 17’s new alien space truck and updates its list of known issues
As of right now, Star Citizen will not let its players dress up their internet space trucks dekotora style, so what do you do if you want to haul cargo but look as flashy as possible? Perhaps you fly a crazy alien manufactured space truck like the upcoming Gatac Railen, which is set to arrive on...
Star Citizen imposes a temporary requirement for player-to-player trading but promises tweaks soon
Player-to-player trading in a sandbox MMORPG can sometimes be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, having an active and thriving in-game economy is vital, but ease restrictions too much and you risk the system being abused. It’s that caution that has driven Star Citizen to impose an important...
Star Citizen's latest alpha patch adds 385 asteroid defence missions, but players are reporting problems with broken hangar doors and exploding pilots
Alpha 4.8.1 gives players the chance to earn 'unique blueprints for the first time', if they can actually complete the missions.
Star Citizen recounts May development, outlines alpha 4.9 features, and launches new defense missions
We’re back to once more do our monthly Star Citizen duty and summarize the spaceship sandbox’s past, present, and future development plans as the billion dollar project inches onward through its multi-year alpha. We begin with the past, or more specifically the game’s May progress report, which...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 567: One… billion… dollars!
Justin and Bree discuss Star Citizen's $1B, Destiny 2, Closers Online, Guild Wars Reforged, Guild Wars 3, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, DDO, Throne and Liberty, and Camelot Unchained, with adventures in LOTRO, SWG Legends, Palia, Eterspire, City of Heroes, and Marvel Heroes.
MMO Week in Review: Star Citizen’s 1B bucks, LOTRO’s price hike
This week was so backloaded with big MMORPG news that I spent most of the week expecting the news that Star Citizen had finally broken the $1B crowdfunding mark would clear the top spot. (Emphasis on the work mark.) But in fact, plenty of other big MMORPG news stories vied for attention: Lord of...
Star Citizen's single-player component is in the 'closing stages' of development according to Chris Roberts, as rumours of another Squadron 42 delay circulate
Cloud Imperium Games is getting "imminently closer to launch."
Star Citizen Passes $1 Billion In Funding, As Dev Launches $5,000 Ship That You Can’t Use
Roberts Space Industries and Cloud Imperium Games have announced a massive new funding milestone for the PC space sim Star Citizen--the game has now exceeded $1 billion in crowdfunding since the campaign launched in 2012. At press time, the game's public funding stands at $1.007 billion from more...
Star Citizen’s latest ship costs $5K, you can’t fly it yet, and you need to write a 1000-word essay on why you deserve to own one – that’s kind of amazing
The post Star Citizen’s latest ship costs $5K, you can’t fly it yet, and you need to write a 1000-word essay on why you deserve to own one – that’s kind of amazing appeared first on The Escapist.
Star Citizen releases $5000 ‘concept’ ship as game crosses $1 billion in funding
Star Citizen has been in development for over a decade at this stage. Since the initial crowdfunding campaign, around 6.5 million registered players have pumped more than $1 billion into the project, but the main game remains in alpha. Star Citizen releases $5000 ‘concept’ ship as game crosses $1...
Star Citizen has raised one billion dollars and it’s still in alpha
Star Citizen has achieved an impressive yet highly controversial milestone by raising one billion dollars through crowdfunding. The campaign, run by Cloud Imperium Games through Roberts Space Industries, originally launched back in 2012, and more than 13 years later the game is still in its alpha...
Star Citizen hits $1 billion in crowdfunding 14 years after reveal
Star Citizen has officially hit over $1 billion in funding, marking an incredible milestone for the game that’s been in early access for just under a decade.
Star Citizen has officially raked in over one billion dollars in total crowdfunding from gamers
Star Citizen was already one of the biggest crowdfunded MMO projects in history, owing to a massive haul during its Kickstarter drive and continued sales of internet spaceships all throughout its multi-year alpha development. Even so, the game’s all-new high water mark for crowdfunding is still...
Star Citizen Has Crossed $1 Billion in Crowdfunding
The ambitious sci-fi simulation game doesn't yet have a release date, however, with the studio planning to finish it by 2027 or 2028.
Star Citizen blasts through $1 billion in player funding, as its developer lists a new $5,000 spaceship for sale that is 'not yet ready to play'
Hyper (funding) drive.
Star Citizen Crosses $1 Billion in Crowdfunding After 14 Years, Yet Version 1.0 Still Has No Release Date
Nearly 14 years ago, industry veteran Chris Roberts launched the Kickstarter campaign for Star Citizen, promising an incredibly ambitious spiritual successor to Wing Commander and Freelancer in a genre thought to be dying or, at the very least, niche. The campaign immediately resonated with fans,...
Star Citizen crosses $1 billion in funds raised from over 6.5 million players
Roberts Space Industries has hit over a billion dollars of funds raised in nearly 14 years.
Star Citizen tops $1 billion crowdfunding milestone as "$5000 JPEG" spaceship you cannot use yet goes on sale
It's official: Star Citizen, Cloud Imperium Games' multiplayer sci-fi sim, has now topped $1 billion in crowdfunding. Read more
Star Citizen officially crosses $1 billion in crowdfunding, though release is nowhere in sight
It’s official, folks: Star Citizen has collected over a billion USD in funding after 14 years of development. Though we reported it had already crossed that mark last summer in total, it’s racked in around $150 million since then on its funding stats page. As per Roberts Space Industries’ funding...
Star Citizen officially crosses $1 billion in crowdfunding, though release is nowhere in sight
That's a lot of dosh. The post Star Citizen officially crosses $1 billion in crowdfunding, though release is nowhere in sight appeared first on Destructoid.
Star Citizen Officially Crosses the $1 Billion Funding Raised Barrier as $5,000 Spaceship You Can't Fly In-Game Goes on Sale
Star Citizen has crossed the $1 billion funding raised barrier — a significant milestone for the space sim that came shortly after a new $5,000 virtual spaceship you can't fly in-game went on sale. Developer Cloud Imperium Games makes funding available to track publicly via its website, which shows...
Star Citizen Has Raised A Billion Dollars And Counting
Congratulations, I guess.
Star Citizen Officially Crosses the $1 Billion Funding Raised Barrier as $5,000 Spaceship You Can't Fly In-Game Goes on Sale
Star Citizen has crossed the $1 billion funding raised barrier — a significant milestone for the space sim that came shortly after a new $5,000 virtual spaceship you can't fly in-game went on sale.
As it rapidly approaches $1 billion in player funding, Star Citizen goes free to play until May 27
No taxation, just representation.
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