Star Citizen is miraculously heading into Alpha, which means the game's PC system requirements have been updated. The game's PC requirements have evolved considerably over the years, after all, the game did start development a over decade ago. With that in mind, we would expect the requirements to change again …
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Star Citizen’s latest ship bundle costs over £46,000
Star Citizen is well known for its crowdfunding campaign back in the day, but the game has made much more money through its ships, available for purchase individually with prices ranging from the cost of another game, all the way into the thousands of dollars. CIG is now offering its …
Read More »Star Citizen is still in alpha but Squadron 42 is finally heading towards release
Star Citizen might still be in alpha but CIG's single-player spin-off, Squadron 42, is finally on the final stretch of development.
Read More »Star Citizen has cost more to make than GTA V, Cyberpunk and RDR2 combined
Back in June of 2020 Star Citizen made headlines when it was revealed that the game had surpassed $300 million in funding, making the multiplayer space trading and combat simulator the most expensive game of all time. Star Citizen has since continued to outdo itself however, with the ever-growing title now surpassing the total budget of GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 combined.
Read More »Star Citizen is free to play for the rest of the month
Cloud Imperium Games typically opens up Star Citizen a few times a year, inviting new players to check the game out for free for a few days. We're getting more than a few days this time around, with Star Citizen going free to play for the rest of the month. …
Read More »Star Citizen has been purchased by over 1.5 million players
Star Citizen is one of the most interesting games currently in development due to not only its status as the most expensive game of all time, but also the fact that it has been in development since 2010. Despite the game being nowhere near completion, Star Citizen has amassed a …
Read More »Star Citizen is dropping legacy support for older GPUs
Star Citizen has been in development for a long time. In fact, when the first playable versions were being made, the GTX 600/700 series of graphics cards were new and Windows 7 was still widely used. PC hardware and software has progressed a ton since then, and with that in …
Read More »Star Citizen scales back roadmap following backer frustration
We are almost a decade on from Star Citizen’s initial Kickstarter campaign. Since then, the game has remained in development with an ever-shifting roadmap, all while garnering more than $400 million in crowdfunding. The roadmap has often been a point of contention, so CIG is now making changes to the …
Read More »Star Citizen funding passes $400 million with no release date in sight
Back in June of 2020 Star Citizen made headlines when it was revealed that the game had surpassed $300 million in funding, making the multiplayer space trading and combat simulator the most expensive game of all time. Star Citizen has outdone itself however, with the total amount raised now surpassing …
Read More »Star Citizen adds disclaimer for sales of ‘concept ships’ following ASA complaint
Star Citizen has been in development for a long time, with Cloud Imperium Games continuing to crowdfund the game through the sale of ships, many of which are still ‘concepts' and not actually in the game yet. Now, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has stepped in, forcing CIG to …
Read More »Star Citizen continues to rake it in, crowdfunding passes $350 million milestone
Star Citizen has hit yet another milestone. Despite the pandemic, 2020 was the game's most successful year to date, with the total amount of crowd funding now exceeding $350 million. Star Citizen's funding tracker now shows that Cloud Imperium Games has raised $351,202,192, with that funding coming via three million …
Read More »Star Citizen will refresh its roadmap to reflect reality
Star Citizen is reshuffling its roadmap, as the developers behind the ambitious, crowdfunded project have come to the realisation that the current one no longer represents reality. Now having admitted that its roadmap is out of date, the studio has offered an explanation for what will be happening next. This …
Read More »Star Citizen becomes most expensive video game ever
Based on what we know, Cloud Imperium Games has raised roughly $363 million for Star Citizen...
Read More »Star Citizen will be free to play for 10 days, starting this Friday
Robert Space Industries is giving gamers the chance to play Star Citizen for free, for a limited time only. In celebration of “Invictus Launch Week”, Star Citizen will be free to play starting May 22nd, until June 1st. During the Invictus Launch Week, you will be allowed to try an …
Read More »Star Citizen is getting survival mechanics
Star Citizen is still pretty far away from a final release but good progress is continuing to be made. This week, the development team revealed their plans for survival mechanics, with systems for eating, drinking and maintaining body temperature. Inside Star Citizen is a developer diary series from Cloud Imperium, …
Read More »Crytek and Star Citizen devs reportedly settle legal dispute
Over the last couple of years, Crytek has been suing Cloud Imperium Games over a license dispute. Just last month, Crytek attempted to have the case temporarily dismissed, allowing the company to come back and re-file its complaint once Star Citizen and its single-player component, Squadron 42, were released. CIG …
Read More »Crytek moves to temporarily dismiss lawsuit against Star Citizen studio
Back in late 2017, we learned that Crytek was suing Cloud Imperium Games over a licensing dispute. The dispute came into play after CIG switched from using the CryEngine to Amazon’s Lumberyard engine. Crytek claims CIG undersold CryEngine’s impact and used it in two games without permission. CIG has always maintained that …
Read More »Star Citizen’s Squadron 42 single-player campaign gets new teaser trailer
While we didn’t learn anything new about Squadron 42 during CitizenCon last month, Cloud Imperium Games didn’t want to end 2019 without showing something new. Star Citizen’s ambitious single-player campaign now has a new visual teaser, highlighting a lot of new environments. The trailer is over three minutes long and …
Read More »Star Citizen’s massive 3.8 update is now rolling out
Star Citizen’s annual convention took place last month, bringing along a ton of exciting announcements for the game. At the time, we learned about some technical changes coming to the game to further improve optimisation, in addition to new gameplay features and content. Now, Star Citizen's massive 3.8 update is …
Read More »Star Citizen has made over $250 million in crowdfunding so far
This time last year, Star Citizen officially crossed $208 million in lifetime crowdfunding. Now, to cap off 2019, Star Citizen has crossed a new milestone, with $250 million made to date spread across almost two and a half million backers. So far, 2,448,842 people have backed Star Citizen during its …
Read More »Star Citizen is getting a bunch of tech improvements, new gameplay mechanics and a new PvP mode
Star Citizen's annual convention kicked off this weekend and as usual, Cloud Imperium Games had a ton of exciting announcements lined up for the occasion. Optimisation and tech changes are coming to further improve the game, which will aid in the release of new story missions, a new game mode, …
Read More »Star Citizen’s latest ‘Free Fly’ event kicks off on Sunday
It has been a few months since Star Citizen last had a ‘free fly’ week, with the previous one arriving over the Summer. Now, to celebrate this year's CitizenCon event, Star Citizen will be free to play again, starting on the 24th of November through to the 5th of December. …
Read More »Star Citizen is free to play again this week
It has been a few months since Star Citizen last had a ‘free fly' week. The last one occurred in late 2018 and brought in an extra $7 million in crowd funding. Now, Crowd Imperium Games is looking to draw even more people in. Following on from the game's 3.5 …
Read More »Star Citizen finally allows playable women among the ranks in character customisation overhaul
Star Citizen has already led quite a lengthy 8-year-long development, with a number of features still yet to arrive to the ambitious space simulator. Alpha 3.5 is set to land this weekend and while the team at Cloud Imperium Games will be dropping a number of new ships, weapons and …
Read More »Star Citizen developer aims to Beta test single-player Squadron 42 in 2020
Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) has had quite the lucrative year, with Star Citizen breaching the $200 million milestone and launching its first planet, Hurston. In an end-of-year letter, CEO Chris Roberts revealed that CIG had secured an addition private investment of $46 million, as well as launched its Squadron 42 …
Read More »Star Citizen’s free week brought in an extra $7 million in funding
The end of November was huge for Robert Space Industries, not only did Star Citizen fans get access to a new build of the game, but the game went free for a week, giving anyone a chance to jump in and try things out. That venture seems to have paid …
Read More »There’s still time to catch Star Citizen’s free-to-play week
Update (26/11/18): Star Citizen is now half-way through its free week, allowing players to try 70+ ships on a rotating schedule. Unfortunately 18 ships under Anvil Aerospace and Roberts Space Industries have come and gone, but there’s still plenty to check out ahead of November 30th. Those interested simply need …
Read More »Star Citizen’s celebrity-clad Squadron 42 trailer boosts crowdfunding by over $1m
Cloud Imperium Games pushed its Alpha 3.3 into Star Citizen’s public test servers last week, alongside debuting the most complete trailer for its celebrity-filled Squadron 42 single-player campaign yet. Over the next few days, the developer saw a steady flow of income as the game received another $1 million in …
Read More »Star Citizen developer shows off its star-studded Squadron 42 campaign
Cloud Imperium’s single-player counterpart to Star Citizen is debatably just as ambitious as the main game, resulting in a lengthy development. Fortunately, the developer is finally ready to showcase its star-studded epic, releasing a trailer at this year’s CitizenCon. Squadron 42 is set to be a more linear, cinematic experience …
Read More »Star Citizen prompts pay-to-win concerns after removing in-game currency cap
Developer Cloud Imperium Games has come under fire for its decision to remove the cap on the amount of in-game currency that players could accumulate in Star Citizen, with suggestions that the game is now pay-to-win. Although the amount of United Earth Credits (UEC) that players can purchase with real …
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