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Cloud Imperium Games and Roberts Space Industries have reported this week that they have officially surpassed $250 million in funding for the game ($251,278,449 as of the time this article was written.) With that kind of money, they could reach all their goals… Which they already did, years ago, as the biggest one was $65[...]

Cloud Imperium Games just threw a fancy new update into Star Citizen, as the developers unleased the 3.6 Alpha into the mix with a bunch of new content You can read about the features in detail here, but the short version is that you now have governing rules, new appearances to space stations, new NPCs,[...]

credit//Cloud Imperium Games Star Citizen is available for free this week, allowing gamers who haven't joined one of the various funding campaigns to experience the ambitious space simulator game until November 30th The game's first planet and city were added earlier this week, which means that free players and backers alike are getting the chance to[...]

Cloud Imperium Games announced this week that they'll be offering the chance to play Star Citizen absolutely free for a solid week in November From November 23rd-30th, you'll be able to sign up for a free account and experience the game through a special Free Fly program where you'll have access to several ships each[...]

Cloud Imperium Games are still toiling away at Star Citizen, and after releasing the 3.3 Alpha update and a nice hype trailer for it on Wednesday, the company has raised over $1 million USD in additional funds We've previously discussed all the changes that will come to Star Citizen with the 3.3 update, which you can check[...]

The devs at Cloud Imperium Games dropped some new info this week about Star Citizen and the upcoming 3.3 update for backers The company revealed the new content, being called Squadron 42, which will drop in December They even included a new trailer, which you can watch below, featuring the voices of  Mark Hamill, Gillian Anderson, Gary[...]

The never-ending saga of "When Will Star Citizen Be Finished?" continues as Cloud Imperium Games shows off what the next update will be While that may seem like a constant joke for some of us to make, the game has currently raised nearly $190 million on the crowd-funded project (the biggest amount raised for a video game[...]

It is quite possible, given this year's massive lineup, that the PC Gaming Show is actually hosting the Sony overflow since the PlayStation conference is expected to be more intimate than ever. The full official lineup includes: Sega Square Enix Crytek Double Fine Hi-Rez Studios SkyDance Media Digital Extremes Raw Fury Klei Modern Storyteller tinyBuild Cloud Imperium Games Starbreeze 505 Games and an untitled publisher Oculus Rift Stardock Entertainment Tripwire Interactive Coffee Stain Studios Team 17 Frontier he[...]

Star Citizen developer CIG has found a new way to put game content behind a paywall. This time around, rather than an age gate or content gate, we've got a DLC gate. The game's $27,000 USD DLC will be crafted exclusively for the game's top backers and premium Concierge community.

credit//Cloud Imperium Games Cloud Imperium Games released a new video of upcoming space simulator Star Citizen Today's video focuses on the single-player campaign titled Squadron 42.  The video showcases a very interesting feature, in the form of a series of implementations designed to make the Idris-class warship where we're stationed feel like a living environment, with a full crew that[...]

If you're following Cloud Imperium Games and their ever slow march toward finally releasing Star Citizen, the next video they've released will probably give you a lot more hope for the game than you've probably had in some time Aside from the fact that they surpassed $178 million in crowdfunding this week, the company released a new[...]

Cloud Imperium Games just dropped a brand new feature trailer today for Star Citizen, showing off more features in their current Alpha 3.0 build for the game that anyone who backed the game can now play with The video is a good eight minutes long and has so much content that we wouldn't do it justice[...]

Star Citizen made an astonishing $35 million in 2017 it's being reported, pushing the game's total crowdfunding to astronomical heights. As reported by

Yesterday, Cloud Imperium Games released some long-awaited news to the millions of backers of Star Citizen Starting today, everyone who backed the game will now have access to the Alpha 3.0, totally free to download The news was sent out in a newsletter to all of the game's supporters, which according to their own numbers is[...]

credit//Cloud Imperium Games German game publisher Crytek is suing Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) for breach of contract and copyright infringement The story comes to us from Kotaku, which reports that the complaint alleges that CIG used Crytek's engine for another game (the standalone module Squadron 42), failed to collaborate, and shared Crytek's code with other parties, breaking[...]

Cloud Imperium Games are pulling out more than your usual Star Citizen showcase this holiday weekend as we already got one reveal earlier with a new ship, and today we get a second one with the Hammerhead Below is a 44-minute video showing off the massive spaceship in all its glory Enjoy!  Cloud Imperium Games[...]

This week we got another piece of the puzzle as Cloud Imperium Games showed off a new ship in the Anvil Aerospace and Hawk Reveal video, which we have for you below.  Star Citizen: The game that looks amazing in theory, but we still don't know when we'll be able to try it out in[...]

Star Citizen has been in development for a very long time. It's been over five years now, to be precise, which has led many to write the game off despite

Cloud Imperium Games is giving you an extended look into Star Citizen like they haven't done before, with a brand new 32-minute video showcasing behind the scenes chatter about making the game and in-game footage showing off the latest additions Essentially, you're getting a better look at their "quantum travel" system and how it will[...]