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Cloud Imperium Games officially launched the Second Annual Ship Showdown in Star Citizen this week for all players to play around in Basically this is one giant excuse to show off what everyone thinks is their favorite ship, whether it was a model they made or something they built from LEGO bricks During this time,[...]

Cloud Imperium Games have given a new update to Star Citizen this week, as Alpha 3.10 gives players new content in "Flight Or Fight" This is the first update to be put into the game in four months, and probably the first for the staff after COVID-19 threw the world into chaos The devs have[...]

Back on Friday, Cloud Imperium Games made Star Citizen free to play until June 1st to celebrate their in-game event, Invictus Launch Week The whole concept plays out as their version of Fleet Week to a degree as you get to explore all the game has to offer without paying for it or anything else[...]

Cloud Imperium Games has released a new update this week for Star Citizen as it received the Alpha 3.9 patch We have the complete list of patch details below, but the short version is that the developers have expanded the experiences and have created a deeper immersion based on community input and feedback They've introduced[...]

Cloud Imperium Games has responded to the Crytek lawsuit involving Star Citizen and Squadron 42 in what appears to be a very ugly situation Last month we reported on the initial filing of the lawsuit, claiming they were in breach of contract while developing Squadron 42 for them Essentially pointing out that the company was,[...]

We point out in nearly every Star Citizen story that the game hasn't technically been released Turns out, that may happen to Squadron 42 as well Some new legal documents popped up on Reddit this week, showing game publisher Crytek sued developer Cloud Imperium Games The entire lawsuit was over the idea that they were[...]

We may never see a finalized version of Star Citizen, but Cloud Imperium Games appear to be committed to the release of Squadron 42 So much so that the company released a brand new trailer this week, giving us what they refer to as a "visual teaser" for the game The video shows off several[...]

Cloud Imperium Games released a new 3.8 Update into Star Citizen, and with it came a ton of content with tech, gameplay, and more Some of the big additions are planetary weather effects, a procedural planet tech update, and a new Server-side Object Container Streaming system The last one on that list enhances the performance[...]

Star Citizen is surpassing new records, or sorts, on occasion, and has reached a new milestone this week as far as it's funding is concerned 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[...]

Would you like to give Star Citizen a try totally free of charge? Cloud Imperium Games is giving you that chance for the next week Starting today and running until 12pm PDT on November 3rd, you can play the latest Alpha 3.7 "Into the Depths" patch Free to download and play for any player at[...]

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,[...]

Cloud Imperium has announced that they will finally release a beta of the single-player campaign for Star Citizen, but you'll be waiting a while The company released a brand new development roadmap this week in which they have laid out goals they'd like to achieve before they can release the game in full Right now,[...]

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[...]

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. The premium bundle is callee the[...]

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[...]

According to a recent post from Dual Shockers, an interview with Cloud Imperium Games has shown that the company has exponentially grown to 475 employees who are all working on various projects revolving around Star Citizen Below is a snippet from the piece, in which Foundry 42 Studio Director Erin Roberts reveals that the $178[...]

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 Polygon, the ambitious space game reportedly made $34.91 million in 2017 This is down from the $36.11 million in 2016, but lets not kid ourselves, that is a heck of a lot of money, especially[...]

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[...]

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 practice All kidding aside, the game keeps looking awesome, but every update makes us wonder how much more backing is required to put the game out This week we got another piece of[...]

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 the humongous amounts of money it has made since its Kickstarter debut However, some kind of end seems to be in sight 3.0 of the game,[...]

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[...]

If you've been waiting to see some new awesome footage from Star Citizen, now is the time for you to check out the video below We've cued it up to roughly when the gameplay starts, but this footage was taken from CitizenCon where Cloud Imperium Games had a live demo of the game, as narrated by Chris[...]