The space race has returned. More than 20 years after seminal franchises like Elite, Wing Commander and Star Wars: TIE Fighter set the bar for space simulation gaming, those that helped the genre first blast off are returning to making out-of-this-world games. Chief among them are David Braben, creator of …
Read More »VIDEO: Star Citizen planetside gameplay shown off for the first time
A video showing some on-planet action in crowdfunded mega-hit Star Citizen has been released. The game – whose total funding currently stands at over $58m – promises an ambitious reach far in excess of its many market rivals, and visiting bustling metropolises is one such example. Unlike other titles in …
Read More »Star Citizen to enter Guinness Book of World Records
In-development space sim Star Citizen will enter the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest crowdfunded effort ever, lead developer Chris Roberts has announced. Roberts stated in a new post on Roberts Space Industries that the title will go into the record books "not as the largest crowdfunded game …
Read More »Roberts: There’s ‘potential’ for Star Citizen on PS4 and Xbox One
Star Citizen creator Chris Roberts has said that there’s some ‘potential’ to the idea of his $49m space sim appearing on next-gen consoles. I definitely decided very early on that I wasn’t going to focus or be worried about the last-gen consoles,” he told MCV. The current PS4 and Xbox …
Read More »Star Citizen crowdfunding total hits $50m
More than $50 million has been donated to Cloud Imperium Games for the development of upcoming space exploration title Star Citizen. One of the most high-profile examples of crowd-funding, the title has now generated $51,075,243 from 525,131 backers, according to the game’s website. That’s an increase of $10m in the …
Read More »Star Citizen funding at $50m and counting
Well over half a million backers funding ongoing development of space sim
Read More »Star Citizen dev costs second only to Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto, Roberts says
Having now hit $48m in crowdfunder backing, PC space sim Star Citizen can rightly claim to be rivalling console’s biggest triple-A spenders. In fact, creator Chris Roberts reckons his title will lag behind only Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto when it comes to raw dollar investment. Normally developers …
Read More »Star Citizen has 268-person dev team
Well over 250 developers around the globe are working on Chris Roberts’ prominent Kickstarter success story Star Citizen. The game has currently raised more than $46m and now has five studios behind it, encompassing a grand total of 268 people. This was revealed in an interview withVentureBeat, in which the …
Read More »268 people working on Star Citizen
Team behind crowd-funding sci-fi title spread across the world
Read More »Meet Foundry 42’s Star Citizens
New studio working on the biggest crowd-funded game IP in history. And it's hiring.
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