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The ships flyable during the Free Fly Event in Star Citizen
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Star Citizen Is Now Free to Play For a Week as New Video Features in-Game Branding

Star Citizen is now free to play for a week thanks to the latest Free Fly event celebrating Valentine's Day and the Lunar New Year.  Players will be able to create an account on the official site …

February 9, 2024 | 05:30 EST

Star Citizen F8C Lightning on Daymar with Crusader in the Distance
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Star Citizen Will Be Free to Play for a Limited Time Starting Later This Week

People and media say many things about Star Citizen, but as usual, the best way to judge a game is to try it for yourself. Later this week you'll be able to for free for a limited time.  Cloud…

February 6, 2024 | 04:07 EST

A F8C Lightning in Star Citizen
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Star Citizen Devs Reveal Alpha 3.23 Could Be Massive With Many New Features and Improvements

The developers of Star Citizen revealed a large spread of new features and improvements targeting the upcoming Alpha 3.23 update, and there's a lot on the menu.  The reveal was made during the…

February 3, 2024 | 11:44 EST

Zero gravity traversal in Star Citizen
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New Star Citizen Video Shows Alpha 3.23 Features, New Free to Play Event Coming This Month

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games resumed its video releases following the usual post-holiday pause, and it's all about the upcoming Alpha 3.23. Specifically, the video focuses on…

February 1, 2024 | 08:09 EST

Mark Hamill's character in Squadron 42 and Star Citizen Logo
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Star Citizen Just Achieved Its Biggest Crowdfunding Year Ever and 6 Years of Growth

Another year has passed for Star Citizen, and it's time to take a look at its crowdfunding tally to see how it has progressed in 2023.  Fans of the game have pledged just north of 117.5 million…

January 1, 2024 | 09:09 EST

A tractor beam in action in Star Citizen
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Star Citizen Boasts Features and Progress Achieved in 2023

While Star Citizen's long development cycle has become a bit of a meme, it's doubtless that the game has continued to make steady progress throughout its history.  Today developer Cloud Imperium…

December 25, 2023 | 01:51 EST

Star Citizen Alpha 3.22 and San’tok.yai and Drake Cutter Rambler
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Star Citizen Alpha 3.22 Released With New Ships, Content, and Features Aplenty

Today, Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released the newest update for the game, alpha 3.22, titled "Wrecks to Riches." The title indicates one of the major features included in the…

December 14, 2023 | 07:57 EST

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Star Citizen Is Getting Really Impressive Hair Tech Soon

The Alpha 3.22 version of Star Citizen is currently being tested by part of the community, and the first videos and images are filtering through showing some really impressive hair technology. The…

December 6, 2023 | 11:10 EST

Star Citizen Pyro and Intergalactic Aerospace Expo
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Star Citizen Shows New Pyro System as IAE 2953 Event Breaks Records Earning Almost $24 Million

The Intergalactic Aerospace Expo 2953 event just ended in Star Citizen, but Cloud Imperium Games has more content in store.  First of all, today we get a new video showcasing the part of the Pyro…

November 30, 2023 | 06:28 EST

Star Citizen - RSI and Arrastra and Mark Hamill
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Star Citizen Just Had its Biggest Crowdfunding Day Ever With $3.5 Million in 24 Hours

The crowdfunding effort for the space simulator Star Citizen continues, and the game just enjoyed its biggest day of funding ever.  According to the handy Star Citizen Funding Dashboard by CCU Game…

November 27, 2023 | 08:25 EST

RSI Arrastra Front View Concept For Star Citizen
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Star Citizen Reveals RSI Arrastra Ship & Crazy Visuals and Scale in New Videos

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games just released two videos related to the growing space sim.  The first video focuses on starships. While the first part is dedicated to the Argo SRV, which…

November 23, 2023 | 05:38 EST

Star Citizen Video - Garman Humble Sitting on a Cyclone Buggy
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Star Citizen Videos Featuring "Garman Humble" Leave the Community Confused and Amused

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released two funny narrative videos featuring "Garman Humble, Security Professional," leaving the community wondering.   The videos star a rough and…

November 18, 2023 | 10:25 EST

Star Citizen Gatak Syulen and Crusader Spirit C1
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Star Citizen Reveals New Ships Ahead of Tomorrow's Free-to-Play Event

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games is gearing up for the next free-to-play event that will start tomorrow with the Intergalactic Aerospace Expo 2953. To kick off the celebrations, we get an…

November 16, 2023 | 07:22 EST

IAE 2953 in Star Citizen showing a Hercules and three Tumbril Nova Tanks
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Star Citizen Will Be Free to Play For Almost 2 Weeks Later This Month

Those who are excited to try out Star Citizen following the impressive showing at CitizenCon, you'll have a chance to take it for a spin for free soon.  Today developer Cloud Imperium Games…

November 6, 2023 | 12:41 EST

Star Citizen - New Character Options
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Star Citizen Reveals Tons of Impressive Gameplay & Upcoming Features, Including Base Building & More

During the celebrations of CitizenCon 2953, Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games provided a look at many features that will come to the game over the next 12 months.  According to creative…

October 23, 2023 | 09:02 EDT

Mark Hamill Starring in Star Citizen's single-player campaign, Squadron 42.
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Star Citizen's Single Player Squadron 42 Is Feature-Complete; Celebrates With Spectacular Gameplay

During the celebrations of CitizenCon 2953, Cloud Imperium Games had some juicy news to share about Star Citizen's single-player campaign Squadron 42. We hear from the development team and creative…

October 23, 2023 | 05:52 EDT

Crusader A1 Spirit bombng the hell out of the enemy.
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Star Citizen Update Alpha 3.21 Released With New Ship, Missions, Tech and More

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released a new update to the game, numbered 3.21, titled "Mission Ready." The update, which is available to download right now, includes a few new…

October 19, 2023 | 11:37 EDT

Star Citizen Foundation Festival
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Star Citizen Goes Free to Play Until July 17 as Foundation Festival Welcomes New Players

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games launched the Foundation Festival events, which brings another Free Fly event.   The Foundation Festival lasts until July 31 and includes a feature…

July 6, 2023 | 04:01 EDT

Star Citizen Seraphim Station
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Star Citizen Reveals the Massive Seraphim Station That Will Replace Port Olisar

Star Citizen is an ongoing project, which means that some of its historical assets are several years old. A big one is soon going to be replaced with something even bigger. Port Olisar is a space…

June 30, 2023 | 09:18 EDT

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Star Citizen Launches Alien Week as Crowdfunding Passes $590 Million

Cloud Imperium Games launched its annual Alien Week event, alongside a related trailer and a video focusing on two upcoming spaceships. Alien Week, which celebrates the anniversary of the first…

June 16, 2023 | 09:56 EDT

Star Citizen Tumbril Storm
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Star Citizen Introduces New Ground Vehicles; Tumbril Storm Tank & RSI Lynx Rover

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games introduced two new vehicles to the growing lineup of the space game.  The first, which is actually playable right now, is the RSI Lynx, a rover…

May 25, 2023 | 05:22 EDT

Star Citizen Mirai Fury
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Star Citizen Players Get the First Taste of Aircraft Carrier Gameplay, & It's Pretty Rad

One of the elements that make Star Citizen desirable to sci-fi fans is how spaceships and vehicles interact with each other. You're able to have larger crafts carry smaller ones, and physically and…

May 22, 2023 | 01:36 EDT

Star Citizen Mirai Fury Art
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Star Citizen Goes Free to Play for 12 Days & Gets New Trailers for Invictus Launch Week

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games just opened the floodgates of its annual Invictus Launch Week event, edition 2953.  The celebration comes with a Free Fly event that lets everyone try the…

May 19, 2023 | 12:55 EDT

Star Citizen Mirai Fury
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Star Citizen Video Shows New Pocket (TIE) Fighter Mirai Fury Before You Can Fly for Free Tomorrow

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released a new video showcasing a new fighter debuting tomorrow in the game.  The new ship is called "Mirai Fury" and it's quite obviously inspired by …

May 18, 2023 | 06:00 EDT

Star Citizen Gladius Fighter
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Star Citizen Alpha 3.19 Released With New Content & Features Ahead of Free Fly Event

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released a new large update to its growing game, bringing new content and features. The update numbered 3.19 and titled "Call to Adventure" comes…

May 16, 2023 | 08:53 EDT

Star Citizen Character Creation
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Star Citizen Video Shows New Player Experience Tutorial Coming in Alpha 3.19

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released a new video showing off how the game will soon mitigate one of its biggest issues.  If you look beyond the objectively super-long development…

May 13, 2023 | 01:47 EDT

Star Citizen Mirai
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New Star Citizen Video Shows Derelict Outposts Coming in Alpha 3.20 & New Ship Brand "Mirai"

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released a new video showing upcoming content for the growing space game. The first part of the video showcases fifteen new derelict outposts that…

May 11, 2023 | 06:43 EDT

Star Citizen Invictus Launch Week
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Star Citizen Reveals Invictus Launch Week 2953 & Free Fly Event Details; Teases New Ship Brand

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games detailed what fans can expect from the upcoming Invictus Launch Week 2953 event. The event will begin on May 19 and end on May 30, and it will…

May 5, 2023 | 02:04 EDT

Star Citizen Lorville
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Star Citizen Alpha 3.19 Coming Next Month; Spectacluar New Video Shows Overhauled Lorville

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games revealed a couple of new videos about the growing space simulator and its upcoming content.  The first video shows the centerpiece of the upcoming Alpha 3…

April 30, 2023 | 05:44 EDT

Star Citizen If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing
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Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.1 Released; Free Fly Event Coming Tomorrow

Today Cloud Imperium Games released a new update for Star Citizen, with the goal of addressing some of the issues that have been affecting the game since the launch of Alpha 3.18. While 3.18 had a…

April 13, 2023 | 12:16 EDT

Star Citizen RSI Lynx
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New Star Citizen Videos Show Upcoming Spaceships, Vehicle, Content, & AI Features

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released two more videos focusing on content and features coming to the growing space simulator. We start with a look at an upcoming new vehicle, the RSI…

April 1, 2023 | 03:50 EDT

Star Citizen Argo SRV Towing With Tractor Beam
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New Star Citizen Videos Show the Future of Tractor Beams & More

Cloud Imperium Games released new videos of its growing space simulator Star Citizen.  One of the coolest gadgets added recently to the game is tractor beams. They already offer a lot of utility and…

March 26, 2023 | 06:42 EDT

Star Citizen Picking Up Trash
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New Star Citizen Technology Unintentionally Triggers Funny Pastime Among Players

The debut of Star Citizen's Alpha 3.18 has been a bit rough, but players that managed to get into the growing space game still managed to find ways to amuse themselves. One of the most relevant…

March 24, 2023 | 06:05 EDT

Star Citizen RSI Scorpius Antares Art
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New Star Citizen Videos Focus on Modular Missions & Engineer Gameplay

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released new videos about upcoming features to the growing space simulator.  The first video focuses on missions, and specifically on the ongoing effort…

March 18, 2023 | 03:28 EDT

Star Citizen Mechanic
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Star Citizen Developers Apologize for "Super Rough Start" After Update 3.18 Launch

The developers of Star Citizen at Cloud Imperium Games have taken to Twitter to apologize to the users for widespread issues following the deployment of update Alpha 3.18. While this outcome was far…

March 12, 2023 | 02:07 EDT

Star Citizen RSI Scorpius Antares
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Star Citizen Alpha 3.18 Finally Released Including New Features, Tech, & Content Aplenty

As promised earlier this week, today Cloud Imperium Games finally released the latest major update for Star Citizen, Alpha 3.18. The update has been defined as the biggest released for the growing…

March 10, 2023 | 07:11 EST

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Star Citizen Alpha 3.18 Finally Releasing this Week Including Salvaging & Much More

Today Cloud Imperium Games announced that the long wait for the full release of Star Citizen Alpha 3.18 is close to the end.  The announcement made on social media reveals that the developer is…

March 7, 2023 | 03:39 EST

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Star Citizen Reveals Massive Underground Facilities in New Video

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games revealed new videos about the growing space simulator.  This time around, we get to take a look at the massive underground facilities that were originally…

March 4, 2023 | 01:30 EST

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Star Citizen Reveals Mining Overhaul as Crowdfunding Passes $550 Million

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released new videos about its growing game, showing off upcoming features and developer commentary. The first video features an overhaul to mining…

February 26, 2023 | 01:57 EST

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Star Citizen Video Shows Concept for Building Interiors in Journey to 4.0 Special

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released a new video of its "Journey to 4.0" series, in which it features content further down the pipeline.  Specifically, the video focuses on…

February 9, 2023 | 07:33 EST

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Star Citizen CitizenCon 2953 Returns in Person in October

Among the events that Star Citizen fans tend to be most excited for, there's the annual CitizenCon, which tends to be when the big news and the exciting demos of future features for the crowdfunded…

February 4, 2023 | 05:13 EST

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Star Citizen Developer Reveals Upcoming Arena Commander Overhaul

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released a new video and revealed the upcoming overhaul of Arena Commander.  Arena Commander is the first part of Star Citizen released including…

February 2, 2023 | 08:35 EST

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Star Citizen Developers Discuss Upcoming Major Alpha 3.18 Update

The Star Citizen community has been waiting for the upcoming Alpha 3.18 update, and the developers at Cloud Imperium Games appeared in an extensive video to discuss it. Alpha 3.18 is claimed to be…

January 29, 2023 | 05:41 EST

Star Citizen Lorville Rework
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New Star Citizen Video Shows Impressive Lorville Upgrade & Derelict Sites

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games resumed its Inside Star Citizen video series with the first release of 2023 showing some rather spiffy features coming down the line.  The video focuses…

January 26, 2023 | 07:00 EST

The Odyssey, a ship from Star Citizen.
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Star Citizen Roadmap Changes Provoke Backer Anger

A major update to the Star Citizen roadmap has changed its focus to only show what's coming in the next quarterly update. This news, along with some delayed features, has sparked a wave of…

February 3, 2022 | 10:31 EST

Squadron 42

Squadron 42 Sequels Planned by CIG

Star Citizen and Squadron 42 have had a long and tumultuous history since they were announced back in 2012. Many have given up hope that the games will ever release outside of early access. Cloud…

January 11, 2022 | 11:59 EST

Some ships from Star Citizen.
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The Star Citizen Legatus Pack is Back, Now $40,000

Star Citizen, the multiplayer space trading and combat simulation that has been in development for the past nine years, has brought back the Legatus Pack. Those who've already spent $1,000…

December 30, 2021 | 05:51 EST

Star Citizen A2 Hercules cover
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Star Citizen Reportedly Got in Trouble with UK Advertising Authority

A Redditor has apparently reported Star Citizen to the UK Advertising Standards Authority due to one of its most recent e-mails allegedly violating advertising guidelines in that country. Although …

September 1, 2021 | 03:07 EDT