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Cloud Imperium Games, the developer behind the ambitious space sim Star Citizen, has responded to player backlash over the recent introduction of flight blades, ship modifiers that initially sparked pay-to-win concerns. The flight blades, which enhance ship speed, were first made available for purchase with real money, leading to criticism from a community that has already contributed over $800 million [...]

Star Citizen has caught the extraction shooter bug as it rolls out a limited-time mission based on the player-initiated Jumptown wars of Alpha 3.16. The update introduced a hidden drug lab that drew players in from across the galaxy for some unsanctioned mayhem. “This clash resulted in a perpetual tug-of-war between far-flung factions and home-grown heroes over control of the [...]

Star Citizen is giving its interstellar pilots their own personal parking space with the addition of persistent hangars in Alpha 3.23. They’re basically instanced locations where players can dock their owned ships and hang out after a hard days’ work among the stars. Persistent hangars will be available on a player’s home planet and can be accessed by getting landing [...]

Star Citizen has been in alpha testing for over a decade now, with the finish line still seemingly far out of sight. Cloud Imperium Games, however, reports that its now making headway on the multiplayer space sim’s development and that it’s closer than ever to the game’s long-awaited Version 1.0 “commercial release” with just few more major hurdles to overcome. [...]

Star Citizen is taking its first-person shooter experience to the next level with new features and improvements to bring the sci-fi space simulator’s MMOFPS side up to par with AAA shooters. That includes the addition of backpack reloading, dynamic crosshairs, new scopes, and procedural recoil. First up is backpack reloading which is a longer reload that will replace the original [...]

Star Citizen broke its year-to-date crowdfunding record when it raked in $28.4 million in sales last month, with its annual Intergalactic Aerospace Expo doing the heavy lifting. Sales are also expected to sur last year’s figures, assuming that December turns out to be at least as profitable as the past month. So far, the still in-development MMO has raised a [...]

It’s that time of the year when you can take free spaceship rides in Star Citizen as the sci-fi MMO kicks off its annual in-game Intergalactic Space Expo. As part of the event, everyone can jump into the game for free and test drive different ships from various manufacturers until November 30th. This year’s event is being held in New [...]

Star Citizen’s big Intergalactic Aerospace Expo returns next week for its annual two-week run. The free-play event will run from November 17th to November 30th, allowing existing players to try out a long list of ships and hopefully encourage new players to buy-in to the MMO space sim. Throughout the event, everyone will be able to test drive over a [...]