Category: Star Citizen News

The character voiced by Star Wars’ Mark Hamill was shown in the latest Star Citizen: Around the Verse. The special edition was conducted in celebration of Star Wars Day on May 4th. The video begins with the usual updates on the game’s development including damage models for ships, some animations and other topics of interest to fans. At about 23:44 into the video, Commander Steve “Old Man” Colton shows up, the very character voiced by Hamill.

The Star Citizen team recently revealed information about the Banu Defender, one of the ships coming to the game in the future. The team has collected a number of questions from the community and sent them on to the developers to answer. Topics included cockpit visibility, range and mobility of the fighter, whether or not it comes with a jump drive, what type of weapons it uses and so on.

The Star Citizen site has been updated with the 2017 road map that gives an idea of the tasks the team will be working on with specific regard to the launch of Alpha 3.0 as well as the remainder of 2017. It includes a timeline of when each will begin and end, though as with any schedule, it is subject to change.

The Star Citizen team was on hand for the latest Around The Verse livestream, this time to discuss the design of the Drake Buccaneer Ship Pipeline. In this episode, Eric Kieron Davis and Steve Bender discuss the technical process that any ship goes through from design and concept through finished product implemented into the game.

The Star Citizen site has been updated with a tremendous amount of information for interested fans. Each studio has a short video and a brief description of what they have been working on for the past month. You can find out information about game systems, Squadron 42, light and reflection, ships that are still in construction and much, much more.

In honor of this weekend’s PAX East gathering, interested players can fly for free in Star Citizen. Players will be able to try out the Sabre fighter and its weaponry. To do so simply go to the official site, create a new account or use an existing one and enter the promo-code PAXEAST2017. You can get started today!

The latest Around the Verse has been published that gives viewers a full half hour of all things Star Citizen. In the latest episode, Chris Roberts and Sandi Gardiner speak about the new community platform called Spectrum. In addition, they give a brief preview of the Anvil Hurricane a “concept fighter ship”. Lastly, the pair sneak in a “special preview” at the end of the broadcast. See what you think!

The latest Around the Verse has been published that gives viewers a full half hour of all things Star Citizen. In the latest episode, Chris Roberts and Sandi Gardiner speak about the new community platform called Spectrum. In addition, they give a brief preview of the Anvil Hurricane a “concept fighter ship”. Lastly, the pair sneak in a “special preview” at the end of the broadcast. See what you think!

Star Citizen published their weekly newsletter that lets players know that Alpha 2.6.1 has been deployed that most notably brings multi-region servers. In addition, a number of bug fixes targeting Star Marine, Arena Commander and Crusader, as well as feature enhancements have been added. Also the team has released Spectrum – a new hub for chat, forums and community.

Star Citizen’s PTU has been updated with Alpha 2.6.1 that brings some fairly significant updates to the game. Most notably, multi-regional server support has been added, Star Marine has been updated and a lot more players have been invited for testing.