Category: Star Citizen News

The Star Citizen “CitizenCon” gathering is getting underway later today with a number of live stream events starting at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. On Sunday, October 9th you can tune in to hear Chris Roberts give a celebratory speech on the fourth anniversary of the KickStarter campaign for Star Citizen and get a look at what the team has been working on and what’s yet ahead — there may even be a few surprises along the way.

Star Citizen has been updated to Alpha 2.5 “Grim HEX”, an outlaw base where those who are on the more nefarious side of things can find like-minded individuals, buy weapons and items, etc. Grim HEX will affect reputation and those who choose to “live outside the law” will find this as their spawn point.

The latest Star Citizen Around the Verse has been published that gives a wrap up from Gamescom as well as an inside look at the Frankfurt studio to explore how the Gamescom trailer was made.

During Gamescom 2016, the Star Citizen took to the show floor to demonstrate what landing on a planet looks like in its forthcoming title. The Freelancer ship landed on a planet with the perspective of those inside it shown during the demo. From there, a single player heads to the spaceport of Levsky, waving at another player outside and multiplayer exploration. It’s a breathtaking hour-long demonstration that should not be missed.

Star Citizen devs are on hand at this week’s Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. During today’s events, the team announced that Star Citizen will be free to play this weekend. Players can head to the official site and enter the promo code “GAMESCOM2016” to access the free game time.

Star Citizen VP of Marketing Sandi Gardiner is “taking a break from social media” over what she calls “ongoing online targeted harassment”. No further information is given, but many in a Reddit thread of support for Ms Gardiner attribute the issue to a certain vitriolic element that has been loudly critical of Star Citizen, Chris Roberts, the game’s development, and ostensible mismanagement of finances earned through KickStarter and later fundraising campaigns.

The latest Star Citizen Fly Free for a week is in effect. Prospective players can head to the game site to check out what’s new since the last FF event including the first stages of the persistent world with items now tied to player accounts.

Star Citizen’s Patch 2.4 promises to be the biggest update yet. We push Gareth Harmer through the airlock to report on what’s being added.

The Star Citizen site has been updated with both a comprehensive blog post and updated patch notes for Alpha 2.4, which is now available for qualified players. The latest version of the game brings a significant number of improvements and features into the game, including the first iteration of persistence in the game world.

In theory, Star Citizen should have launched by now. After a successful Kickstarter in November 2012, raising over $2 million in crowdfunding, Cloud Imperium Games planned to have the spacefaring epic in our hands in just two years.