Category: Star Citizen News

The latest edition of the Star Citizen ‘Around the Verse’ series has been released. In this episode, the team speaks to Character Artist Cheyne Hessler, takes a look back at 2013’s Galaxy Map Tests, spotlights a community videographer and takes a look at the upcoming Aegis Javelin Destroyer.

Star Citizen fans who are interested in learning more about the MISC Prospector, a mining vessel, will want to head to the official site to check out an internal Q&A. The MISC Prospector is sold in the shop for $140 and is considered ideal for those who want to be less-than conspicuous about their mining activities.

In the latest 10 For the Chairmain, Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts revealed that “some of the latest stretch goals” will not be included in the initial commercial release, something he called the “minimal viable product”. The team will be including the missing stretch goal items and features into the game at a later point.

Andy Serkis, actor of note from Gollum in Lord of the Rings to Caesar in Planet of the Apes, has a role in Star Citizen’s Squadron 42. Serkis took part in a recent motion capture event at The Imaginarium that was caught on film. Check out the video below to see how it all went down!

Players looking to try out Star Citizen will have an opportunity to do so thanks to the next week’s Free Fly Event. During the special promotion those taking part will have access to all currently available ships, the Arena Commander module and the recently implemented social module.

The Star Citizen site has been updated with a new FAQ to clear up some of the confusion that last week’s announcement caused with regard to the separation between Star Citizen, the persistent world, and Squadron 42, the single-player campaign.

Fans who are interested in learning more about Star Citizen have been invited to try out the game for free this week. Potential players are required to create an account on Star Citizen site and will be able to check out Star Citizen 2.1.2, Arena Commander and the Social Module.

Gillian Anderson has a role in Star Citizen: Squadron 42 as Captain McLaren. Last summer, Anderson traveled to London’s Imaginarium Studios for some motion capture acting to prepare her character’s role. Check it out for some fascinating footage of a work in progress. It’s quite cool!

The Star Citizen site has been updated with a look at the latest version of the alpha. The latest alpha client features new ships, a few put on sale in celebration of v2.1, a new weapon and a more streamlined bug reporting system.

Roberts Space Industry has sent out a brand new holiday gift for fans in the form of a Star Citizen trailer showing procedurally generated planet systems. It’s a gorgeous video shot 100% in-engine with some pretty cool explanations of what is being shown. Check it out and leave us your thoughts in the comments.