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Star Citizen crowdfunding reaches $1 billion, gaining the last $100 million in six months

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 24 May 2026 22:18:01 +0000

Star Citizen, the most crowdfunded game ever, just passed a major milestone. Cloud Imperium Games has now collected over a billion dollars from fans to develop the sci-fi RPG. Read more...

Star Citizen crowdfunding breezes past $900 million, one billion in sight

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:50:01 +0000

The crowdfunding campaign of Star Citizen is showing no signs of stopping. The official tracker now shows $900 million has been raised by players. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 4.4 update is live with the game's third star system: Nyx

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:50:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games has introduced a third solar system to Star Citizen. The asteroid-based settlement Levski has returned with the update too. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 4.3 lands with 100 mysterious Onyx Facilities for new mission chain

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:16:01 +0000

The new Alpha 4.3 update for Star Citizen is carrying over 100 abandoned research facilities for players to explore, solve puzzles at, and more. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 4.2 update lands with radiation hazards, dynamic rain, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:08:02 +0000

The latest alpha update to the Star Citizen project has brought along radiation as a hazard. Irradiated sandworms, never-ending storms, and more features have landed too. Read more...

Star Citizen free-to-play event is back offering dozens of ships and vehicles to try

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 15 May 2025 18:42:02 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games is kicking off its yearly Invictus Launch Week event, offering all PC gamers complete access to its sci-fi space RPG as well as its ships for almost two weeks. Read more...

Star Citizen crowdfunding passes $800 million, gains latest $100 million in less than a year

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 21:50:02 +0000

The crowdfunding pool for the Cloud Imperium Games-developed sci-fi space game Star Citizen has reached a brand-new, record-setting milestone as it crosses the $800 million mark. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 4.1 lands with orbital lasers, mini sandworms, alien NPC, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:52:01 +0000

The latest alpha update to Star Citizen brings orbital mining lasers to fix up and fire, miniature sandworms to fight, and even an alien NPC to trade with. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 4.0 launches, adds Pyro star system with five new planets

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:26:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games has finally released the Pyro star system inside Star Citizen, adding new planets, fauna, fresh resources, and more. Read more...

Star Citizen goes free-to-play for two weeks, offers over 150 ships and vehicles to try out

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 23:54:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games has kicked off its yearly Star Citizen free fly event, offering PC gamers access to almost all of the game's starships and vehicles. Read more...

Star Citizen crowdfunding passes $700 million

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 27 May 2024 22:12:02 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games' sci-fi space sim and RPG Star Citizen has passed another major crowdfunding milestone: $700 million. The latest $100 million has been raised in less than a year as well. Read more...

Star Citizen free fly event is live, giving everyone access to its ships and vehicles

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 17 May 2024 18:50:01 +0000

Star Citizen is hosting a massive free-fly event, offering everyone access to its sci-fi universe as well as almost all its ships and vehicles. The free-to-play promotion lasts for 12 days. Read more...

Star Citizen is free-to-play for two weeks with access to over 100 ships and vehicles

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 16:00:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games has kicked off a two-week-long Free Fly session for its in-development, crowd-funded space RPG Star Citizen. Dozens of ships, vehicles, and equipment are available to tryout too. Read more...

Star Citizen campaign is now "feature complete", CIG shares extended gameplay to celebrate

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:46:01 +0000

Squadron 42, the single-player campaign portion of Cloud Imperium Games' Star Citizen project, is now in polishing phase. The studio today shared a 25 minute video showcasing gameplay and features. Read more...

Star Citizen crowdfunding pool hits $600 million

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:40:01 +0000

After raising another $100 million in less than a year, Star Citizen's own tracker now shows the game's community has brought in over $600 million in total over its development lifespan. Read more...

Star Citizen free-to-play event offers access to a wide range of premium ships

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 19 May 2023 17:10:01 +0000

Star Citizen is completely free-to-play for the next 11 days, and developer Cloud Imperium Games is also offering a multitude of ships to try out for free during the in-game festival. Read more...

Star Citizen's biggest update yet is live with persistent objects and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 10:54:01 +0000

Star Citizen Alpha 3.18 is being called the biggest update yet for Cloud Imperium Games' space RPG, and it is carrying Persistent Entity Streaming, ships salvaging, a cargo refresh, and much more. Read more...

Star Citizen's new Free Fly event offers access to the game and over 100 ships to try

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 18:46:01 +0000

Another free-to-play event has hit the $500 million strong crowd-funded behemoth Star Citizen. Anyone can now try out the game's over 150 starships and vehicles until the end of the month. Read more...

Star Citizen crowdfunding reaches half a billion dollars

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:16:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games has reached another major crowdfunding milestone for its in-development space RPG Star Citizen. $500,000,000 is the latest goal backers from the community have hit. Read more...

Star Citizen Free Fly event offers game access and swarms of ships to fly

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 20 May 2022 21:14:01 +0000

The 2022 Invictus Launch Week has hit Star Citizen, offering all players access to the full universe and almost every ship available in the game. The Free Fly event lasts until May 31. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 3.17 goes live with new economy features, rivers, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 08:34:02 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games has a new Star Citizen Alpha update for backers to jump in to. The new 3.17 release brings ship-to-ship refueling, rivers on planets, selling loot to shops, and more. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 3.16 goes live with Jumptown 2.0 server-wide event

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:26:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games today released the Alpha 3.16 update to Star Citizen, its in-development space trading and combat title. The Jumptown 2.0 update carries a server-wide dynamic event and more. Read more...

Star Citizen crowdfunding pool is now $400 million strong

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 19:48:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games' in-development multiplayer space RPG Star Citizen has now crossed the $400 million mark in funding from backers. The game is also running a free-to-play event currently. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 3.15 comes with enhanced medical and looting gameplay

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 19:54:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games is implementing new death systems and medical gameplay to Star Citizen, offering players a medic-role to experience with revives and healing, working hospitals, and much more. Read more...

Star Citizen Free Fly event kicks off offering its universe and six ships to try out

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:50:01 +0000

Another Free Fly event for Star Citizen means the space exploration and trading title is available for anyone to try out. The entire universe of the in-development title has been opened up for a week. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 3.14.0 is now live with a floating city inside a gas giant

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 07:32:02 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games' latest quarterly update to Star Citizen has landed with the fully realized Crusader gas giant, its floating city Orison, new volumetric clouds, and much more. Read more...

Star Citizen's new free fly event offers free ships, capital ship tours and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 22 May 2021 10:12:01 +0000

Invictus Launch Week has returned to Star Citizen, bringing with it access to a massive number of free ships and vehicles for test flying, capital ship tours with NPC guides, and more. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 3.13.0 is live with ship-to-ship docking, ship-accessible caves and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 20:32:02 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games' latest update to Star Citizen brings in planetary cave entrances accessible by ships, docking between the Merlin and Constellation, two more ground vehicles, and more. Read more...

Star Citizen crowd-funding breezes past $350 million

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 20:06:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games' in-development space trading and combat sim Star Citizen has breached another crowd-funding milestone, with the game now touting $350 million from its backers. Read more...

Star Citizen's new free fly event lasts through February 25 and offers six ships

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 06:02:01 +0000

The crowd-funded behemoth that is Star Citizen is now open to everyone for the next 10 days as Cloud Imperium Games has kicked off another free fly event. This one carries six ships to try out. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 3.12.0 is live with dynamic events, tractor beams, gas clouds, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:14:01 +0000

Another Star Citizen quarterly update is here, and it is carrying a suite of new features such as a tractor beam that doubles as a grappling hook, server-wide dynamic missions, and much more. Read more...

Star Citizen free play event offers over 100 ships to try out

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:04:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games is back with another Intergalactic Aerospace Expo, and this year's event is its biggest yet. The free play event offers over 100 ships to try out around the universe. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 3.11.0 is live with planetary improvements, inventory changes, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 20:34:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games has pushed out the Alpha 3.11.0 update to Star Citizen, bringing in improvements to planet visuals, Armistice Zone changes, inventory UI updates, and much more. Read more...

Star Citizen's latest free play event runs until September 23

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 17:16:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games' latest Free Fly event offers up its space simulation game Star Citizen for anyone to try for free. The studio is offering 16 ships to try out this time during the two-week event. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 3.10.0 goes live with a new atmospheric flight model and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 19:52:01 +0000

Star Citizen Alpha update 3.10.0, dubbed the Flight & Fight update, is now in the Live channel, offering all backers a chance to try out the brand new atmospheric flight model, new miner, and more. Read more...

Star Citizen crowd-funding goes past $300 million

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 20:12:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games has now managed to raise over $300 million for its space game Star Citizen, only six months after the in-development ambitious title crossed the $200 million mark. Read more...

Star Citizen free play event kicks off, offers free ships to fly until June 1

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 22 May 2020 22:24:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games has opened the doors to Star Citizen as part of a new free fly event. The promotion lasts until June 1 with free ships being offered to anyone interested in jumping in. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 3.9.0 now live with a prison system, survival elements, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:02:02 +0000

The latest update to hit Cloud Imperium Games' crowd-funded space game Star Citizen is Alpha 3.9.0. It has brought along an automated prison system for bad actors, an alien design-based ship and more. Read more...

Teaser trailer for Star Citizen's Squadron 42 campaign shows off its visuals

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 19:02:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games has released a brand new teaser trailer for its upcoming Squadron 42 campaign of Star Citizen, showing off some impressive visuals, alien environments, and more. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 3.8.0 goes live with the microTech planet, weather effects, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 09:32:01 +0000

Another major alpha update has reached Star Citizen, with the crowd-funded behemoth now offering another brand new planet, landing zone, planetwide weather effects, new ships, and more. Read more...