Neowin News Feed for: Crowd-funded

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 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 4.0 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 campaign 'Squadron 42' gets 2026 launch window, will be 30-40 hours long

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 18:52:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games showed off the prologue mission of the Star Citizen campaign today at CItizenCon while also giving the experience a broad 2026 launch window. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 3.24 adds hauling missions, instanced personal hangers, and much more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:48:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games' latest alpha update to Star Citizen brings instanced hangers for quickly accessing ships, a cargo hauling overhaul, and more features. 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 Alpha 3.23 update adds wildlife, new character creator, DLSS, FSR and much more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 11 May 2024 15:30:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games has pushed a packed Alpha update for Star Citizen. It has fauna for planets, an upgraded character creator, industrial locations for quests, upscaling options, and much more. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 3.22 update brings 15 new Derelict Settlements, an alien ship, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 12:54:02 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games' Alpha 3.22 "Wrecks to Riches" update is now live, bringing brand-new locations to visit, the ability to completely salvage abandoned ships, hair from Squadron 42, and more. 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 Alpha 3.21 is live with new missions for action seekers, and a bomber ship

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 14:46:01 +0000

Another Star Citizen Alpha update has hit the live build, and this one carries a suite of new missions for players to jump into in the sci-fi space entry, all focused on high-octane action. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 3.20 is out with overhauled PVP action, a new space station, HDR and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:36:02 +0000

The crowd-funded behemoth Star Citizen is back with another major content update for backers. Alpha 3.20 brings the biggest update ever to Arena Commander PVP portion, a brand-new station, and more. 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 Alpha 3.19 is live carrying city upgrades, salvager missions, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 17 May 2023 11:48:01 +0000

Star Citizen just received another major update in the form of Alpha 3.19. It carries a major city overhaul, salvager missions to take apart ships, an impressive tractor beam upgrade, and 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 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 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 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...

Crowdfunding for upcoming 'microByte' handheld retro-gaming console goes live

Sayan Sen — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:36:02 +0000

Byte-Mix Labs has opened a crowdfunding drive for its upcoming microByte handheld retro-gaming console. According to the firm, the console can not only game but also be a cool toy to play around with. 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 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 crowd-funding reaches $250 million

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 18:00:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games' ambitious space game Star Citizen has blown past the $250 million mark in crowdfunding. This comes almost exactly a year after the game hit $200 million raised. Read more...

Star Citizen funding crosses the $200 million mark, raised by over 2 million backers

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 21:08:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games' two-pronged crowd-funded project has now raised over $200 million. The company is now five studios strong and employs over 500 developers, all for Star Citizen and Squadron 42. Read more...

The Zanco tiny t1 is a £30 mobile phone the length of four Nano SIMs

Timi Cantisano — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 17:28:01 +0000

If you're looking for a bit of comic relief or are fed up with carrying around a bulky smartphone, the Zanco tiny t1, which costs just £30, is probably going to be an alluring option. Read more...

Patreon apologizes and reverses course on its changes to fee structure

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 19:22:01 +0000

After announcing that it would be changing its fee structure last week, the firm has now backtracked, apologizing to its creators for rolling out a change without consulting the community. Read more...

Patreon changes fee structure, adds service charge for patrons

Vishal Laul — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 16:16:01 +0000

Patreon has announced that it will be updating its fee structure by the end of this month, introducing a new service fee on the pledges made by patrons, ridding creators of a transaction fee. Read more...

Eve V review: Surface killer or bust?

Usama Jawad — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 08:00:01 +0000

Is the first crowd-developed computer, the Eve V, a Surface killer or does it simply boast more than it has to offer? Is it worth your money? Find out in our full review of the 2-in-1 hybrid device! Read more...