Star Citizen free-to-play with all ships flyable next week

Try the game out and take some of the ships for a spin.

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Star Citizen will be having a free-fly event next week to celebrate the release of the game's first planet.

Each day will put the spotlight on a different series of craft, and players will get a chance to fly every one of the 80+ pilotable vehicles available in Star Citizen. This will come with the release of Alpha 3.3.5 which besides the significant additions of Planet Hurston and its main city Lorville, introduces Object Container Streaming, which should increase performance in-game for the majority of players.

The Star Citizen free-fly will take place from November 23 through November 30, and during this time the game will be free-to-play. Each day will feature flyable ships from one of the major starship manufacturers in the game. The free-fly ship schedule is as follows: November 23: Anvil Aerospace

  • Arrow
  • Gladiator
  • Hornet F7C
  • Hornet F7C Wildfire
  • Hornet F7C-R Tracker
  • Hornet F7C-S Ghost
  • Hornet F7C-M Super Hornet
  • Hurricane
  • Terrapin
  • Valkyrie

November 24: Roberts Space Industries

  • Aurora ES
  • Aurora LN
  • Aurora LX
  • Aurora MR
  • Constellation Andromeda
  • Constellation Aquila
  • Constellation Phoenix
  • Ursa Rover

November 25: Origin Jumpworks

  • 300i
  • 315p
  • 325a
  • 350r
  • 600i Explorer
  • 85X
  • M50

November 26: Aegis Dynamics

  • Avenger Stalker
  • Avenger Titan
  • Avenger Titan Renegade
  • Avenger Warlock
  • Eclipse
  • Gladius
  • Gladius Valiant
  • Hammerhead
  • Reclaimer
  • Retaliator Bomber
  • Sabre
  • Sabre Comet
  • Vanguard Hoplite
  • Vanguard Warden

November 27: Drake Interplanetary

  • Buccaneer
  • Caterpillar
  • Caterpillar Pirate
  • Cutlass Black
  • Dragonfly Black
  • Dragonfly Yellowjacket
  • Herald

November 28: Alien Manufacturers

  • Khartu-al
  • Nox
  • Nox Kue
  • Vanduul Glaive
  • Vanduul Blade

November 29: Musashi Industrial and Starflight Concern

  • Freelancer
  • Prospector
  • Razor
  • Razor EX
  • Razor LX
  • Reliant Kore
  • Starfarer
  • Starfarer Gemini

November 30: Kruger/Argo/Tumbril/Consolidated Outland

  • Argo MPUV 1C
  • Argo MPUV 1P
  • Cyclone
  • Cyclone AA
  • Cyclone RN
  • Cyclone TR
  • Mustang Alpha
  • Mustang Beta
  • Mustang Delta
  • Mustang Gamma
  • P-52 Merlin

Now's a great time to check out Star Citizen, and you can do it during the free-fly risk-free. The game is starting to move out of the realm of being a fun tech demo and beginning to shape into what Cloud Imperium Games has been promising it would. With each Alpha release, the game is more stable, and the pipeline has really opened up concerning content. You can even purchase ships with in-game currency you earn through missions now.

In the meantime, be sure to check out our Star Citizen developer interview for more things Roberts Space Industries. 

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From The Chatty
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    November 15, 2018 4:55 PM

    Brittany Vincent posted a new article, Star Citizen free-to-play with all ships flyable next week

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      November 15, 2018 5:03 PM

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      November 15, 2018 5:14 PM

      This kind of reads like paid content?

      Now's a great time to check out Star Citizen, and you can do it during the free-fly risk-free. The game is starting to move out of the realm of being a fun tech demo and beginning to shape into what Cloud Imperium Games has been promising it would. With each Alpha release, the game is more stable, and the pipeline has really opened up concerning content.

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        November 15, 2018 5:25 PM

        It's accurate, and I don't think paid content would point out that their game was mostly a tech demo before now, and refer to themselves in 3rd person :-P.

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        November 15, 2018 5:29 PM

        I have said this before, but I can repeat it. We mark Sponsored Content and do not generate chatty threads for it. We get press releases from hundreds of companies on any given week. We are a news outlet and report the news.

        We were not paid for this.

        Here is a list of all of our sponsored posts:

        https://www.shacknews.com/topic/sponsored

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          November 15, 2018 5:37 PM

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            November 15, 2018 5:50 PM

            fucking LOL

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            November 15, 2018 6:01 PM

            That’s a bug that we can’t figure out.

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              November 15, 2018 6:09 PM

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              November 15, 2018 10:14 PM

              It's the biggest image on the page that's visible and in an img tag. I'm not sure why it's ignoring your og:image meta tag (unless you just added that today), and the fb share debug page (https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/sharing/) shows that you shouldn't have this issue. That said, probably one of those 2 things would fix this:
              1. Make the author image file smaller (currently 512x512 even though it's only 72x72 on the page.
              2. Make the author image use a background-image css rule so you don't have that img tag at all.

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            November 15, 2018 7:56 PM

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        November 15, 2018 6:25 PM

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      November 15, 2018 5:28 PM

      Wait, is it a game now? Is this supposed to generate hype?

      They’ve been dribbling out for so long that I’m not sure if I would ever know if it emerged out of joke status

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        November 15, 2018 5:49 PM

        Well it's completely free for anyone to fuck around with for a whole week, you could just go play it.

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      November 15, 2018 8:05 PM

      Obligatory re-post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX-c78SURpI

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      November 16, 2018 7:54 AM

      The 3.3 patch has made vast improvements in performance and frame-rate.

      The added Object Container Streaming, which means that the client machines no longer have to keep track of every single item in the whole solar system, just what's near you.

      I went from getting frames in the 40s, to about 115-125, all on high settings, and a 1070gtx.

      If anyone wants to sign up, you can use my referral code, I'll get some items, and you'll get free in game credits to start.

      I'd appreciate it (I only have 5 referrals atm)

      Ingame I'm "Longscope"

      http://bit.ly/LSEnlist

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        November 16, 2018 9:59 AM

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        November 16, 2018 10:10 AM

        Done!

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          November 16, 2018 10:11 AM

          Also, awesome news about the performance

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          November 18, 2018 9:57 PM

          Thanks man :)
          I appreciate it.

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          November 18, 2018 9:57 PM

          Thanks man :)
          I appreciate it.

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