Star Citizen registers 4,924 organizations in first 12 hours
Star Citizen's crowdfunding effort has surpassed $37 million, while its recently-launched Organization-system has seen 4,924 registered groups in the first 12 hours, with ShackFleet among them.
READ MORE >Star Citizen opens Hornet sales with real-time graphics commercial
Star Citizen continues to tease us with what the future of gaming looks like. Spoiler-alert: it will be pretty.
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see all 33 commentsCommunity Spotlight: Star Citizen's ShackFleet
The Shack hype behind Star Citizen is strong, so much so that ejectorpod has created a dedicated site for pilots, known as ShackFleet.
READ MORE >"windows 7/8 is wayyyy faster on same hardware as vista. it's better in every way possible."
see all 263 commentsStar Citizen lead would 'definitely consider' PlayStation 4 port
Chris Roberts says he would "definitely consider" putting Star Citizen on PS4, as long as Sony would allow him to issue updates to fulfill his plans for the game.
READ MORE >"It would be awsome if Star Citizen is available on Play station 4 Can't wait please make it ..."
see all 20 commentsStar Citizen ends crowdfunding with $6.2 million
Chris Roberts' ambitious space sim Star Citizen has completed its push for cash, gathering more than $6.2 million from Kickstarter and its official Roberts Space Industries site. The combined total makes it the largest crowdfunded game to date.
READ MORE >"ALL this is correct. If they get HALF the things that they promised correct, this game is ..."
see all 64 commentsStar Citizen video shows off first gameplay with AI pilots
Star Citizen is winging its way to the conclusion of a highly successful crowdfunding campaign, with only six days remaining and more than $3.4 million collected. But developer Chris Roberts still wants to hit the $4 million mark, so his company Cloud Imperium Games has rele...
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see all 26 commentsStar Citizen dev: Mobile game scene will be a bloodbath
Chris Roberts, developer of Wing Commander and the upcoming Star Citizen, shares his views on the fickle nature of the gaming industry, and further justifies his decision to focus on PC.
READ MORE >"Glad I backed this as soon as I learned about it, and his statements continue to encourage me."
see all 6 commentsStar Citizen blows through Kickstarter goal, still short overall
Chris Roberts' ambitious return to the space sim genre continues to gather momentum. The Kickstarter for Star Citizen has reached it's modest $500,000 goal with 26 days remaining, but the project still remains slightly behind the necessary $2 million needed to trigger the ad...
READ MORE >"I'm already contemplating upgrading my PC just for this game. And I'm playing through all of ..."
see all 6 commentsChris Roberts: Time between my new games was getting too long
Chris Roberts, developer of the Wing Commander series and the upcoming Star Citizen, talks about his hiatus from game making and shares his thoughts about the state of the games industry.
READ MORE >"i guess i meant gameplay wise... i've read a good chunk of forum posts for X3 recently, about ..."
see all 31 commentsStar Citizen adds Kickstarter as crowdfunding option
After a faulty launch of its own crowdfunding campaign for Star Citizen, Cloud Imperium Games and developer Chris Roberts have added Kickstarter as an option for donations to relieve its beleaguered Roberts Space Industries web site.
READ MORE >Star Citizen demands Kepler GPU for 'full experience'
Chris Roberts wants his new space sim Star Citizen to bring back the glory days of high-end PC gaming. An FAQ on the official site has revealed just how high-end your PC will need to be to run the game when it is finally released.
READ MORE >"your 570 will be what, 3 years old in 2014? Don't worry about it."
see all 31 commentsStar Citizen is Wing Commander creator's next game
Chris Roberts, creator of the Wing Commander series Privateer, and Freelancer, stopped by the Shacknews offices to demo his upcoming epic space-combat sim, Star Citizen.
READ MORE >"Few questions, Can you land on planets? can you get out of your ship to explore?"
see all 90 commentsMorning Caffeinated! -- Blizzard Sports, Wing Commander peek, Dungeon Siege tease
Ramblings and musings of occasional significance to the Shacknews audience. This is the morning edition for September 11, 2012. Topics include: Blizzard almost had a sports division; the space sim genre is getting a new entry; and what's up with the cryptic Obsidian site. Wa...
READ MORE >"It's a massive revenue stream he'd be crazy to sell. He has all of the R&D money he could ever ..."
see all 12 commentsWing Commander creator making a new game
Chris Roberts has been out of the gaming public eye for more than 15 years since his work on the highly acclaimed Wing Commander games. But now, a...
READ MORE >"Strike Commander had a separate voice pack, as I recall...but I bought the CD version, so it had ..."
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