Roberts on Star Citizen’s funding model, Minecraft, and more
Polygon posted an interview with Chris Roberts this week, and it’s worth a read if you’re still wearing your Star-Citizen-is-a-Ponzi-scheme cap. “People can only back for a ship when we have it in...
View ArticleStar Citizen’s arena commander 1.1 is coming soon
Star Citizen’s monthly report is live, and chairman Chris Roberts says that even though February was short, Cloud Imperium accomplished quite a bit. “As you read this, Arena Commander 1.1 is hitting...
View ArticleStar Citizen is letting everyone fly for free this week
Fellow players, the galaxy is your oyster this week, for Star Citizen is allowing anyone to test drive one of its ships in the current pre-alpha build. It’s called the PAX East 2015 Free Flight Week,...
View ArticleStar Citizen’s Roberts endorses Crowfall, Descent: Underground
Star Citizen boss Chris Roberts has taken a moment to endorse a couple of fellow crowdfunded games. He has high praise for Crowfall head men J. Todd Coleman and Gordon Walton. “These are two...
View ArticleMake My MMO: March 14, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we learned about the Kickstarter for a “MOBA type of combat game” called Descent: Underground. Yes, it’s that Descent, and it even has Interplay’s blessing. It also...
View ArticleGarriott teaches Roberts about zero-G physics in pre-interview footage
Gamers Nexus spoke with industry legends Richard Garriott and Chris Roberts over the weekend, but I couldn’t tell you the first thing about the interview content. That’s because the pair engaged in a...
View ArticleNot So Massively: Dota 2 tickets sell out, Rust brings out the racists, and...
Tickets for the Dota 2 world championship, The International, sold out in a record 10 minutes and are now being resold by scalpers for up to $400 each. Bungie defended its lack of matchmaking tools by...
View ArticleCloud Imperium clarifies Star Citizen’s Squadron 42 status
Are you a bit confused about the Squadron 42 component of Star Citizen? So are quite a few other backers, if a mini-brouhaha on the official forums is any indication. Questions about the single-player...
View ArticleHere’s a look inside Star Citizen’s newest dev studio
Cloud Imperium recently opened a new studio to work on Star Citizen. It’s located in Frankfurt, and it’s called Foundry 42 Germany. Chris Roberts introduces today’s behind-the-scenes video that...
View ArticleStar Citizen releases alpha 1.1.1 and a design blog on breathing
Cloud Imperium had a busy Friday, as the firm released Star Citizen Alpha 1.1.1 to backers and also published a couple of notable blog entries. The first was penned by Chris Roberts and it concerns...
View ArticleStar Citizen reveals Star Marine’s SATA Ball and a whole lot more
Cloud Imperium has dropped a huge info bomb regarding Star Marine, which is what the firm is calling Star Citizen’s first person shooter functionality. Like Arena Commander before it, Star Marine will...
View ArticleThe Daily Grind: Do you like mobile gaming?
I feel like the odd man out when it comes to mobile (or more specifically for MassivelyOP’s purposes, mobile MMOs). Everyone I know seems to love staring at tiny screens during commutes and smudging...
View ArticleStar Citizen’s Roberts on the delayed FPS module, Squadron 42 shoot
Star Citizen boss Chris Roberts released a new letter from the chairman last night, in which he details his experiences directing performance capture for Squadron 42 over the past 10 weeks. “The cast...
View ArticleStar Citizen gets a monthly report, Star Marine status update
Hot on the heels of last week’s Star Marine delay update comes a new monthly report from Star Citizen chairman Chris Roberts. As per usual, the report is a lengthy look inside each of Cloud Imperium’s...
View ArticleStar Citizen’s new Frankfurt office features 21 devs now, 50 by year’s end
Cloud Imperium has opened a new development office in Frankfurt, Germany, according to the company’s latest press release. Star Citizen, dubbed a “first person universe space simulator” in the...
View ArticleThe Soapbox: Star Citizen is still worth the wait
Wow, it’s Star Citizen and Derek Smart in the same post! OK, now that I’ve stopped laughing (again), you can call me crazy because I remain optimistic about Cloud Imperium’s space sim opus. Yes, I’m...
View ArticleDerek Smart calls for FTC investigation of Star Citizen’s finances, presents...
Game developer Derek Smart continues to be terribly concerned over the future fate of Star Citizen. After an epic-sized rant last week, Smart posted another piece last night, this one restating his...
View ArticleDerek Smart demands Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts resign, fronts $1M for audit
Claiming he’s had “enough of the bullshit that is the ‘vaporware’ […] that RSI/CIG have foisted on […] legacy backers,” game developer and internet warlord Derek Smart has returned once again to his...
View ArticleRoberts calls b.s. on Star Citizen’s feature creep police
Chris Roberts hasn’t really responded to all of the internet angst surrounding sci-fi virtual world Star Citizen. He’s kinda been busy with, you know, making the game. With his latest letter from the...
View ArticleStar Citizen adds new flyable ships, highlights audio upgrades, and more
Star Citizen added the Merlin and the Scythe to its dogfighting module today, courtest of the 1.1.5 patch. The dev team also upped the number of players supported by Battle Royale and Squad Battle...
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