Star Citizen Passes $1 Billion In Funding, As Dev Launches $5,000 Ship That You Can’t Use

Confira os detalhes que estao repercutindo. Roberts Space Industries and Cloud Imperium Games have announced a massive new funding milestone for the PC space sim Star Citizen--the game has now exceeded $1 billion in crowdfunding since the campaign launched in 2012.

Alem disso, At press time, the game's public funding stands at $1.007 billion from more than 6.5 million people. While Star Citizen is playable currently, the game remains in early access after some 10 years of ongoing development. Chris Roberts, the founder of Roberts Space Industries, said Star Citizen's standalone single-player game featuring many, many celebrities--Squadron 42--is targeting a 2026 release .

The 1.0 version of Star Citizen is expected to follow later. Roberts told Variety recently that it "feels pretty epic" to be so close to Star Citizen's 1.0 release. He said the studio is in the "closing stages" and that the game is "coming together really well." "I’ve been very lucky as a creative because I’ve had the ability to take the time and have the funding to really do it. James Cameron had that when he was doing his Avatars," he said. Continue acompanhando pra nao perder as novidades.