Official Site: Star Citizen
Studio: Cloud Imperium Games Corporation/Roberts Space Industries
Launch Date: N/A
Genre: Sci-fi Sandbox
Business Model: B2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Star Citizen: Around the Verse covers shopping as the community debates pay-to-win
This week's episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse is all about shopping, and I mean the fun kind of shopping where you spend...
Make My MMO: Greed Monger’s Jason Appleton is launching a cryptocurrency TV show as donors still await refunds (May 12, 2018)
Here's a bizarre one for you: Greed Monger's Jason Appleton is now being billed as a "crypto YouTuber" ahead of the launch of his 13-episode...
Star Citizen deep-dives its player-generated content system
This week's Star Citizen Around the Verse begins with a project update recap. CIG says it's working on legacy armor sets, shopping kiosks, audio...
The Daily Grind: Have you backed any MMO Kickstarters that you deeply regret?
Yesterday, as our writers were shaking their heads over Star Citizen's latest shenanigans, Eliot cracked a joke about how having backed the game had...
Star Citizen players grumble over warbonds, insurance, and the latest concept ship promotion
Last week, Cloud Imperium began teasing a brand-new concept ship for Star Citizen, the Hercules Starlifter and its variants. While most gamers will roll...
Make My MMO: Camelot Unchained’s Physician, Pantropy’s second Kickstarter’s a charm (May 5, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Pantropy may happen this time! Its second attempt at a Kickstarter has raised over three times its ask so far...
Whatever happened to Line of Defense, The Exiled, and Pathfinder Online?
Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...
Star Citizen looks ahead to 3.2, unveils the new Hercules Starlifter concept ship for sale next week
CIG's Sandi Gardiner and Eric Kieron Davis are back with another installment of Star Citizen's Around the Verse, bookending a brief check-in with the...
One Shots: A well-rounded Hobbit (breakfast)
With the prodigious and well-known appetite of Hobbits, it's a total surprise to me that the Shire hasn't been stripped bare with these creatures'...
Star Citizen shows off its sleek starter ship while Squadron 42 discusses its storytelling
The word "Origin" has a special meaning to Chris Roberts and the Star Citizen team, so it's not surprising that there has been special...
Star Citizen deep-dives the guts and glory of the character customization system
Cloud Imperium Narrative Director Dave Haddock joins the Around the Verse crew for this week's episode of the Star Citizen community video. The majority...
Massively Overthinking: What we really mean when we talk about ‘difficulty’ in MMORPGs
Massively OP reader Steve wants us to revisit the Daily Grind on making death more meaningful without making it more annoying. His letter was long, so...
Star Citizen promises shirts for its two million backer milestone
Back in 2015, Star Citizen passed a million registered users. At this point, the game has passed two million. Three years later, it's doubled....
Saga of Lucimia defends Star Citizen’s slow progress, Shroud of the Avatar’s transparency
One of the challenges for indie and crowdfunded MMORPGs is surely the nature of their development: plugging along without much fanfare, with players seeing...
Star Citizen runs down ships and kicks off a free-fly weekend
On this week's Star Citizen Around the Verse, I can't decide whether Sandi Gardiner or Eric Kieron Davis has the cooler shirt, but it...
Make My MMO: Camelot Unchained marches on; Albion players murder half a million bunnies (April 7, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Camelot Unchained continues inching along toward its planned summer beta. According to the game's latest update, CSE is running internal...
Betawatch: Defiance’s beta, TERA’s console launch, and Eliot’s in the brig (April 6, 2018)
Welcome back to another look at all the MMO beta happenings of the week! I've stashed Eliot in the brig so that I can take...
Star Citizen homes in on the mobiGlas, checks in with the UK team, and rolls back alpha 3.1.1
The Star Citizen team is still riding high on the launch of alpha 3.1 last weekend. The latest episode of Around the Verse checks...
Make My MMO: Shroud of the Avatar sheds its early access… shroud (March 31, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Shroud of the Avatar formally launched with the release of R52 this week, which might be confusing to gamers...
Star Citizen’s 3.1 alpha is live for the holiday weekend
If you're bored on the holiday weekend, and you happen to be a Star Citizen backer, you're going to be taking to the skies,...