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05-01-2013, 01:30 AM
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Star Citizen (http://joystiq.com/game/star-citizen) has reached over $9 million in funding, thanks to its almost 170,000 contributors. The space exploration MMO, spearheaded by Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts, began with a successful $2 million run (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen) on Kickstarter, and has since raised almost $7 million (https://robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen/) on its own website. The original goal was "just" $500,000, but Star Citizen has topped every stretch goal it set and then some.
As part of its stretch goals, Star Citizen's launch plans include a tablet companion app, celebrity voice acting, a free mission pack for every player, and over 100 star systems to explore while playing. Developer Cloud Imperium Games has just opened offices in Santa Monica (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-04-30-star-citizen-funding-now-over-USD9m), and the game's website is proclaiming a victory for post-publisher game development.
Players will get a chance to explore the world of Star Citizen in an alpha release, scheduled for sometime this winter.http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.joystiq.com)Star Citizen funding eclipses $9 million (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/01/star-citizen-funding-eclipses-9-million/) originally appeared on Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com) on Wed, 01 May 2013 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Star Citizen (http://joystiq.com/game/star-citizen) has reached over $9 million in funding, thanks to its almost 170,000 contributors. The space exploration MMO, spearheaded by Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts, began with a successful $2 million run (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen) on Kickstarter, and has since raised almost $7 million (https://robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen/) on its own website. The original goal was "just" $500,000, but Star Citizen has topped every stretch goal it set and then some.
As part of its stretch goals, Star Citizen's launch plans include a tablet companion app, celebrity voice acting, a free mission pack for every player, and over 100 star systems to explore while playing. Developer Cloud Imperium Games has just opened offices in Santa Monica (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-04-30-star-citizen-funding-now-over-USD9m), and the game's website is proclaiming a victory for post-publisher game development.
Players will get a chance to explore the world of Star Citizen in an alpha release, scheduled for sometime this winter.http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.joystiq.com)Star Citizen funding eclipses $9 million (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/01/star-citizen-funding-eclipses-9-million/) originally appeared on Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com) on Wed, 01 May 2013 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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