Star Citizen: US$8-million pledged to development

Star Citizen, the sci-fi space project from Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts, has reached its Kickstarter campaign goal, and now accumulated another $6 million from fans, which will allow the developers at Cloud Imperium Games to materialise their dreams.

The Kickstarter campaign originally asked for $500,000, which was reached at the end of last year, as the campaign made over $2.1 million.

The devs then took to their website, asking for any more donations to better the game. Another $6.2 million was pledged to the development of the game.

Star Citizen is a pledge to return PC space sims back to their former glory, by offering a throwback to the classics, while introducing the genre to a new generation of gamers. But Star Citizen isn’t just a nostalgic revisiting, as the game will take full-force of the current gen tech and resources available.

Cloud Imperium want the universe to be constantly expanding and evolving, and Roberts promises that instead of huge yearly updates, the game will feature weekly or bi-weekly add-ons to throw in new data, stories, and campaigns.

Star Citizen is in development only for PC, and is expected to be released in 2014.

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