{"id":85815,"date":"2016-02-01T17:30:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T15:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=85815"},"modified":"2016-02-01T17:38:41","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T15:38:41","slug":"play-star-citizen-for-free-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/85815-play-star-citizen-for-free-this-week","title":{"rendered":"Play Star Citizen for free this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should you happen to peruse the <em>Star Citizen <\/em>site, under the guise of <a href=\"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roberts Space Industries<\/a>, this week, you are likely to stumble upon this <a href=\"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/transmission\/15178-Roundup-Free-Fly-212-Patch-And-Other-Updates\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That blog post, by the way, makes mention of a Free Fly event happening this week, allowing anyone who hasn\u2019t purchased <em>Star Citizen<\/em> to sign up and give it a go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the fence about Star Citizen? Why not give it a try and see what we\u2019re building! For the next week, we\u2019re enable Free Fly access to all accounts\u2026 which means that anyone can jump in to Star Citizen Alpha 2.1.2 today!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This latest Free Fly event will demonstrate a lot of the polish and additions made to <em>Star Citizen<\/em> since the last even.<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, it\u2019ll give a lot of you who are on the fence about whether to invest in or purchase <em>Star Citizen<\/em>, come its release, a trial run.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you\u2019ll have access to during Free Fly:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Star Citizen Alpha 2.1.2<\/strong> \u2013 Also known as Crusader or the \u201cmini-PU,\u201d this is the nucleus of the world we\u2019re building! Featuring multiple space stations and environments, scripted missions, places to explore and more, Alpha 2.1.2 is your first look at a much larger universe!<br \/>\n<strong>Arena Commander<\/strong> \u2013 Arena Commander is a \u2018game within a game\u2019 that we\u2019ve used to develop our flight mechanics and ship combat balance. Take on human opponents or an AI swarm in single seat fighter.<br \/>\n<strong>Social Module<\/strong> \u2013 Interact with other players while you explore our first landing zone, ArcCorp! The Social Module is intended as a starting point for our world building,<\/p>\n<p>Interested? Sign up on this <a href=\"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/enlist?jumpto=%2Ffly-now\" target=\"_blank\">page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Recent PC news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/85811-xcom-2-review-roundup.html\">XCOM 2 Review Roundup<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/85789-the-divisions-netcode-is-exploited-hackers-everywhere.html\">The Division\u2019s netcode is exploited: hackers everywhere<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/85707-what-gaming-pc-could-you-get-for-the-price-of-a-current-gen-console-and-a-couple-games.html\">What gaming PC could you get for the price of a current-gen console and a couple games?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/85683-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-a-comparison-between-console-pc-and-high-and-low-settings.html\">Rise of the Tomb Raider: a comparison between console, PC and High and Low settings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star Citizen is hosting a Free Fly event this week, giving anyone who registers the opportunity to play the game for free this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":85819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7382,17131,1969,16044,7355],"class_list":["post-85815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-cloud-imperium-games","tag-free-trial","tag-news-2","tag-roberts-space-industries","tag-star-citizen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}