11 years and $750 million later, Star Citizen now has a new star system and MMO-scale server sizes

20 Dec 2024Source: PC Gamer
Version 4.0 brings big changes, but it still feels like there's a long way to go.


13 Apr 2023Star Citizen releases alpha 3.18.1, prepares for a free fly event, and recounts March’s dev progressMassivelyOp ︎12 Apr 2023Star Citizen continues to promise alpha 3.18.1 fixes ‘shortly’ while more testing tools are developedMassivelyOp ︎05 Apr 2023Star Citizen Monthly Report: March 2023Official ︎04 Apr 2023Star Citizen’s forums and launcher are crashing once more as the multiweek PU partial outage stretches onMassivelyOp ︎03 Apr 2023Star Citizen offers multiple previews of in-development AI behavior updates in livestreamMassivelyOp ︎31 Mar 2023Inside Star Citizen runs down new vehicles, prettier skies, dev tools, and functional coffee machinesMassivelyOp ︎30 Mar 2023Star Citizen ramps up its timetable to release 3.18 patches in order to deliver alpha 3.19 on scheduleMassivelyOp ︎29 Mar 2023Star Citizen aims to have alpha 3.18.1 released to the Persistent Universe this weekMassivelyOp ︎25 Mar 2023Star Citizen continues working on an error code as alpha 3.18.1 arrives to PTU for weekend testingMassivelyOp ︎24 Mar 2023Star Citizen talks up the future of tractor beams while fixes for alpha 3.18 continue to inch alongMassivelyOp ︎21 Mar 2023Star Citizen focuses on deploying alpha 3.18.1 patch as a fix for the game’s ongoing issuesMassivelyOp ︎19 Mar 2023Star Citizen discusses in-development engineer role as patch problems continueMassivelyOp ︎17 Mar 2023Star Citizen offers a statement about 3.18 downtime before discussing 3.19 mission updatesMassivelyOp ︎16 Mar 2023Star Citizen’s partial outage continues, but CIG notes new infrastructure is ‘trending in the right direction’MassivelyOp ︎14 Mar 2023Star Citizen apologizes for its messy alpha 3.18 launch as the game progresses to a partial outage stateMassivelyOp ︎13 Mar 2023Star Citizen remains offline as issues related to alpha 3.18 escalate the problem to a ‘major outage’MassivelyOp ︎12 Mar 2023Star Citizen’s alpha 3.18 craters its initial launch, causing players to riot across the internetMassivelyOp ︎11 Mar 2023Star Citizen enters alpha 3.18 with more persistence, a new graphics renderer, and more ships and locationsMassivelyOp ︎11 Mar 2023Star Citizen patch 3.18, the space game’s biggest update yet, out nowPCGamesN ︎10 Mar 2023Star Citizen shares initial details of alpha 4.0’s engineer multi-crew role in latest videoMassivelyOp ︎06 Mar 2023Star Citizen previews upcoming underground locations, visual effectsMassivelyOp ︎02 Mar 2023Star Citizen Monthly Report: February 2023Official ︎24 Feb 2023Star Citizen outlines another round of mining gameplay updates arriving in alpha 3.19MassivelyOp ︎20 Feb 2023Star Citizen focuses on the creation and integration of lore in latest dev streamMassivelyOp ︎17 Feb 2023Star Citizen plots its next steps for server meshing by way of a multi-day in-house dev summitMassivelyOp ︎14 Feb 2023Star Citizen outlines upcoming videos, marks Valentine’s Day with skins and sales, continues to iron out 3.18MassivelyOp ︎10 Feb 2023Star Citizen talks up its initial concepts for city building interiors and updates its community hubMassivelyOp ︎06 Feb 2023Star Citizen’s CitizenCon returns as a live event in Los Angeles this OctoberMassivelyOp ︎03 Feb 2023Star Citizen talks up plans for more updates to the neglected Arena Commander moduleMassivelyOp ︎02 Feb 2023Star Citizen’s January dev report details new vehicle work, player skills, and NPCs learning how grenades workMassivelyOp ︎02 Feb 2023Star Citizen Monthly Report: January 2023Official ︎30 Jan 2023Star Citizen developers talk up alpha 3.18’s persistent entity streaming tech in latest roundtableMassivelyOp ︎27 Jan 2023Star Citizen provides previews of alpha 3.19’s expanded derelicts and updated LorvilleMassivelyOp ︎24 Jan 2023Star Citizen’s player-run Daymar Rally wraps up, CIG preps Squadron 42 monthly report and returning videosMassivelyOp ︎20 Jan 2023Star Citizen’s Lunar New Year event brings back red envelopes, seasonal ship paint, and Siege of OrisonMassivelyOp ︎