Star Citizen Officially Passes $1 Billion in Crowdfunding
Credit: Cloud Imperium Games
Star Citizen has officially crossed the $1 billion mark in crowdfunding in what will be its 14th year of development and audience-generated investment. That's despite the game still not being anything close to finished—neither the full-scale multiplayer experience, nor the single-player Squadron 42 campaign.
When it comes to crowdfunding success stories, it's hard not to consider Star Citizen the king. It generated $2 million through its original Kickstarter campaign after over a year of development, with promises to release the single-player and multiplayer experiences by 2014. That timeframe came and went, and in the 12 years since, Cloud Imperium Games has repeatedly pushed back the final release date.
Squadron 42 is currently scheduled to launch in 2026, but the full multiplayer experience is still TBD. It's playable in an alpha state, but read any detailed account of playing it, and you'll find reams of bugs, an...
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