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Star Citizen Moves To Amazon’s Game Engine

Star Citizen Moves To Amazon’s Game Engine

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Cloud Imperium has announced that it has moved its game, Star Citizen, over from CryEngine 4 to Amazon’s Lumberyard engine. The change, which went smoothly according to the developer, was done to ensure the long-term future of the project with Crytek ongoing financial difficulties. It also means that thye can integrate things like Twitch streaming directly into the game through Amazon Web Services. Star Citizen has been in development since 2011 and originally started out on CryEngine 3 before it moved onto the fourth generation of the engine. The developers began a crowdfunding campaign for the title in October 2012, though, they used IgnitionDeck on their own website rather a traditional site such as Kickstarter. By the end of this initial campaign, they had set a record for the highest funding amount ever received for a game, with a total of $6.2 million. By December 2016, more than $140 million had been pledged by fans towards the development of the game. Recently, Chris Roberts revealed on his site that the

Star Citizen Offering "Free-Fly Week"

Star Citizen Offering "Free-Fly Week"

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The massive, and massively supported, Star Citizen is offering yet another “Free-Fly Week”. Allowing anyone to access their 2.1.2 Alpha and play the game. The event itself started on Friday, and will continue until this upcoming Friday, thus there is plenty of time to jump on board if you’re interested. To enlist in the free trial, all you have to do is register your details here. Star Citizen is constantly growing, with many plans in place for the year that is 2016. We’ll update you more as they arrive. Here’s what’s included for free flyers this week: Star Citizen Alpha 2.1.2 – Also known as Crusader or the “mini-PU,” this is the nucleus of the world we’re 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! Arena Commander – Arena Commander is a ‘game within a game’ that we’ve used to develop our flight mechanics and ship combat balance. Take on human opponents or

Star Citizen Will "Refocus" On VR Support in 2016

Star Citizen Will "Refocus" On VR Support in 2016

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VR Support for video games is slowly coming our way, numerous publishers for both consoles and PC games are lining up to try and have the next advancement of gaming in their titles. For the crowdfunded, and mega popular, Star Citizen, the idea of VR Support has long been on their minds, and a part of their games endrun. However, during a livestream, the CEO of Star Citizen Chris Roberts revealed that the team will once again refocus on making VR for Star Citizen in 2016. “The status of VR integration is that we’ve been pretty busy with getting [Alpha] 2.0 [out] and we’re trying to get 2.1 so I would say we still have some stuff to integrate from the most recent CryEngine drops. They’ve been actually doing quite a lot of VR, I’m pretty sure you guys have noticed that they’ve completely doubled down and they’re all VR now. So there are some updates on VR that we need to integrate in. It’s a little more complicated because

Mark Hamill Didn't Need Persuasion to Join Star Citizen

Mark Hamill Didn't Need Persuasion to Join Star Citizen

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If we’re being totally honest, 2015 might have truly been the “Year of Mark Hamill”. Why? Because in one year, he reprised three of his legendary roles, The Joker (for Batman: Arkham Knight), The Trickster (for The Flash seasons 01 and 02), and of course, he was Luke Skywalker again in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But, one other interesting part he recorded in 2015 was that of Lt. Commander Steve ‘Old Man’ Colton, for Star Citizen’s Squadron 42. Mark Hamill is no stranger to video games, as he famously Wing Commander in the 90’s. Funnily enough, he didn’t need much persuading to join the game. “I had such a great time the first time around,” Hamill told PC Gamer. When he asked to join the cast of Squadron 42, Hamill said he didn’t need to see the script. “I said ‘count me in!’ Of course my agent said, ‘you didn’t tell him that, did you? Play hard to get for God’s sake!” He did note that motion-capture was very

Mark Hamill Talks Being In Star Citizen: Squadron 42

Mark Hamill Talks Being In Star Citizen: Squadron 42

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If we’re being totally honest, 2015 might have truly been the “Year of Mark Hamill”. Why? Because in one year, he reprised three of his legendary roles, The Joker (for Batman: Arkham Knight), The Trickster (for The Flash seasons 01 and 02), and of course, he was Luke Skywalker again in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But, one other interesting part he recorded in 2015 was that of Lt. Commander Steve ‘Old Man’ Colton, for Star Citizen’s Squadron 42. Mark Hamill is no stranger to video games, as he famously Wing Commander in the 90’s. Funnily enough, he didn’t need much persuading to join the game. “I had such a great time the first time around,” Hamill told PC Gamer. When he asked to join the cast of Squadron 42, Hamill said he didn’t need to see the script. “I said ‘count me in!’ Of course my agent said, ‘you didn’t tell him that, did you? Play hard to get for God’s sake!” He did note that motion-capture was very

Star Citizen Launches Alpha 2.0 After Raising $100 Million

Star Citizen Launches Alpha 2.0 After Raising $100 Million

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Star Citizen is the most successful crowdfunded game in history. Now, the game has reached another incredible milestone, as it has reached over $100 million dollars raised through its backers. To reward the backers who helped them get this far, the team behind Star Citizen has opened “Alpha 2.0” to all who contributed. Full details can be seen on the Star Citizen website, but below are the features in the Alpha 2.0: Open World Missions 8 Comm Array missions involving dogfighting and EVA, 8 Research missions involving protecting civilians or recovering lost data and 1 Exploration mission of an abandoned station. 20+ Random Encounters – Most are random dogfighting encounters, often with a mix of friendlies and hostiles. 4 are random exploration missions involving finding lost wrecks. First Person Shooter Recharging energy weapons. In-game pick-ups including ballistic weapons, ammo and MediPens. Player healing. Due to the open-world architecture of the Crusader system, FPS combat can occur on space stations, on the decks of ships, or even while engaged in EVA.