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Star Citizen Breaks Crowdsourcing Record With $6M Funded

Posted on Monday, November 19 @ 11:44:01 Eastern by Keri_Honea

Star Citizen, a proposed space epic PC game from Chris Roberts, has broken crowdsourcing funding records by closing fundraising on the project at $6,224,123. The only other game that has come close to this record was Obsidian's RPG Project Eternity, which raised over $4 million.

The fundraising started on Chris Roberts' Robert's Space Industries website, but it expanded to a Kickstarter campaign, which in the end, helped push it past their $6 million goal. The project raised $4,091,456 on the project website, and then Kickstarter added another $2,1322,667.

As a result from surpassing the $6 million goal, Star Citizen will include the availability of a Bengal carrier ship for online play, 100 star systems will definitely be available at launch, the soundtrack will include a full orchestra, and all backers will receive a copy of the first Squadron 42 mission disc—Behind Enemy Lines.

Congratulations to both Chris Roberts and all of the backers of this project. Sounds like everyone involved is going to win once Star Citizen releases.
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  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Nov 19th, 2012 at 11:51 am
    Game looks interesting but Im not sure if I really want to invest all the much money into it. Had a lot of perks for if you gave them a whole bunch of money.
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  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Nov 19th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
    A worthy successor to Freelancer? 'Bout time!
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  • hanzhands
    hanzhands
    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Nov 19th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
    This is the first I've heard of this game. But if it is like Freelancer I will cry sweet tears of joy.
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  • FATAL1TY
    FATAL1TY
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 19th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
    I donated 40 bucks to this project. Seems interesting and it's rare to see a pc exclusive that's not a mmorpg, or rts.
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  • cheesegod99
    cheesegod99
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Nov 19th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
    I hope this is awesome. In 2 years I might have to invest in a badass PC.
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  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 20th, 2012 at 12:20 am
    Never even heard of it until now and I've been on a sci-fi stint lately.
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  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 20th, 2012 at 12:26 am
    Also, I just read some about it. 100 star systems and micro updates for additional content? So there's like a lifetimes worth of gameplay in this. Sounds worth it. Putting money into savings just for a PC to buy this game when it's out.
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