Upcoming space epic Star Citizen has reached yet another milestone in its huge crowdfunding campaign. Roberts Space Industries has announced that the game has raised over $60 million since the start of its campaign. The game’s creator Chris Roberts announced the news via a post on the RSI blog. He notes that a surge of backers and pledges came following the reveal of First-Person Shooter gameplay in Star Citizen.
Roberts was the designer of the classic Wing Commander series, and managed to draw in $2 million from Kickstarter alone. The rest of the project’s funding has come from fans buying access from starter packs and in-game ships at the Roberts Space Industries website.
The game has grown exponentially through the funding. Players will now be able to exist ships, walk around planets and can engage in first-person shooter combat that implement zero-gravity physics. The $60 million milestone added a new deep space fighter to the game.
Star Citizen has not yet been given a release date, although early estimations put its release somewhere in 2016.
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