Nearly 14 years ago, industry veteran Chris Roberts launched the Kickstarter campaign for Star Citizen, promising an incredibly ambitious spiritual successor to Wing Commander and Freelancer in a genre thought to be dying or, at the very least, niche. The campaign immediately resonated with fans, gathering over $2.1 million in pledges from nearly 35,000 backers, but that was merely the beginning. Shortly after the end of the Kickstarter campaign, Roberts continued to allow fans to back the game via the official Star Citizen website. The rest, as they say, is history; through massive hype and clever marketing strategies, developer Cloud […]

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