Whereas Star Citizen‘s lengthy improvement cycle has change into a little bit of a meme, it is likely that the sport has continued to make regular progress all through its historical past.
As we speak developer Cloud Imperium Video games launched a brand new trailer exhibiting off all of the progress achieved in 2023 and all of the options and content material launched to the sport.
This yr noticed the discharge of alpha 3.18, 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, and three.22, marking a giant acceleration in comparison with 2022, which solely noticed the discharge of three.17.
Among the many options launched, we see Persistent Entity Streaming, the Gen 12 Graphic Renderer, Private Cargo Containers, delicate dying for ships, 12 new race tracks, mining enhancements, upgrades to Lorville metropolis, and experimental modes for Area Commander.
Salvage gameplay was one of many massive gameplay loops added to the sport, and we additionally noticed the total refactor of the cargo system, automobile tractor beams, new participant hair, loads of new places, and far more.
After all, many new ships and movies additionally turned flyable/drivable.
We additionally check out the neighborhood facet of Star Citizen, with CitizenCon and the various native Bar Citizen occasions.
You’ll be able to try the trailer under.
Star Citizen is a crowdfunded sport, and its crowdfunding marketing campaign continues, having reached practically $656 million. Particularly, it is at $655,880,866 for the time being of this writing.
2023 is already a file yr by way of funding for the sport, however we nonetheless have just a few days to see by how a lot final yr’s file has been crushed.
The sport additionally has nearly 5 million registered customers (4,983,703) albeit we do not exactly know what number of of them are precise paid clients.
On the latest CitizenCon occasion, the builders additionally showcased a powerful demo demonstrating the capabilities of the sport’s engine and revealed that the single-player marketing campaign Squadron 42 is feature-complete.
After all, this does not imply that it is prepared for launch, because the sprucing section will take a while, however there seems to be gentle on the finish of the tunnel.
Full disclosure: the writer of this put up backed Star Citizen’s crowdfunding marketing campaign.
