Cloud Imperium Video games, developer of Star Citizen, has introduced the official dates and placement of its annual offline occasion, CitizenCon 2954.
The occasion shall be hosted on the Manchester Central venue in Manchester, UK, on October 19 and 20, 2024. When you’re questioning, 2954 is the date in Star Citizen’s in-game calendar, as the sport is about 930 years sooner or later and its timeline progresses in parallel with the actual world.
Extra data shall be shared at a later date, however the developer is teasing that this would be the “finest one but.” This matches with fan expectations that the developer might lastly announce the discharge date of Star Citizen‘s single-player marketing campaign Squadron 42. We heard that it is characteristic full eventually 12 months’s CitizenCon.
The developer additionally revealed a totally redesigned launcher, which you’ll be able to see above. On prime of that, it teased one thing associated to the large Idris Frigate coming tomorrow. Most definitely, it is going to be the looks of the Frigate as an enemy within the stay persistent universe, mirroring what occurred on the check servers.
It’s going to be fascinating to see what occurs tomorrow, contemplating that at 242 meters lengthy, the Idris is without doubt one of the largest ships within the recreation’s universe. It is also the primary capital warship with a totally modeled inside to seem within the recreation, albeit it is unlikely that it will be obtainable as a totally playable ship instantly.
Star Citizen is a crowdfunded recreation in energetic growth completely for PC. In the meanwhile of this writing, it has obtained $666,105,378 in funding with 5,094,196 registered customers. As traditional, it is price mentioning that solely a fraction of those are literally paying prospects, as many create an account for the Free Fly occasions just like the one which simply concluded final week.
But, assist for the sport retains rising. In 2023, it obtained over $117.5 million in pledges, marking the most important 12 months of its historical past and the sixth of consecutive progress.
