Star Citizen is free to play until the end of November - Eurogamer.net

Star Citizen is escaped to play from present until the extremity of the month.

As portion of the in-game yearly Intergalactic Aerospace Expo (IAE), players are invited to "freely test-fly" 120+ ships, including the Drake Corsair which supports a unit of up to 4 players and boasts surviving quarters and "strong armaments".

Players volition beryllium capable to "explore the integer lawsuit arsenic they would immoderate convention, from strolling done afloat interactive expo halls and seeing the latest ships connected show each time successful unthinkable detail, to gathering up with friends to research and partake successful breathtaking activities, oregon accidental encounters with strangers that motorboat caller friendships".

"Get acceptable for the biggest, champion Whitley’s Guide IAE Special you’ve ever seen!" developer Cloud Imperium Games teases. "It’s going to beryllium afloat of exclusive looks, caller vehicles, a peculiar quality by Drake CEO Anden Arden, and truthful overmuch more. This twelvemonth we won’t beryllium leaving thing out. Don’t miss it!"

Drake Interplanetary, Anvil Aerospace, and Roberts Space Industries volition besides beryllium revealing caller vehicles passim IAE 2952 "as they instrumentality to the amusement floor", whilst from 27th November, players tin "look guardant to rewards from this year's Ship Showdown competition".

The last 4 - The Carrack, Mercury, C8X Pisces Expedition, and Scorpius - volition "all person limited-edition overgarment options", too, arsenic good arsenic limited-time shaper situation coins.

If you're funny and fancy stopping by, you tin motion up right here and springiness it a effort for escaped until 30th November.

Star Citizen has present raised much than fractional a cardinal dollars successful backing from backers. As Matt precocious summarised for us, its exceedingly lengthy improvement is well-documented with the crippled inactive successful alpha implicit a decennary aft accumulation began. And portion it's attracted immoderate backstage backing successful that time, the overwhelming bulk has travel via crowdfunding, opening with a palmy $2m USD Kickstarter successful 2012 and ballooning from there.

In September 2022, Star Citizen deed a milestone of $500,075,150 USD successful crowdfunding. Its erstwhile large milestone of $400m USD raised was reached this clip past year, meaning it's taken a further 10 months to accrue an further $100m.