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Chris Roberts' crowd-funded space exploration title generates $99 per backer

Chris Roberts' Space sim MMO has now raised a total of $37m

Reaching milestone is a 'testament to the passion our backers have for PC gaming,' says Chris Roberts

Chris Robert’s Start Citizen crowdfunding experiment has reached new heights, crossing the $17m mark in raised funding. Incredibly, only $2.1m of that total was brought in by the project’s run on Kickstarter, meaning nearly $15m has been raised by other avenues such as direct PayPal donations. The in-development space simulator …

Star Citizen’s crowdfunding campaign has surpassed $15m, thanks to a combination of pre-orders and pledges. Developer Cloud Imperium Games revealed the massive milestone in a post onRoberts Space Industries, while taking a jab at big publishers in the process. Ten years ago, big publishers decided space games weren’t profitable, and …

MMO smashes records as it hits new milestone

Cloud Imperium’s Star Citizen has surpassed $9m in crowdfunding. The game raised $2.1m during its 2012 Kickstarter campaign, and the Roberts Space Industries site has brought in the remaining $6.9m. The game has been in development for over a year, and aims to combine elements of Roberts’s previous games Wing …

Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts' Cloud Imperium hits stellar milestone

New Cloud Imperium Games studio to house up to 20 staff

Developer of crowdfunded project Star Citizen is betting on PC to trump new consoles