{"id":282140,"date":"2024-05-28T03:51:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T10:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=333186"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:25:37","slug":"star-citizen-surpasses-700-million-dollars-in-funding-and-still-has-no-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/star-citizen-surpasses-700-million-dollars-in-funding-and-still-has-no-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Citizen surpasses 700 million dollars in funding and still has no release date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development times of video games are becoming longer and longer. The budgets are getting bigger and bigger. But <strong>there is probably no game that has blatantly exceeded all logic in both aspects as Star Citizen<\/strong>. A space simulator with elements of massive online RPG from Cloud Imperium Games that has been in development, at least, since September 2012. And today it has announced that its crowdfunding has already reached 700 million dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be exact, it has reached $701,164,678, at the time of writing this news, <a href=\"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/funding-goals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">according to the company&#8217;s internal tracker<\/a>. <strong>This figure is due to a particularly spectacular growth in funding during the week of May 20th<\/strong>. Something that is particularly evident considering that on Saturday, May 25th alone, it managed to raise almost three million dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"STAR CITIZEN Trailer (2023) Extended | 4K UHD\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M7jgxJ_4TJs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reason for this donation frenzy is that the game has received a free-to-play event from May 17th to 29th. This has <strong>caused the game&#8217;s funding to increase almost exponentially over the past two weeks<\/strong>. A considerable achievement considering that the game already has over five million people who have funded it and has been in development since 2012. Still without a specific date on the horizon for the release of its final version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That doesn&#8217;t mean the game isn&#8217;t making progress in its intentions. <strong>Last October 2023, at Cloud Imperium Games, they confirmed that the Star Citizen campaign, named Squadron 42, is considered completed<\/strong>. With the development team busy optimizing and refining the gameplay experience, it still doesn&#8217;t have a specific release date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Future of Gaming: StarEngine  (4K)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nWm_OhIKms8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/this-is-how-star-citizen-changes-with-the-new-update-3-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">patch 3.23 has introduced wildlife on habitable planets<\/a>, a feature that players have been demanding for a long time. <strong>Although the major update will not arrive until the third quarter of 2024, when Alpha 4.0 will be released, which will include a whole new solar system with new explorable planets<\/strong>. In addition to some other mechanics such as a life support system on ships that, we are sure, will never ever cause any problems or make our space travels more tense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s why, <strong>although the game is already playable, it doesn&#8217;t seem to be anywhere near complete<\/strong>. Something that, as long as they continue to achieve milestones in their particular crowdfunding, doesn&#8217;t seem to be ending. For better or for worse, for Star Citizen fans.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Star Citizen\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/f050491d-a8fc-4f49-a932-56e48504ee06\/2060350772\/star-citizen-logo.gif\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Star Citizen<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/star-citizen.en.softonic.com\/?ex=RAMP-2046.0\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--40\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"40\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"4\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">4<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\">Star Citizen is a space life simulator that combines features of space simulation, first-person shooter, and massively multiplayer online genres.<\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/star-citizen.en.softonic.com\/?ex=RAMP-2046.0\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star Citizen is a game that has been in development since 2012 and, with a perpetually open crowdfunding campaign, continues to achieve milestones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9268,"featured_media":282142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[1601,6111],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-282140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-crowdfunding","tag-star-citizen"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312954,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282140\/revisions\/312954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282140"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=282140"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=282140"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=282140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}