Star Citizen nears $6 million in final hours
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The siren song of space has called a record-breaking $5.97 million worth of pledges to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询: Star Citizen, the PC-exclusive creation of Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts. The funding campaign, which runs both on and on the , has drawn more than 8ꩵ5,000 backers and ends at 9 a.m. PST.
The last stretch goa𒁏l for $6 million promises launch with "100 systems, a full orchestral score and a free copy of the first Squadron 42 mission disk, Behind Enemy Lines" (we hope they actu𓆏ally send it out on a compact disc). Squadron 42 is the game's Wing-Commander-ish mode which enlists players in a linear campaign fighting on the cosmic frontier.
It's definitely one of the most ambitious crowdfunded games we've seen--its figures right now put it clean past 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查🅷询:Project Eternity's previous game record of $4 million--and the raised cash wi🉐ll also be used to attract more traditional investors. Star Citizen is currently planned for release in 2014 with a beta beginning sometime next year.
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