Developer Cloud Imperium Video games is continuous to evolve its area sim Star Citizen, with a brand new occasion and a have a look at new upcoming options and content material.
To start with, a brand new occasion has been launched involving the seize of an enormous (242 meters lengthy) Idris Frigate.
Some gamers already acquired a style of this occasion earlier this months when it was examined on a devoted server, however now it is on the dwell servers.
The occasion will trigger Idris Frigates to spawn at a sure time on random servers. A few of them will really be manned by builders, whereas others could have an AI crew.
Gamers will likely be tasked with disabling and capturing them, after which they may be capable of management them at will. There’s even a contest concerned that offers individuals an opportunity to win an Idris for themselves, alongside different goodies.
I suppose it is also a very good likelihood to check the Idris earlier than it lastly will get delivered into the arms of gamers. The occasion comes with a smaller replace, alpha 3.22.1. You will discover the total patch notes on the official boards.
The second piece of content material for this week is a brand new video discussing the brand new Grasp Modes, which is able to principally change fight radically. Gamers could have two modes at their disposal, one devoted to fight, and one devoted to navigation.
Whenever you’re in navigation mode, you fly a lot sooner, however your weapons, shields, and countermeasures are deactivated. Whenever you enter fight mode, you go a lot slower, which intends to make air battles a lot tighter, extra just like a World Struggle II dogfight.
The opposite new component showcased is precision focusing on, which is able to assist gamers goal particular enemy ships’ components extra precisely. An added bonus is that the zoom included in precision focusing on will let gamers benefit from the seems to be of retailers extra (earlier than they blow them up).
Lastly, a brand new episode of Star Citizen Dwell focuses on the upcoming and large Distribution Facilities, offering extra data on their options by way of a Q&A with the builders.
The options mentioned in each movies will are available Alpha 3.23, which is at present slated for April.
Star Citizen is a crowdfunded sport at present in growth solely for PC and constantly evolving.
Its followers have pledged $666,572,010 in funding with 5,096,023 registered customers. As common, not all of them are paying gamers, as many accounts are created for Free Fly occasions.
That being stated, Star Citizen acquired over $117.5 million in pledges in 2023, marking the largest 12 months of its historical past and the sixth of consecutive progress.
A single-player marketing campaign named Squadron 42 can also be within the works, and we just lately heard at CitizenCon that it is now feature-complete. We’re nonetheless ready for a launch date, which could be introduced on the subsequent CitizenCon in October 2024.