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Cloud Imperium Games announces the Invictus Launch Week 2955 is underway, celebrating Star Citizen and Squadron 42, and highlighting the possibility one or both of the crowdfunded space games might launch before 3000 A.D. In the meantime this includes another Free Fly period, allowing the chance to play Star Citizen for free and see how the alpha is shaping up after 13 years of development. On that topic, a Flight Blade Feedback Update has word from CIG it is changing how it is rolling out a "Flight Blade" feature that sells enhancements for all the spaceships sold during the game's protracted (if not permanent) development cycle (thanks Reddit). This is a response to backlash from a customer base that's not big on backlash, so you know it was serious. Back to the topic at hand, here's more on the free fly schedule:
Welcome to Star Citizen! From May 15 (16:00 UTC) until May 27 (20:00 UTC), we're celebrating our annual Invictus Launch Week 2955 and you (yes, you!) can play for free. For the duration of the event, all players will receive an Aegis Avenger Titan - an iconic fighter that’s perfect for exploring the system.
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El Pit wrote on May 18, 2025, 11:31:Sorry. I should have said I purchased this CryEngine mod back in 2012 and this makes Duke Nukem Forever look like a masterpiece.
You do? I didn't know they released the game, up to now I only knew about an eternal alpha test going on. Why is it not all over the news that CIG have finally released the game?
theyarecomingforyou wrote on May 18, 2025, 11:00:You do? I didn't know they released the game, up to now I only knew about an eternal alpha test going on. Why is it not all over the news that CIG have finally released the game?
I already have the game
Or are you one of those that mistook QTest for the Quake game?
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
CIG is constantly prioritising new players buying the game rather than doing anything with the game itself. I decided to checkout the offline grav race mode and... oh my goodness are the graphics appalling. This game is actively going backwards. At least when it first released it looks kinda okay because it was based on CryEngine. Now it's absolute trash and runs horribly.
Pr()ZaC wrote on May 18, 2025, 08:04:Their community director spilled this tripe:
PC Gamer also wrote about flight blades and the community uproar.
"We're pushing 11 patches this year instead of 4. We’re crushing more bugs than ever, building more exciting content, moving faster than ever to make the Persistent Universe a better experience for everyone, and in moving that fast, we missed a step."
Their excuse is they are moving too fast, LOL. I think the only thing moving too fast with this debacle of a, "game" is the increase in their level of greed.
best. feature creep for a space sim. ever.
How long has it been going on for now, with no finished product at the end.
I just feel sorry for those who invested in this charade.
(Anyone remember that part of this scam?)
deadline wrote on May 17, 2025, 18:59:Of the first public beta.
I assume 2955 is in reference to the year of the scheduled release date?
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
A sucker every minute.
The Half Elf wrote on May 17, 2025, 15:18:
New Patch with Fleet Week!
God, I am so sick of this W0Ke shit!!! That's fucking stolen valor!
The Half Elf wrote on May 17, 2025, 15:18:TBF, it should be avoid at all costs regardless of what they are doing promotion-wise.
New Patch with Fleet Week and Free Fly. It's a clusterfuck, avoid at all costs during US Prime Time hours.
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