Cloud Imperium Games demanded a retraction from The Escapist after the site recently posted an article attributing negative quotes about the Star Citizen project to current and former CIG employees. Yesterday's deadline for the retraction has come and gone, and instead of backtracking, the site has posted a defiant update to the article in question, saying:

Update: The Escapist, notwithstanding Cloud Imperium Games' notice and posting, stands by its coverage of Star Citizen and intends to continue to investigate the developing story. Since publishing our original stories, we have been contacted by, and are currently interviewing, additional sources corroborating a variety of the reported allegations. Additionally, if Mr. Roberts' offer for The Escapist to "meet the developers making the game and see how we're building one of the most ambitious PC games first hand" remains open, we take the opportunity to accept such invitation so as to hopefully provide the public with sufficient information and opportunity to vet such sources' allegations and claims for themselves. We have also communicated the foregoing directly to Cloud Imperium Games.