Of course, the update isn't limited to the expand player creation tools, as 3.5 also introduces the long-awaited giant city-planet ArcCorp, improved gravitational physics for when flying in atmosphere, AI Bounty Hunters, and of course - new ships.įrom the original planned August release. As highlighted in the Alpha 3.5 Update video below. With Roberts adding, 'It involved creating an entirely new 'rig' for female characters to make them physiologically distinct from the male characters, something most games don't try to attempt for player characters.' The addition comes as part of a new Genetic or DNA-based character creation tool that allows for deep customisation as well as the ability to morph between different default faces. Weirdly though, the long-awaited feature probably comes down to Star Citizen's epic list of features and modes and functionality still to be implemented - and playable female characters probably falling down the list. In that it makes it sound like female characters were harder to realise than going from a planet's surface and then into orbit. Which, when considered in the scope of Star Citizen - and its huge star system with massive planets and ships and carriers and space stations galore to explore - kind of funny. In what Star Citizen's head honcho Chris Roberts describes as a 'long time coming' and the development effort 'a huge undertaking'. That's if a version 1.0 is even possible with the scope and scale of Star Citizen continuing to grow. No doubt there's plenty more space related facilities to arrive before we get a release. The latest Alpha 3.15 update dubbed 'Deadly Consequences' adds. This is not to say that Star Citizen doesn't have much to show for all of that time, it does.

The year of the very first Forza Horizon and a game called The Amazing Spider-Man that came out on Xbox 360 alongside a film with the same name. Here's the thing, this has been in development for the best part of a decade. And it's showing no signs of slowing down, with 2021 tracking to outperform 2020's $77 million in crowdfunding. In the case of the star-studded Squadron 42, RSI chairman Chris Roberts chimed in after Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous launch to note that it 'will be done when it is done, and will not be released just to make a date'.Īnyway, since making its Kickstarter debut back in 2012 the Star Citizen project has now raised over $400 million USD in crowdfunding. Not that anyone is expecting Star Citizen or its single-player off-shoot Squadron 42 to release anytime soon.

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