Chris Roberts has announced that his company, Cloud Imperium, has raised over $2M in funding required to complete Star Citizen. Added to Star Citizen's original Cloud Source funding, the game maker has surpassed $2M goal.

“The amount of support from our fans has been overwhelming,” Roberts said. “We had a few hiccups on our own site in the first week of operation, which led us to open up the Kickstarter page. Kickstarter provided better scalability for us and additional options for our fans. In the end, this is all about breathing new life into the PC games business. PC gamers have been left on the sidelines for the last few years. I want to utilize all the new technology that a PC can provide and bring space sims back into the modern area with a bang.

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UPDATE: As of this morning (10/25) at 6AM, Star Citizen is fully funded and has surpassed its $2 MLN goal. Combined funding from Kickstarter and RSI has made this possible.

I'm glad they have met the goal on the kickstarter site. I think they may fall short on the main crowdfunding... 

I REALLY want this game to happen. Hopefully they will have enough with the two combined.

Hope they succeed.

B2p hell yeah!!!

I'm keeping my eye on this one for sure. It's good to see that they've met their Kickstarter goal. I just subscribed back to EVE but took a break because I was looking for something a bit more (More I know right)..

One of my issues with EVE was always about the explorations and development of the game outside of just the spaceships themselves. The world of EVE Online is very, very authentic and rich, I would love to see how the world would be constructed and feel if it was taken a step further.

Not completely sure if Star Citizen will reach that feeling I'm looking for, but this is the only thing on the horizon right now, that might have even a near chance of competing with EVE as far as space sim goes..

Originally posted by Anubisan

I'm glad they have met the goal on the kickstarter site. I think they may fall short on the main crowdfunding... 

I REALLY want this game to happen. Hopefully they will have enough with the two combined.

ATM they are extremely close, with the two combined, so I see them clearing the 2mil by a good amount once both of these are finished.

This could be a huge hit in the making... history being made right before your eyes... time to hit hyperbole speed!!

Very good to see kickstarter making a big contribution to different genres being served.

i would play this.. although i am not a fan of a space theme game ( eventhough i love star wars ) 

but if i can be what i can be.. i will definitely give it a try, and yes graphics are awesome!