StarCitizen:GDC Online 2012

Template:InfoboxNeue StarCitizen:Star Citizen was first announced by StarCitizen:Chris Roberts at GDC Online 2012 on 10 October 2012.

it was followed by the StarCitizen:crowdfunding campaign and the game's website crashed intermitently due to the resulting spike in traffic.<ref name=":0">How indie film financing could shape the future of games, StarCitizen:Ortwin Freyermuth, GamesIndustry.biz, June 23, 2014</ref>

The website was launched thirty days prior to the announcement as a "teaser site".<ref name=":0" />

In the week leading up to GDC Online, Chris Roberts went on a national and international press tour, which had to be expanded due to the high interest by the press.<ref name=":0" />

Keynote Presentation

• StarCitizen:Announcement Trailer
• Concept Breakdown
• StarCitizen:Persistent Universe and StarCitizen:Squadron 42
• StarCitizen:Mods & Private Servers
• StarCitizen:Announcement Demo
• Crowdfunding Instead of Publishers
• Open Development
• Development Modules
• Q&A

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Trivia

• The launch sequence from the original trailer shown at GDC Online 2012 is similar to the launch sequence of Wing Commander.<ref>Star Citizen - Chris Roberts Pitch Video, IGN, YouTube, 11 Oct 2012</ref><ref>Wing Commander - Intro/opening credits - (Roland MT-32) MS-DOS Game, YouTube, 2 Jan 2014</ref>

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