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Cloud Imperium (CI) or Cloud Imperium Group refers to the group of companies behind the development and publication of the video games Star Citizen and Squadron 42.
Official description
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Structure
Cloud Imperium is not the top parent company, nor is it even a company, it's actualy a group of companies, mostly two twin holding companies under identical ownership, StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium US, LLC in the US and Cloud Imperium Games Ltd for the rest of the world, each with subsidiaries, with a sprinkle off additional separate companies at various points in time. The various game development studios are each called Cloud Imperium Games, the video game publishers are called Roberts Space Industries, while the legal agents are called Cloud Imperium Rights. They can be differentiated between the same names by their use of Ltd, LLC, GmbH etc.<ref name="Legal-CI">Legal - Cloud Imperium</ref>
It was co-founded by game developer StarCitizen:Chris Roberts, StarCitizen:Sandi Gardiner, and international media attorney StarCitizen:Ortwin Freyermuth Template:Years or months ago in April 2012,<ref name="Core-CI">Core - Cloud Imperium</ref> with StarCitizen:Erin Roberts joining the team in 2013.<ref name="Press-CI">Press - Cloud Imperium</ref>
As of the end of 2024 the headcount of Cloud Imperium as a whole was at 1031 employess.<ref>Blog - Cloud Imperium</ref>
List of companies
World (except US)
| Holding company | Subsidiary | Role |
|---|---|---|
| StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium UK Ltd. | StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium Games Ltd. | United Kingdom game development studios, including a german office. |
| StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium Rights Ltd. | Legal | |
| StarCitizen:Roberts Space Industries International Limited | Publisher | |
| StarCitizen:Roberts Space Industries Germany GmbH | Publisher | |
| StarCitizen:Gemini 42 Productions Limited | Media production | |
| StarCitizen:Turbulent Media Inc. | Creative agency and technological solutions company | |
| StarCitizen:Turbulent France | Creative agency and technological solutions company | |
| StarCitizen:Roberts Space Industries International Canada Inc. | Publisher | |
| Cloud Imperium Games Montreal | Canadian game development studio |
United States
| Holding company | Subsidiary | Role |
|---|---|---|
| StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium US, LLC | StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium Games, LLC (defunct) | Los Angeles / Santa Monica game development studio |
| StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium Games Texas, LLC | Austin game development studio | |
| StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium Rights, LLC | Publisher |
| Separate US companies | Role |
|---|---|
| StarCitizen:Gemini 42 Productions, LLC (defunct) | Media production |
| StarCitizen:Gemini 42 Entertainment, LLC (defunct) | Media production |
| Roberts Space Industries Corp. (defunct) | Publisher |
| StarCitizen:Roberts Space Industries LLC | Publisher |
| StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium Games Corporation |
.<ref name="companyregister" group="Annotation">Information available in multiple legal documents from company registries. For companies in California, please refer to California Secretary of State Business Search. For companies in Delaware, please refer to Division of Corporations - State of Delaware. For companies in Texas, please refer to Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. For companies in UK, please refer to Companies House. For companies in Germany, please refer to Company register in Germany.</ref>
Cloud Imperium Games Studios
Cloud Imperium Games has 5 development studios worldwide: Manchester and Derby in the UK, Montreal in Canada, Austin in the US, and Frankfurt in Germany, each with a rough list of specialist teams provided here if possible.
United Kingdom
- Manchester:<ref>Hub Crawl Hero - Fireside Chat with Carl Jones - Cloud Imperium Games: "Why Manchester?", YouTube, 23 May 2023</ref> Graphics (low-level), UI, Audio, Ships (especially those needed for Squadron 42), Environment (Level Design), Props, Marketing, Support
- Derby: StarCitizen:Facial Pipeline
Canada
- Cloud Imperium Games Montreal opened in 2025, as part of the already existing StarCitizen:Turbulent.<ref>Le studio web Turbulent devient Cloud Imperium Games Montréal, lapresse.ca, 22 août 2025</ref>
Germany
- Cloud Imperium Games Frankfurt office:<ref>STAR CITIZEN: Around the Verse - Episode 100 Celebration, Part IV, YouTube, 21 Jul 2016</ref> the German office branch of Cloud Imperium Games Ltd works on the Engine (StarEngine), Tools, AI (StarCitizen:Subsumption), Cinematics, FPS weapons, Environment (StarCitizen:Prodecural Planets and StarCitizen:Space Stations), Lighting<ref>Happy Hour Interview w/ Brian Chambers, YouTube, 5 May 2017</ref>
United States
Board of Directors
Cloud Imperium's [[StarCitizen::Category:Board members|Board of Directors]] consists of five members. Chris Roberts retains full control of the Cloud Imperium Board and Group.<ref>Cloud Imperium Board of Director Updates</ref>
Current members
- StarCitizen:Chris Roberts (also known as Christopher Roberts)
- StarCitizen:Erin Roberts (also known as Erin David Roberts)
- StarCitizen:Eli Klein (also known as Ezer Klein)
- StarCitizen:Sandi Gardiner (also known as Sandi Roberts)
- StarCitizen:Marc Nitsche
Former members
- StarCitizen:Dan Offner (also known as Daniel O'Connell)
- StarCitizen:Ortwin Freyermuth (also known as Ortwin Sam Freyermuth)
Teams
Template:Note The development studios under Cloud Imperium Games are divided into different disciplines and teams.<ref>CitizenCon 2949 - microTechnicalities</ref><ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>
- Animation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Character combat
- Ship AI
- Social AI
- Audio
- Dialogue
- Backend services
- Character
- Character Art
- Cinematics
- [[StarCitizen::Category:Concept art images|Concept art]]
- Design
- Economy
- FPS mining
- DevOps
- Build
- Publishing
- Engineering
- Actor feature
- Engine
- Physics
- Environment art
- Landing zone (locations)
- Modular
- Organics
- Space scaping
- FPS
- Gameplay feature
- Gameplay story
- Persistent Universe gameplay
- Graphics
- Mission feature
- Level design
- Social
- Spaceflight
- Dogfight
- Lighting
- Live design (Design)
- Narrative
- Player relations
- Props
- QA
- SQ42 test
- Ship art
- System design
- Tech animation
- Tech art
- Technical design
- Tools
- Usable
- User interface
- UI art
- UI tech
- Vehicle feature
- VFX
- Weapon art
Partnerships
Turbulent
On 2019-12-04, Cloud Imperium UK Limited (CI UK Ltd.) and StarCitizen:Turbulent extended their partnership through mutual investment. CI UK Ltd. purchased 22,250 shares of Turbulent stock directly from Turbulent co-founders StarCitizen:Marc Beaudet and StarCitizen:Benoit Beausejour, making Cloud Imperium UK a 25% shareholder, and acquired two seats on the Turbulent board. Meanwhile, Marc Beaudet and Benoit Beauséjour each acquired 1,170 shares in CI UK Ltd..<ref>Cloud Imperium & Turbulent Extend Their Long-Running Partnership Through Mutual Investment</ref> Cloud Imperium Games acquired Turbulent in July 2023.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite RSI</ref><ref>Turbulent rejoint Cloud Imperium Games, Benoit et Marc, Medium.com, 2023-07-13</ref> The CIG merger with Turbulent brought the headcount to 1110 at the time<ref name=":0" />.
in August 2025 part of Turbulent became Cloud Imperium Montreal.<ref>Deux entités, deux missions, une passion commune, linkedin post, 28 August 2025</ref>
Official Links
See also
Trivia
- The first infrastructure were two tower servers in a Harry Potter style under the staircase closet that also served as office, with a black contractor tarp over the top of the servers to protect them from any leaks from the above sewer pipes.<ref name=":1" />
Annotation
Template:Reflist <ref name="companyregister" group="Annotation">Information available in multiple legal documents from company registries. For companies in California, please refer to California Secretary of State Business Search. For companies in Delaware, please refer to Division of Corporations - State of Delaware. For companies in Texas, please refer to Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. For companies in UK, please refer to Companies House. For companies in Germany, please refer to Company register in Germany.</ref>
References
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