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The Cloud Imperium Group has announced that it has acquired Montreal-based studio Turbulent in its entirety, following a 25% shareholder stake made in 2020
Read More »Cloud Imperium Games has acquired Turbulent in Canada
Cloud Imperium Games: Manchester and the five-year future for Star Citizen and Squadron 42
One of the most divisive and expansive games in development over the last ten years has been Star Citizen. Carl Jones has only been on board for seven of them, but with Cloud Imperium Games’ UK operations doubling in size over the next five, the assumption is that the crowdfunded studio will have something significant to show by the end of it.
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Read More »1,000 new jobs planned as Cloud Imperium expands into new Manchester studio
“Manchester is where I started my video game career, so it makes me very happy to announce that we have signed a long-term deal for our biggest office yet, in downtown Manchester."
Read More »Advertising Standards Agency issues warning over Star Citizen’s “concept ships”
"On that basis, we issued an Advice Notice advising the advertiser, in future, to ensure that its ads include any material information and significant limitations."
Read More »Cloud Imperium Games partners with Firesprite on Star Citizen’s multiplayer mode
“Thanks to the talented team at Firesprite, we’ve managed to work closely together to bring significant improvements to Star Citizen’s Theaters of War mode"
Read More »Crytek dismisses its own lawsuit against Cloud Imperium Games until Squadron 42 is released
"Crytek wished to voluntarily dismiss its claims against CIG without prejudice, with the intention of refiling the suit against CIG following the release of Squadron 42 by CIG"
Read More »Star Citizen crowdfund hits $250 million
2,448,842 backers funded $9m (£6.9m) in November 2019 alone
Read More »Star Citizen crowdfund hits $200 million
"It's beyond anything I could have imagined in my wildest dreams"
Read More »Star Citizen is the most crowdfunded game of 2017
By a long, long way
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