Initially due for release during Q2 2020 although understandably experiencing delays like many other online games on the market, developer Cloud Imperium Games are one step closer to deploying Star Citizen Alpha 3.10 onto live servers. After an extended period in the hands of CIG’s hand-picked NDA-bound Evocati Test Group, the test has been opened up the first wave of PTU backers consisting of Concierge and Subscriber members. I would expect to see to open up to more players over the coming days.
Formerly referred to as Alpha 4.0, Star Citizen Alpha 3.10 has had many of its content-driven features pushed back into later patches, with this update favouring systems and quality of life improvements. The full feature list will be unveiled once the patch goes live, but at the moment it is due to feature enhancements to thrusters, aerodynamics, targeting and high-speed combat systems within ships. For those looking for content closer to the ground, both New Babbage and GrimHEX have been enriched with enhanced interiors, while small improvements such as player trading, vehicle impoundment, visor wiping and body dragging are being introduced.
Unless Cloud Imperium Games makes a surprise flight-ready ship announcement before launch, Star Citizen Alpha 3.10 offers very little in terms of new ships. At this point, the only new craft being implemented is the Emerald variant of the P-72 Archimedes snub craft.
In development by Cloud Imperium Games and their studios across North America and Europe, Star Citizen is being helmed by Wing Commander (1990s) creator Chris Roberts. The game has currently been in a long-term alpha phase with no confirmed release date. Despite this, the studio has raised more than $265 million USD through on-going crowdfunding. Please keep in mind should you decide to purchase towards Star Citizen, that this is an incomplete project and that you are pledging towards an extended crowdfunding campaign with no 100% guarantee of a finished product.
