'Star Citizen' 2016 Gameplay Details, Release Date News - How Can Kickstarter Video Game Live Up To Hype? Creator Chris Roberts Opens Up About Development

Star Citizen has gained a lot of attention ever since its announcement back in 2012, mainly because of its record-breaking crowd funding efforts that have raised over $75 million - a milestone that was surpassed just this week. But besides being "that Kickstarter video game," what else can we expect from this spaceflight simulator? Well, according to creator Chris Roberts of development studio Roberts Space Industries, we can definitely expect one of the most ambitious titles in recent time. Find out what this video game developer said this week during an impressive SXSW showcase of Star Citizen below!

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"I'm about trying to make the best game possible so I find it quite liberating to be able, in the situation we have now, where we enough money to build this thing to a level where you can only dream of," Roberts told IGN in a new interview this week. "So I feel very lucky and humbled and happy and I'm having a lot of fun making the game."

With all of the funding coming from supporters and not private investors, Roberts says that creating this new game is very free-flowing, with goals set by him and his team and not determined by an outside source. Still, the game is set for a release sometime in 2016, so progress is being made.

You can read this new interview with Chris Roberts over at IGN right here!

Besides the funding and the development, what can we actually expect from Star Citizen when it hits shelves next year? Roberts and his team visited SXSW this week, debuting new updates and footage of the game. You can check out some great new footage of this upcoming video game right here:

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