Star Citizen Sells Sections of Real Estate

Star Citizen, the popular space life game by Cloud Imperium Games (CIG), is opening up the idea for backers to buy digital plots of land.

These plots aren't available yet. Backers will be able to purchase a single 4-kilometer square zone to do with as they please for $50. No date has been given as to when one could make this purchase.

“These claim licenses are being made available for pledging to help fund Star Citizen’s development. The ability to obtain these claim licenses will ultimately be available for in-game credits and/or otherwise earnable through play in the game. Pledging for these claim licenses now allows us to include deeper features in the Star Citizen game, and is not required for starting the game.”

There was also talk of the idea behind having animals players can hunt for sport, as well as minerals that one could gather and use towards improvements on their farmland.

A fully fleshed out FAQ about this new concept is also available. This covers things including land quality, in game advantages, to even trespassing.

Star Citizen is currently working towards the 3.0 update. As of now, the game remains in Alpha, and a large number of changes are due to happen not only with 3.0 but as a whole over time. No release date for the 3.0 update, or any of the game’s various modules, have been announced, or even discussed since October of last year.