Star Citizen is a game that has not been without controversy.
Development for the open-world space game began in 2012 and has raised nearly $1 billion in funding.
With funding like that, you'd assume that the game has officially launched, but alas, it's 2026, and a 1.0 release is planned for 2027 at the earliest.
Chris Roberts, the CEO and Co-Founder of the game's developer, Cloud Imperium Games (CIG), recently defended Star Citizen's Kickstarter model and success. "The players who fund us expect the best game, period," he explained. "We don’t have to rationalize, cut jobs, and change our business model."
While Roberts and the rest of CIG are no strangers to critiques concerning Star Citizen's development, they're now facing pushback regarding something else: the security of player data.
Star Citizen Fans Are Livid About CIG Hiding a Data Breach From Players
Yesterday, CIG announced on its website that it was the victim of a "systematic and sophisticated attack, resulting in unauthorised access to some backup systems, including limited access to users’ personal data." The day this attack took place? January 21st, 2026. Which is, of course, nearly six weeks ago at the time of writing.
