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Helpful resource for getting started in Star Citizen, an epic space MMO developed by Cloud Imperium Games.
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen - Nov 17-23!

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IAE Rental Availability Schedule

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4.4 Releases!
Roadmap Update

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IAE & Free Fly Start @ 1600 UTC
Perseus Q&A
Talking Shop Podcast ep. 1
Salvage Update guide

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Talking Shop Podcast ep. 2

Upcoming Releases:
4.4- LIVE Wednesday
An Anvil C8R Pisces Rescue in a black and purple paint scheme flies down towards the long shadows and mountainous, gray terrain of the moon Euterpe in the game "Star Citizen".
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (November 10-16)!

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IAE 2955 FAQ

And that's it!

If you want any Frontier Fighter Finale rewards, get in there and finish those up before 4.4 releases next week!

Upcoming Releases:
4.4.0- PTU Open to All Waves
An Anvil Paladin in the foreground on the left cruises next to an Aegis Idris as the Idris fires its laser beam towards a heavily-damaged RSI Polaris during a space battle in the game "Star Citizen".
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (November 3-9)!

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Monthly Subscriber Update

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October 2025 Monthly Report
Roadmap Update

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Frontier Fighters Finale Phase 3 starts @ 1600 UTC

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Bar Citizen World Tour- Prague

Upcoming Releases:
4.4.0- Evocati & "public PTU later this week"
An Anvil Paladin spaceship with many anti-ship weapons and painted in black paint slips along the upper limits of the atmosphere of the moon Daymar in the game "Star Citizen"
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (October 27 - November 2)!

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Day of the Vara

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Frontier Fighters Finale Phase 2 starts

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October Jump Point magazine for subscribers

Upcoming Releases:
4.4.0- "Evocati sometime later this week"
An RSI Apollo Medivac glides among glowing clouds as the sun rises over the planet microTech in the game "Star Citizen".
October 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (October 20-26)!

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Day of the Vara

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Maintenance Downtime from 1200-1600 UTC
Roadmap Update with 4.4 features

Upcoming Releases:
4.4.0- "expected to reach Evocati soon"
A player in a white suit of armor stares up towards the top of a long underground shaft that is lit with red lights in the game "Star Citizen".
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (October 13-19)!

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Day of the Vara

And that's it!

4.3.2 is set to release later this week, but Monday's PTU patch was not a Release Candidate as originally planned. It might be a fun Friday release!

Upcoming Releases:
4.3.2- PTU All Backers
A white RSI Apollo Medivac hovers over a that crashed next to a stream in the game Star Citizen
October 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (October 6-12)!

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Day of the Vara Limited-Time Events and Deals

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Monthly Subscriber Update

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Roadmap Update

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CitizenCon Direct @ 1900 UTC

Upcoming Releases:
4.3.2- PTU All Backers
A sleek Kruger L-21 Wolf slips along the upper edges of the microTech atmosphere with the sunset making clouds on the distant horizon glow in the game "Star Citizen".
October 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (September 29 - October 5)!

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Partial Maintenance Outages 1300-2100 UTC

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Day of the Vara (Halloween) event starts @ 1600 UTC
September 2025 Monthly Dev Report

Upcoming Releases:
4.3.2- "Evocati early this week... all backers by the weekend"
A white RSI Apollo Medivac spaceship sits among trees and debris of a downtrodden outpost in the game "Star Citizen".
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (September 22-28)!

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Roadmap Update

And that's it!

Upcoming Releases:
4.3.1- additional hotfixes
4.3.2- feature identification in this week's Roadmap Update
A player character in a white and teal set of armor uses a handheld tractor beam device to pile cargo containers on to the hangar floor in the game "Star Citizen".
September 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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#StarCitizen 4.3.1 is LIVE!

This patch brings more Onyx missions with disturbing discoveries, the RSI Apollo, Regen changes, a new VOLT weapon, and more.

Full Patch Notes-
robertsspaceindustries.com/en/comm-link...

Caution, some players had missing inventories. The devs restored their items.
Star Citizen Alpha 4.3.1
Roberts Space Industries is the official go-to website for all news about Star Citizen and Squadron 42. It also hosts the online store for game items and merch, as well as all the community tools use...
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September 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (September 15-21)!

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Pirate Week

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Behind the Ships: RSI Apollo

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Bar Citizen World Tour: Rome

Upcoming Releases:
4.3.1- "set to launch on the live servers later this week" / Monday's patch is a release candidate
A Kruger L-21 Wolf in a black, blue, and gold livery flies far above the snowy city New Babbage in the game "Star Citizen".
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (September 8-14)!

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Pirate Week Starts @ 1600 UTC
Roadmap Update

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Star Citizen Live: Tech Talk with CTO Benoit Beausejour

Upcoming Releases-
4.3.1- PTU All Waves
The open structure of an Argo RAFT is highlighted by a white, blue, and green microTech livery as the ship flies above New Babbage in the game Star Citizen.
September 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (September 1-7)!

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Free Fly Ends @ 2000 UTC
Monthly Subscriber Update & Jump Point Magazine

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4 Hour Maintenance Starts @ 1100 UTC
August 2025 Monthly Report

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Squadron 42 Newsletter

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Bar Citizen World Tour: Lisbon

No news on 4.3.1 yet!
A silver and red Kruger L-21 Wolf light fighter test fires its weapons as it zips along the upper fringes of the microTech atmosphere in the game "Star Citizen".
September 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Want to try out an RSI Polaris for free?

The #StarCitizen #FreeFly is available until September 2 at 2000 UTC.

Check out the step-by-step instructions below to get into the free fly and try all top 8 Ship Showdown ships, including the Polaris, for free!

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August 27, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (August 25-31)!

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Ship Showdown Phase 2

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Free Fly starts @ 1600 UTC

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Roadmap Update

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Bar Citizen World Tour: Seattle (PAX West)

Upcoming Releases:
No news on 4.3.1 yet
An orange and black ARGO RAFT partially obscured in shadows flies above the clouds and snow of microTech in the game Star Citizen.
August 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (August 18-24)!

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Ship Showdown Phase 2

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Star Citizen Live @ 1500 UTC: Ship Showdown Q&A with vehicle and vehicle art directors

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Bar Citizen World Tour: Cologne, Germany (Gamescom)

Upcoming Releases:
4.3- potential hotfixes
A Drake Cutlass Black sits on a hangar landing pad and illuminates a Crusader M2 Hercules that is hovering between it and the hangar doors in the game Star Citizen.
August 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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#StarCitizen 4.3 "Dark Territory" is LIVE!

Only 2 of 3 wings are open in the new ADS Onyx facilities.

The "third wing and concluding chapter to this part of the Regen Crisis [is] arriving the following month in Alpha 4.3.1"

Full Patch Notes-
robertsspaceindustries.com/en/comm-link...
Star Citizen Alpha 4.3.0
Roberts Space Industries is the official go-to website for all news about Star Citizen and Squadron 42. It also hosts the online store for game items and merch, as well as all the community tools use...
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August 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (Aug 11-17)!

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Behind the Ships: Kruger L-21 Wolf

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Ship Showdown Phase 1 Ends

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Roadmap Update

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Inside Star Citizen: 4.3.0 "Dark Territory"

Upcoming Releases:
4.3- All Backers
An M2 Hercules in gray and white paint cruises towards the Everus Harbor space station above the planet Hurston in the game "Star Citizen".
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (Aug 4-10)!

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Ship Showdown Phase 1

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Subscriber Monthly Update

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July 2025 Monthly Report

Upcoming Releases:
4.3- All Backers
A silver and black Avenger Titan leaves vapor trails as it skirts the cloud tops above Hurston in the game "Star Citizen".
August 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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‪Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (July 28 - Aug 3)!

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Ship Showdown Phase 1 Starts

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Roadmap Update

Upcoming Releases:
4.3- Evocati in "next couple of days"
An alien Quazi Grazer with eggs stares at the camera as it stands in front of a white, red, and black Drake Golem mining ship on the tundra of microTech in the game "Star Citizen".
July 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (July 21-27)!

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Server Maintenance @ 1300 UTC. Game unavailable for 4 hours.

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Star Citizen Live: Audio Team

Continuing Releases:
4.2.1- Hotfixes for Resource Drive Event
An orange and black Argo RAFT cruises through space above a planet in the game "Star Citizen".
July 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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#StarCitizen 4.2.1 is Live!

This patch brings the limited-time Race for Stanton event where you can earn gear from the 4 big corporations in the Stanton system.

Good news: the bug limiting the number of missions has been hotfixed!

Full patch notes- robertsspaceindustries.com/en/comm-link...
Multiple player characters run towards the camera across four different backgrounds in the game "Star Citizen".
July 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (July 14-20)!

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Roadmap Update

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4.2.1 Live Release
Inside Star Citizen: 4.2.1, Race for Stanton
RSI Meteor Q&A
Race for Stanton / Resource Rush Event FAQ

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Bar Citizen World Tour: Tampa

Upcoming Releases-
4.2.1- PTU Wave 5
A MISC Starlancer TAC is bathed in red light as it passes in front of the debris of a derelict space station in the Pyro system in the game "Star Citizen."
July 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Have you noticed fewer cheaters in #StarCitizen over the past few days?

The devs announced that they'll be "tightening our anti-cheat measures" and "recent updates... made a substantial impact".

As for the cheaters? Permanently banned.

Link to the post-
robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/com...
A post from the Spectrum forums that says "the bans were permanent".
July 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Here's what happening this week in #StarCitizen (July 7-13)!

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Foundation Festival & Free Fly

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Behind the Ships: New RSI Mantis Variant

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Bar Citizen World Tour: Quantum Vegas

Upcoming Releases-
4.2.1- PTU Wave 5

Other news-
The "team is on" the cheating problems plaguing the PU.
An engine explodes on a copper and black Anvil Asgard as it attempts to land under fire at a Farro Data Center on the planet Pyro 4 in the game "Star Citizen".
July 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM