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Back in 2012, developer Roberts Space Industries (RSI) launched a Kickstarter asking for money to fund Star Citizen—an ambitious space game in the mold of Wing Commander. It's 2018, and while parts of the game are playable in various forms, it's far from achieving what it set out to accomplish. So far, it's collected more than $200 million in funding from fans eager to play it.
Ken Lord was one of those fans, and an early backer of Star Citizen. He's got a Golden Ticket, a mark on his account that singles him out as an early member of the community. In April of 2013, Lord pledged $4,496 to the project. Five years later, the game still isn't out, and Lord wants his money back. RSI wouldn't refund it, so Lord took the developer to small-claims court in California.
It's a simple case of an investor who's upset he didn't get his money back, isn't it?
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Thursday July 19 2018, @07:20PM (3 children)
Didn't they promise an offline single player mode? Their complete abandonment of such a feature was enough to convince me to never get that game.
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @07:36PM (2 children)
Are you thinking of Squadron 42?
I remember when they mentioned they had all these big names a couple years back. There's footage of Gillian Anderson doing some motion capture, and I suppose Admiral Bishop's (Gary Oldman) speech in the UEE senate is worth a watch. News about SQ42 has really gone dark since. afaik, it's still a thing.
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Thursday July 19 2018, @07:51PM (1 child)
Not heard of that. ED = Elite Dangerous
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @07:53PM
Ah, my bad.