# Star Citizen is the Future of PC Gaming, and it \[was\] Free to Play this week (Edit: No Longer Free)

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**Created:** [October 13, 2015, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-citizen-is-the-future-of-pc-gaming-and-it-was-free-to-play-this-week-edit-no-longer-free/734528 "2015-10-13T06:29:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-citizen-is-the-future-of-pc-gaming-and-it-was-free-to-play-this-week-edit-no-longer-free/734528/576 "2020-10-10T17:05:26Z")

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> **[Star Citizen & Squadron 42 Developers Share a Lot of Details About Future...](https://twinfinite.net/news/star-citizen-ama/)**
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> Cloud Imperium Games hosted an AMA to celebrate the anniversary of the beginning of the Star Citizen project.

> So rather than just dropping down a singular Outpost, you’ll be able to place down various structures and connect them to things like power generators, turrets, resource collectors, hydroponic domes and so on.

Turrets? Did people pay [$750–$850](https://starcitizen.tools/Pioneer) for a spacefaring Preston Garvey?

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