Star Citizen still hasn’t launched, but it’s facing server failures

A trailer for the server-melting Alpha 3.18 "Lasting Legacies" update to Star Citizen.

We're now firmly ensconced in the second decade of Star Citizen's crowdfunding-driven development. And while backers can currently play a minimally functional alpha version (that's still missing many promised features), there's still no sign of even a fully playable beta version in sight.

Don't worry, though—that state of affairs hasn't stopped developer Roberts Space Industries (RSI) from finding new and interesting ways for the game to break.

Star Citizen's current problems revolve around this week's rollout of the Alpha 3.18 "Lasting Legacies" update, which RSI is selling as "the biggest Star Citizen update yet."

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