Chris Roberts (Wing Commander-spillene) og hans Cloud Imperium Games har samlet inn den enorme summen 92 millioner dollar via Kickstarter for å utvikle den kommende romsimulatoren Star Citizen. Spillet ser såvisst bra ut, men ikke alle er like imponerte. Dette gjelder spesielt The Escapist som skrev en kritisk artikkel, noe Chris Roberts nå har følt at han må kommentere:
"I have, to date, attempted to stay above the internet drama currently surrounding Derek Smart and his claims about Star Citizen. My feeling has been that it is most important to speak with actions instead of words, and to date I feel that we have done that with the multi crew demo, the launch of the social module and everything else you see here in this space on a daily basis. However, with the publication of today's article (I can only call it a hit piece) on The Escapist, I believe it is necessary to address the issue directly."
Lenke til The Escapists artikkel.
Roberts og Cloud Imperium Games forlanger en offentlig beklagelse fra The Escapist, og hvis ikke vil de saksøke magasinet for ærekrenkelse.
"The attached demand letter is our formal response to specific, slanderous allegations made in the recent The Escapist article on Star Citizen. Normally, we would keep this behind closed doors, but we felt it was imperative to put our statement on record and indicate how disgusted we are with The Escapist's irresponsible actions. Corporate at Defy Media asked us to delay publication of this letter while investigating, but we feel strongly that the record needs to be set straight without further delay."
Lenke til Star Citizen-utviklernes svar og trussel om søksmål.
