Star Citizen loses its executive producer; founder Chris Roberts’ brother takes over role

While Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games opens a new studio in Germany, it has lost one of its top talents.

Star Citizen executive producer Alex Mayberry left Cloud Imperium Games and production of the ambitious, crowdfunding space sim last month, according to the developer (as first reported by Game Informer). Major departures are not unheard of in game development, but considering fans have contributed nearly $85 million to see Cloud Imperium deliver a massive, galaxy-spanning action game with ultra-high production values, Star Citizen will likely have to put up with more scrutiny than most games of this size — especially considering the game is only playable in limited dog-fighting and 3D ship viewing modes.