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With $72M raised, Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts has become a crowdfunding believer

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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LAS VEGAS — Chris Roberts has raised an astounding $72 million via crowdfunding for his Star Citizen game. And in doing so, his Roberts Space Industries startup broke all of the old rules and made up some new ones to embrace the community that has sprouted around the sci-fi game.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.