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Space Sim Star Citizen Launches "IAE 2956" Event With Two Weeks of Free Play

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Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) has announced that its space simulation game Star Citizen will run the "2956 Intergalactic Aerospace Expo (IAE 2956)" from November 13 to November 27, offering two weeks of free play along with the ability to freely rent more than 200 ships and ground vehicles at self-service terminals in the expo halls. The event will also reveal the final winner of this year's Ship Showdown tournament, an annual community vote for players' favorite ships, in which the final four receive an exclusive "Best in Show" vehicle paint and a commemorative challenge coin—this year's finalists being the RSI Perseus, Drake Ironclad Assault, Origin M80, and Drake Corsair. In addition, watching Star Citizen streams on Twitch during IAE 2956 unlocks extra in-game rewards: cumulative watch time of 2, 4, and 6 hours grants the Venture black-and-gray jumpsuit, the Venture black armor set, and the orange MacFlex backpack, respectively. CIG also previously released a promotional video showing the latest footage of its standalone single-player narrative game Squadron 42, which is now available to wishlist on Steam and is expected to launch in Q2 2027; as for Star Citizen itself, it may sti

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Space Simulation Game *Star Citizen* Launches "IAE 2956" Event, Players Can Try the Game Free for Half a Month

IT之家, November 13 — Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) announced that its space simulation game Star Citizen will hold the "2956 Intergalactic Aerospace Expo (IAE 2956)" from November 13 to November 27, during which players can try the game free for half a month and can also freely rent more than 200 ships and ground vehicles at self-service terminals in the expo halls.

The event will also reveal the final winners of this year's "Ship Showdown" ship contest. This annual event has the Star Citizen community vote for their favorite ships, and the final four receive exclusive "Best in Show" vehicle paint and commemorative challenge coins. This year's four finalists are the RSI Perseus, Drake Ironclad Assault, Origin M80 and Drake Corsair.

In addition, players who watch Star Citizen streams on Twitch during the IAE 2956 event can unlock extra in-game rewards: cumulative watch time of 2 hours, 4 hours and 6 hours earns the Venture black-grey jumpsuit, the Venture black armor set and the orange MacFlex backpack respectively.

CIG also previously released a promotional video showing the latest footage from its standalone single-player narrative game Squadron 42. The title is now available to add to Steam wishlists and is expected to launch in the second quarter of 2027. As for Star Citizen itself, it may still be several years away from the official launch of version 1.0.

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