GDC Online 2012

Star Citizen was first announced by Chris Roberts at GDC Online 2012 on 10 October 2012.

it was followed by the crowdfunding campaign and the game's website crashed intermitently due to the resulting spike in traffic.

The website was launched thirty days prior to the announcement as a "teaser site".

In the week leading up to GDC Online, Chris Roberts went on a national and international press tour, which had to be expanded due to the high interest by the press.

Keynote Presentation

 * Announcement Trailer
 * Concept Breakdown
 * Persistent Universe and Squadron 42
 * Mods & Private Servers
 * Announcement Demo
 * Crowdfunding Instead of Publishers
 * Open Development
 * Development Modules
 * Q&A

Trivia

 * The launch sequence from the original trailer shown at GDC Online 2012 is similar to the launch sequence of Wing Commander.