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Chris Roberts, the creator of the classic space sim Wing Commander, is unveiling his new space combat online game Star Citizen today. Here’s a screenshot gallery. Roberts’ new company is Cloud Imperium, and it will publish a massively multiplayer online game within a couple of years. This is one of the best-looking games we’ve seen in a while, and it’s going to be an online gaming world, with space-sim combat and story elements.

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