Star Citizen celebrates Gamescom with a free-fly weekend, running now

Work on Star Citizen continues, and if it’s been a while since you’ve seen it up close and personal, you can hop into the pilot’s seat for free this weekend and check out what’s new. Through Monday, Cloud Imperium is holding a Free Fly weekend to mark Gamescom. Should you decide to go for a spin, you’ll be able to see the Star Citizen Alpha 3.2 build teased during the PC Gaming show at E3 earlier this year. The update adds a new ship weapon, several new personal weapons for FPS gunfighting, new flyable ships, and the new MISC Prospector, an industrial ship that figures into Star Citizen’s new mining feature. To get signed up, you’ll have to follow a few steps. First, head to the Gamescom Free Fly page at Roberts Space Industries. There, you’ll have to either sign in or ‘enlist’ by creating a profile. Once you’ve done that, find the three-step section and use the Gamescom coupon code found on the page, and click “apply coupon.” Then, Step 3 will unlock and you can start downloading Star Citizen.