Star Citizen's Troubled Launch Continues with Massive Update Chaos.

Star Citizen's latest Alpha 3.18 "Lasting Legacies" update, which introduces the game's long-promised "Persistent Entity Streaming" technology, has caused server failures due to high volume of interest from backers. The game has been shut down for maintenance to mitigate the issues encountered over the weekend. Despite over a decade of active development and $555 million in crowdfunding, there is still no sign of a fully playable beta version in sight.