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''Elite Dangerous'' was initially planned for release in March 2014, but was delayed and later released on December 16, 2014.
 
''Star Citizen'' was crowdfunded in 2012 and initially planned for release in 2014, but it was delayed to 2016 and then delayed indefinitely. The scope of the game grew significantly. No new release date has been announced as of November 2017.
 
The initial full version of Elite Dangerous (1v1.0) was released according to plan in December 2014.▼
 
'''Development'''
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'''Lawsuit'''
 
Star Citizen is embroiled in a major lawsuit with Crytek. On 12 December 2017, Crytek filed a lawsuit against the developers behind Star Citizen (Cloud Imperium Games and Roberts Space Industries). This lawsuit has the potential to disrupt development of SC. Crytek alleges that they breached the Game License Agreement on multiple points. Suchsuch as:<ref name=":2">https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/13/16774244/crytek-star-citizen-cryengine-lawsuit</ref>
 
1. Developing two games (Star Citizen and Squadron 42) with one license. Since both use the same code, that constitutes using the engine twice and represents a further breach of contract.<ref name=":2" />
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Meanwhile, Elite Dangerous doesn't have any major lawsuit to date.
 
'''Delays'''
 
Star Citizen was crowdfunded back in 2012 and initially intended to come out in 2014, but the scope of the game grew and it's still in alpha as of now.
 
▲The initial full version of Elite Dangerous (1.0) was released according to plan in December 2014.
 
'''Accountability'''