Star Citizen, a new game for Windows PC due out in 2014 bridges the gap between real-time graphics and pre-rendered animation.

Looking at the video below you’d think you were watching a cinematic clip from a Hollywood film or computer game cutscene. But none of this is pre-rendered, it’s all animating in real time using a game engine known as CryEngine 3.

Pretty impressive stuff – the future’s bright for us effects wizards!