Squadron 42 Reveals over an Hour of New Footage as Cloud Imperium Games Announces 2026 Release Date for Single-Player Star Citizen Game

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CitizenCon 2954 has wrapped, and with it comes over an hour of new footage for Squadron 42, the new single-player narrative space adventure set in the Star Citizen universe that is said to feature what developer Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) has described as action-packed space combat, grand cinematic storytelling, and incomparable scale and fidelity.

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[MadMummy76]

OK, important question: Who is a bigger merchant of unfulfilled promises and vaporware? Chris Roberts or Elon Musk?

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

That's a tough one.

 

[Shotglass01]

I sincerely hope, I really do, that they'll push out SQ42 in 2026. I've not followed nor played the game in any iteration, but it'd be nice to finally get something out the door after all this time. Might placate the supporters, maybe draw in new players. I think it likely won't vindicate Roberts, but at least there would be something on the plate.

 

[Grimlakin]

I don't see it happening. It's just another drive for more people to push more money at them.

 

[MadMummy76]

I don't see it happening. It's just another drive for more people to push more money at them.

Exactly, I remember around 2015 there were people who swore SQ42 is feature ready and will come out in a few months as they promised.

I sincerely hope, I really do, that they'll push out SQ42 in 2026. I've not followed nor played the game in any iteration, but it'd be nice to finally get something out the door after all this time. Might placate the supporters, maybe draw in new players. I think it likely won't vindicate Roberts, but at least there would be something on the plate.

At this point I'm so apathetic about it that I might not play it even if it comes out.

 

[Dan_D]

I'm not expecting much if Squadron 42 comes out at all. CIG has lost any credibility they might have had years ago.