Star Citizen maker Cloud Imperium finally announced a Squadron 42 release date frame, and it only took 10 years

Cloud Imperium, makers of the eternally-in-development space game Star Citizen, finally announced a Squadron 42 release date frame. The announcement accompanied a lengthy Squadron 42 gameplay trailer during CitizenCon 2954 and comes a decade after Cloud Imperium first revealed Squadron 42’s existence. Read more: The best space games to play right now Squadron 42 should launch in 2026, assuming no further delays. Cloud Imperium says it’s been feature-finished for a year, and the dev team has spent the last 12 months “polishing and optimizing” so it meets player expectations (thanks, Eurogamer). The Squadron 42 gameplay trailer shows off a fair amount of the game’s prologue, along with some basic ship flying, a bit of out-of-cockpit exploration, and some of the voice cast. It’s packed with recognizable names as well, including Gillian Anderson, Henry Cavill, Mark Hamill, Gary Oldman, Andy Serkis, and Sophie Wu, and that’s not even all of the main cast. The general reaction on YouTube was fairly positive. Despi