Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games has said Squadron 42 launches at some point in 2026.If the game does indeed launch then, it'll come out an incredible 14 years after CIG first launched Star Citizen's crowdfunding drive.During CitizenCon in Manchester, England this evening, CIG boss Chris Roberts, known for creating the Wing Commander series, took to the stage to say Squadron 42 will offer 30-40 hours of gameplay, and that he was "confident" that Star Citizen’s long-awaited standalone single-player story game would release in 2026.Roberts’ on-stage comments followed a lengthy live gameplay demo that suffered a number of crashes, bugs, and graphical problems, but did give the audience a good idea of Squadron 42’s first hour.CIG demoed Squadron 42’s prologue, which is designed to set the stage for the player as a pilot in the sci-fi game. The demo was heavy on flashy cutscenes with CGI representations of Hollywood stars such as Gillian Anderson, Henry Cavill, Gary Oldman, and Mark Strong, mixed with on-rails turret action in a huge space battle. The demo ended with a first-person shooter segment as the alien enemy boarded the player’s ship.Chris Roberts on-stage at CitizenCon. Image credit: CIG / YouTube.“We did say we were doing it live, risking the demo gods, and they brought their wrath down on us,” Roberts said as he walked on-stage.“There’s a lot more that goes on in Squadron 42 after that, but that sets up where you came from and from there you become a pilot and start serving on a smaller ship, the Stanton. But there’s a lot more in the game than we were just showing there. It’s also been a lot more stable for me when I’ve been playing these last few weeks.”Roberts continued: “As I said at the start, we have 30 to 40 hours of gameplay. We feel confident we can bring the quality of the game up to the level we've just shown and more, without crashes. Both the team and I are confident of giving you this game in 2026. Obviously you can see it’s not going to be tomorrow, because you saw a few crashes there.Gladiator has three minutes of battle and eight minutes of prologue. This was an hour of crazy stuff.
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