Star Citizen critics who have taken pleasure in accusing Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) of running a perpetual scam in the form of a space-combat sim may truly be on to something.
In a new issue of MVC, CIG COO Carl Jones suggested that the single-player portion of Star Citizen, Squadron 42, would not be released for at least one or two years. Designed to be a cinematic experience with appearances by recognizable actors such as Mark Hamill and Gary Oldman, Squadron 42 was supposed to be released in 2014.
“I guess we’ll see how long [Roberts] needs to be over,” CIG COO Carl Jones said before admitting that backers might have an extended wait ahead of them. “But yeah, it could be one or two years more.”
“He’s spending more time over here with the Squadron 42 team and with our other developers, but it’ll be this year when he moves over for longer periods of time,” Jones explained. “Hopefully that means we can progress Squadron 42 through to completion faster. We want to get that game finished, but it will be finished when it’s ready.”
MCV has theorized that Star Citizen will continue to undergo extensive development until at least 2027. This is based on CIG’s plan to move its development studio from Cheshire to Manchester’s Enterprise City; the transition is expected to take five years.
Source: MVC