Star Citizen has released a new trailer for Squadron 42, revealing that the single-player campaign mode of Cloud Imperium Games’ long-gestating, crowd-funded space combat game is finally “feature complete.” This standalone mode of Star Citizen, which features an original story and all-star cast that includes the likes of Gillian Anderson, Gary Oldman, and Mark Hamill, was originally announced as part of Star Citizen’s original Kickstarter campaign, which launched many moons ago in 2012. Star Citizen has raised $616,603,553 and currently counts as many as 4,850,054 Star Citizens, according to numbers that can be found on the Robert Space Industries funding site at the time of this writing.
“We still have a ways to go before we are in beta, but everyone on Squadron 42 is working very hard to deliver something great,” Cloud Imperium Games’ Chris Roberts said on the Roberts Space Industries site in 2020 as part of an AMA that was held to celebrate Star Citizen’s eighth birthday.
“SQ42 is currently 6 years behind its original delivery target,” a critic pointed out at the time.
We are excited to announce that Squadron 42 is now feature complete! As we move into the polishing phase, we’re fully focused on optimizing and fine-tuning all aspects of the gameplay experience to deliver an unprecedented cinematic adventure. To celebrate this milestone, we have gathered our core development leadership from around the globe to share what this means. Thank you for your continued support of Squadron 42.