In a recent “Chairman’s Letter,” Cloud Imperium Games head Chris Roberts announced the sixth delay in the history of the Squadron 42 project. The release of the single Star Citizen spin-off is now planned not for the end of 2026, but for the second season in 2027.
The developers stated that the reason for taking this step was not technical issues with the engine at all, but rather an unwillingness to compete with the release for media space grand theft auto 6will attract the attention of all players and media this November.
In addition to postponing the campaign, Roberts also shared important statistics: star citizen Breaking the record of 35,890 concurrent players, 146 engineers are working on technology, and the current developer distribution is biased towards story mode (55% vs. 45%).
In addition, the person in charge also touched on the topic of huge budgets and compared them to Rockstar Games’ expenses. Meanwhile, sensitive topics such as the recent August streaming scandal and former employees’ complaints about difficult working conditions at the studio remain behind the scenes.
