Squadron 42 has a Steam page

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Executive Summary

In August, game director Chris Roberts said that Star Citizen's singleplayer component, Squadron 42, was being delayed out of 2026 to avoid clashing with Grand Theft Auto 6 . There was a certain amount of skepticism about the reason for the delay, thanks in part to a recent Star Citizen livestream being declared a disaster , but also because, well. These games have had so many release dates the changes have their own wiki page

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