# Squadron 42 has a Steam page

**Published:** 2026-10-10T22:35:48+00:00  
**Source:** Valve Steam Community Global News  
**Category:** open-gaming  
**Canonical URL:** https://fosswire.org/news/squadron-42-has-a-steam-page.html  

## 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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