{"id":1715967,"date":"2026-10-10T22:25:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T22:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tP8AEjnoUTeY6V53vuyaFC"},"modified":"2026-10-10T22:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T22:25:54","slug":"squadron-42-has-a-steam-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/squadron-42-has-a-steam-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Squadron 42 has a Steam page"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>In August, game director Chris Roberts said that Star Citizen&#8217;s singleplayer component, Squadron 42, was being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/star-citizens-squadron-42-delayed-again-this-time-to-avoid-the-attention-buzz-saw-of-gta-6-says-chris-roberts\/\">delayed out of 2026 to avoid clashing with Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a>. There was a certain amount of skepticism about the reason for the delay, thanks in part to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/mmo\/star-citizen-has-a-disastrously-laggy-stream-with-horrendous-vibes-which-isnt-a-great-look-when-youre-past-usd1-billion-in-funding\/\">Star Citizen livestream being declared a disaster<\/a>, but also because, well. These games have had so many release dates the changes have <a href=\"https:\/\/starcitizen.tools\/Release_date\">their own wiki page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s something concrete about having Squadron 42 getting a Steam page though, with system requirements and everything. Those system requirements are charmingly old-fashioned, with no mention of ray tracing-capable GPUs or DirectX 12. Although the install size of 150GB is still pretty hefty. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/final-fantasy\/final-fantasy-7-revelation-is-apparently-a-super-heavyweight-200gb-installation-we-need-to-overcome-the-hardware-to-a-certain-extent\/\">Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is apparently going to be 200GB<\/a>, oof.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/i4rVtLAenmk\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a new trailer, which leans heavily on the oorah stuff that&#8217;s always a bit of a turn-off in military science-fiction. Privateer was my favorite Wing Commander game because it left out all the Top Gun nonsense, but of course it&#8217;s front-and-center in Squadron 42.<\/p>\n<p>So too are the celebrity actors, with appearances by Mark Hamill, Gary Oldman, Rhona Mitra, that guy who played the Onion Knight in Game of Thrones, and other people who probably filmed most of their scenes a solid decade ago now. We also get to see a fair bit of the male version of the player-character, who will doubtless BroShep his way into most of the promos even though I&#8217;ll be picking the one voiced by Alix Wilton Regan instead.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4045720\/Squadron_42\/\">Steam page<\/a> lists Squadron 42&#8217;s release date as Q2 2027, and I&#8217;d love to see it actually release on that date and be the solid combo of Wing Commander and Half-Life 2 that happens to have Gillian Anderson and Henry Cavill in the cutscenes that&#8217;s being promised here. It could happen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"3988c298-c4f8-11f1-bb10-7120665150bc\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best MMOs\" data-dimension48=\"Best MMOs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:316px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"UjCJY9gjRfatHZjCuGMrhR\" name=\"elden ring square cheer.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/squadron-42-has-a-steam-page.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"316\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-mmos\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"3988c298-c4f8-11f1-bb10-7120665150bc\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best MMOs\" data-dimension48=\"Best MMOs\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Best MMOs<\/strong><\/a>: Most massive<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-strategy-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best strategy games<\/strong><\/a>: Number crunching<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-open-world-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best open world games<\/strong><\/a>: Unlimited exploration<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-survival-games-on-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best survival games<\/strong><\/a>: Live craft love<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-horror-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best horror games<\/strong><\/a>: Fight or flight<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/squadron-42-has-a-steam-page\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August, game director Chris Roberts said that Star Citizen&#8217;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. There&#8217;s something concrete about having Squadron 42 getting a Steam page though, with system requirements and everything. Those system requirements are charmingly old-fashioned, with no mention of ray tracing-capable GPUs or DirectX 12. Although the install size of 150GB is still pretty hefty. (Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is apparently going to be&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/squadron-42-has-a-steam-page\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1715968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[91,748],"class_list":["post-1715967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-fps","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Squadron 42 has a Steam page | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In August, game director Chris Roberts said that Star Citizen&#039;s singleplayer component, Squadron 42, was being delayed out of 2026 to avoid clashing with\" \/>\n<meta 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