Squadron 42 finally crawled onto Steam after fourteen years of development, complete with a Q2 2027 release window that Cloud Imperium Games hopes will dodge the GTA 6 shadow. The wishlist trailer leans hard into cinematic spectacle, complete with a cast list that reads like a sci-fi convention guest roster: Mark Hamill, Gary Oldman, Gillian Anderson, Henry Cavill, Andy Serkis, Mark Strong, John Rhys-Davies, and more, all captured via full performance capture. Minimum specs list 150 GB storage and 8 GB VRAM, framing the campaign as a 30-to-40-hour single-player story about a UEE Navy rookie caught in galactic war.