Another year will pass without any sign of Squad 42 in Star Citizen Roberts Space Industries manufacturer.
RSI revised its project roadmap on December 23, excluding any mention of a Squad 42 beta and founder of RSI and Star Citizen creator Chris Roberts told the project’s donors not to expect any release or end dates for the game anytime soon. The most recent RSI guidance on a Squad 42 The launch came in August 2019 and said a beta would come in the third quarter of this year.
Squad 42 is a campaign based on a story for a player set in the universe of Star Citizen, space flight and first-person shooter MMO that has been in development since 2011. RSI split Squad 42 and started selling it separately from Star Citizen in February 2016; was part of the original Kickstarter campaign in October 2012, which gave 2014 as the original delivery date.
Squad 42The A-list Hollywood cast, including Mark Hamill, Gillian Anderson and Gary Oldman, was unveiled in October 2015. RSI promoted 2016 as the launch year for Squad 42was released in full, but withdrew this preview at CitizenCon in October 2016 and has not provided a full release date since.
In the note to donors, Roberts said “Squad 42 it will be done when it’s ready, and it won’t be released just to set a date. ”He also said that RSI would not show any of the Squad 42“gameplay, locations or features” of the game in place of a beta, because the game is too far from a full launch to start a marketing campaign. “If we show the game without spoiler now, this is the main footage and gameplay that could have been used closer to launch,” said Roberts.
“So I decided that it is better not to show Squad 42 gameplay publicly, nor discuss any release date until we’re closer to the final stretch and have high confidence in the remaining time needed to finish the game with the quality we want, ”added Roberts.
Star Citizen since its original 2012 Kickstarter, it has raised more than $ 339 million in crowdfunding from nearly 3 million sponsors. These figures are reported by Roberts Space Industries itself. That means it raised more than $ 77 million in 2020 alone, surpassing the 2019 record of $ 47.7 million. Roberts Space Industries also obtained a separate private investment of $ 46 million from a billionaire record producer in late 2018.
The maximum Star CitizenThe funding comes from the sale (or rent) of game spaceships, many of which cost hundreds of dollars. Star Citizen is currently in alpha version 3.12 of his “Persistent Universe”; Roberts Space Industries has stopped providing estimated release dates for the full PU version in 2016.
In November 2019, the developers announced that they were building a 40-player multiplayer combined weapon mode called “Theaters of War”, and hoped to deliver it in early 2020. It was in closed alpha testing, with no beta or release date complete provided.
“Meanwhile, Star Citizen it is the best visibility of the gameplay and technical progress we make; you can download a new update every three months with new features and content, as well as advances in technology, ”wrote Roberts. “My hope is that you are so engaged in Star Citizen This one Squad 42 will be here before you know it. “