Official Videos
Every official video from Cloud Imperium Games — trailers, gameplay reveals, CitizenCon presentations, and cinematic clips. Clicking opens the official source.
October 2024
The first live on-stage gameplay demo of Squadron 42, covering the game's prologue — origin story, ship-interior movement, turret combat, and a first Vanduul encounter. Includes the studio re-recording with an extended ending. Chris Roberts confirmed the 2026 release window and 30-to-40-hour campaign length.
October 2023
A twenty-six-minute gameplay showcase released at CitizenCon 2953 alongside the announcement that Squadron 42 had reached feature-complete status. Shows squad-based combat, formation flying with the 42nd Squadron, and on-foot and space-combat sequences.
October 2020
A development update video introducing The Briefing Room series, with behind-the-scenes commentary from the Squadron 42 team on the current state of the game.
October 2020
A developer update video focused on the interrupt system (which lets scripted story events blend seamlessly into gameplay) and level design, featuring commentary from the development team.
December 2019
A short holiday visual teaser released as a progress update, showing in-engine environments and characters from the game.
October 2018
The cinematic trailer that introduced the celebrity cast publicly — including Mark Hamill, Gillian Anderson, Gary Oldman, and others — showing in-engine character models from the game.
October 2018
A short cinematic teaser released at CitizenCon 2018, presenting in-engine character visuals and atmosphere ahead of the full trailer.
June 2018
An Around the Verse developer update covering core technology improvements for Squadron 42, including engine and systems work in progress at the time.
May 2018
An Around the Verse episode covering scanner systems and torpedo mechanics being developed for Squadron 42.
March 2018
An Around the Verse developer update covering AI flight intelligence systems — how enemy and allied ships think, maneuver, and engage in space combat.
February 2018
An Around the Verse episode showcasing the Idris capital ship as a living environment — crew routines, interior design, and how NPCs populate and animate the ship.
January 2018
An Around the Verse episode introducing The Coil — the hazardous tunnel network that features as a key location in Squadron 42.
January 2018
A live developer Q&A session where the Squadron 42 team answered community questions about the game's development, story, and mechanics.
December 2017
The Holiday Special 2017 Around the Verse episode accompanying the vertical slice gameplay release, with developer commentary on the work shown.
December 2017
The Holiday Special 2017 vertical slice with full director's commentary from Chris Roberts, covering a mid-story section aboard an Idris frigate and a rescue mission at an abandoned moon outpost.
December 2017
The raw Holiday Special 2017 vertical slice gameplay, showing a mid-story section set aboard an Idris frigate and a rescue mission at an abandoned moon outpost — the most detailed gameplay footage released before the 2023 and 2024 reveals.
December 2017
A short teaser released ahead of the Holiday Special 2017, hinting at the upcoming vertical slice gameplay reveal.
November 2015
Behind-the-scenes footage of Mark Hamill's motion-capture recording session for his role as Steve "Old Man" Colton in Squadron 42.
November 2015
A short teaser introducing Mark Hamill's character Steve "Old Man" Colton, released alongside the CitizenCon 2015 content.
October 2015
The first substantial public gameplay footage of Squadron 42, showing the player aboard a navy capital ship called the Idris — moving through corridors, interacting with crew, and engaging in a mission sequence.
October 2012
The original cinematic trailer that accompanied the 2012 crowdfunding announcement of Squadron 42 and Star Citizen, showing the first public glimpse of the game's visual direction.