Crysis developer Crytek wants to dismiss its own lawsuit against Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games until the standalone single-player Squadron 42 comes out.
Crytek believes there’s no point in going ahead with a trial in June 2020 as planned because its claims revolve around the release of Squadron 42 as a standalone game – and it doesn’t look like that’s happening any time soon.
Crytek initially sued CIG for breaching copyright and developing two games with CryEngine while holding a licence to develop just one. CIG has claimed it switched over to Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine.
This week, Crytek moved to dismiss its lawsuit without prejudice and reschedule the trial to 13th October 2020, presumably the earliest point it suspects Squadron 42 will be launched in some form. CIG has yet to announce a release date for Squadron 42, but back in August 2019 it announced the Squadron 42 beta was delayed three months to the third quarter of 2020.