Some of you may be interested in Star Control: Origins. You may be fans of the highly-rated original, Star Control 2 (nowadays available as the excellent remaster, The Ur-Quan Masters.
Unfortunately, SC:O is not made by or with the blessings or involvement of the original creators, Paul & Fred. It is made by Stardock, who acquired a portion of the licensing rights when Accolade (the original publisher) went bust. The people behind SC:O at Stardock, being fans of the original, seemed happy for the original creators P&F to still maintain ownership over the 'Star Control' title and the possibility of making a real sequel.
However, things changed.
To cut a long story short, Stardock are now on the warpath and claiming they own everything related to Star Control, past present and future, they are claiming damages from the original creators for daring to announce a proper sequel (to a game they never gave up the rights to!) and are trying to shut it down, and additionally Stardock are now moving on the aforementioned fan-managed The Ur-Quan Masters site, trying to force them to handover everything. This page here has a very good write-up of the horribly immoral way Stardock is acting in this whole situation
To cut a long story short, Star Control Origins is not a proper spiritual sequel - it's a third party game which looks, smells, and feels like Star Control, but has none of the involvement of the original creators. At this point, it is a decent game but a highly immoral ripoff. I urge you not to buy the game, and instead if you're a fan, I instead suggest you donate to the legal defense fund for the original creators so that they can get out of this mess and hopefully make a true sequel. You can donate here
And yes, the fans amongst you may notice my username and avatar are very much taken from Star Control 2
Unfortunately, SC:O is not made by or with the blessings or involvement of the original creators, Paul & Fred. It is made by Stardock, who acquired a portion of the licensing rights when Accolade (the original publisher) went bust. The people behind SC:O at Stardock, being fans of the original, seemed happy for the original creators P&F to still maintain ownership over the 'Star Control' title and the possibility of making a real sequel.
However, things changed.
To cut a long story short, Stardock are now on the warpath and claiming they own everything related to Star Control, past present and future, they are claiming damages from the original creators for daring to announce a proper sequel (to a game they never gave up the rights to!) and are trying to shut it down, and additionally Stardock are now moving on the aforementioned fan-managed The Ur-Quan Masters site, trying to force them to handover everything. This page here has a very good write-up of the horribly immoral way Stardock is acting in this whole situation
To cut a long story short, Star Control Origins is not a proper spiritual sequel - it's a third party game which looks, smells, and feels like Star Control, but has none of the involvement of the original creators. At this point, it is a decent game but a highly immoral ripoff. I urge you not to buy the game, and instead if you're a fan, I instead suggest you donate to the legal defense fund for the original creators so that they can get out of this mess and hopefully make a true sequel. You can donate here
And yes, the fans amongst you may notice my username and avatar are very much taken from Star Control 2
