As a result, Stardock filed suit against them. Then, in October 2017, Ford and Reiche announced they were making a game called Ghosts of the Precursors, a direct sequel to Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters. Three years later, in 2016, Stardock revealed that it was developing Star Control: Origins. The background of the conflict between the two teams dates back to 2013, when Stardock purchased rights to Star Control intellectual property from Atari during a bankruptcy auction. Ford and Reiche have now obliged, in the form of a lengthy blog post.
In statements made on Steam and social media, Stardock’s CEO Brad Wardell has vociferously demanded an explanation for the DMCA claim. That’s because of a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) claim made against the company by the creators of the Star Control franchise, Fred Ford and Paul Reiche. A side note to this is that none of the original artists involved with Star Control II were even approached to work on Star Control III.Star Control : Origins, the latest title from independent developer and publisher Stardock, is no longer available for sale on Steam or GOG. The creators decided to make some final money off of their creations.
When the original creators declined to make the new sequel, Accolade gave them an ultimatum sell the character rights or part three would be made with entirely new characters, no continuity involved whatsoever. Star Control III Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III owned the character rights to the various alien races, Accolade owned the Star Control copyright. PCX file if you hit PRTSC during gameplay. Also the player character of both games is given a name for the novel, "Commander Omega". however the popular opinion is that the author has never played or was ever given the plot to either game. The book supposedly contains story and events that takes place between Star Control 2 and Star Control 3. Trivia 1001 Video Games Star Control 3 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.Ī novel titled Star Control: Interbellum was published by Prima and written by author W.
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