(see SubTitle)... the original developers, Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford? I thought they bought back the rights to their property for future plans. I could be wrong, but that was the last I had heard about it. I didn`t think Atari was in control.
They have released the game itself as open source, but they had to change the name to "The Ur-Quan Masters" because they didn't have the right for the name itself.
The original developers formed an independent company called Toys For Bob and bought back the rights to all but the Star Control name, then retitled the game as "The Ur-Quan Masters" and released everything as open source. They've been talking about making a true sequel for some time, but then they were bought by Activision and apparently put to work churning out cheap movie tie-in shovelware. I'm not sure what the problem is exactly, but I suspect that either Activision now owns the rights to Star Control, or Toys For Bob just doesn't have the time to work on it without it being their official project.
They tried a petition a while back, but it didn't work. Now they've got a giant map in their office filled with pictures of SC2 fans who want a new game, and every time Activision shows up they make them look at it.
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