New Star Control games have been caught up in a legal battle that’s gone on for too long. Original Star Control creators Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III (as Frungy Games) are trying to make a direct sequel to Star Control II - The Ur-Quan Masters, but they’ve been butting legal heads with Stardock, the company that bought up the assets and some of the IP for the game from Atari. Stardock’s released its own game, Star Control: Origins. The legal spat saw existing Star Control games yanked from sale, and the future of further games in jeopardy. The dispute has now been amicably settled – and all it took was a bit of conversation. About bees.

Star Control is coming back - but there's a weird bit of legal nonsense behind its return.