The creators of the basic Star Management franchise are bringing the beloved sci-fi journey collection to Steam on Feb. 19, totally free, below the identify Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters. The franchise will proceed below the Free Stars identify, with a direct sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters at the moment in growth at Pistol Shrimp Video games.
Pistol Shrimp was based by Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford, the creators of Star Management and authentic founders of Toys for Bob, which is now a part of Activision Blizzard. Itโs been greater than 30 years since Star Management 2 first hit DOS PCs, and though then-publisher Accolade launched numbered sequels to that recreation, they had been accomplished with out the direct involvement of Ford and Reiche. Now, Ford and Reiche are going full steam forward with their re-release and a long-promised non secular sequel to Star Management 2.
Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters guarantees a โriveting, quirky journey to save lots of Earth from the ruthless Ur-Quan armada,โ its creators mentioned in a information launch. Like the unique recreation, gamers embark on an area journey by way of an open galaxy, encountering a colourful forged of alien creatures and discovering a whole bunch of star programs. The sport is filled with house battles, with an enthralling retro aesthetic and peculiar extraterrestrial characters.
The Star Management video games had been extremely influential on a era of recreation builders, who had been impressed by the franchiseโs open-world gameplay, technique, diplomacy, and motion, as evidenced by the next video.
In case youโre questioning why Pistol Shrimp will not be utilizing the identify Star Management for Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters โ and the deliberate direct sequel, Ghosts of the Precursors โ thatโs as a result of developer/writer Stardock acquired the rights to the Star Management franchise in 2013 and made a recreation of its personal, Star Management: Origins. Ford and Reiche and Stardock had been caught up in a protracted authorized battle over the rights to the franchise a couple of years in the past, which culminated in an amicable settlement between the events.
Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters has the additional benefit of group developed code and content material, because of the pre-existing The Ur-Quan Masters open-source undertaking, for gamers who really feel like tinkering with the basic sci-fi journey recreation. For many who favor the vanilla originals, Star Management and Star Management 2 are offered as a bundle on Steam and GOG.
