The two lead fellas behind Star Control have announced that, after 25 years, they are now working on a direct sequel to Star Control 2 named Ghosts of the Precursors. Rather than make a mess by ignorantly saying e.g. "Star Control 2 is a science-fiction RPG-a-spaceshoot-o-adventure-y-thingamy-ish game, and many people love it dearly," I'll point you towards Cobbo's Star Control 2 retrospective and leave it at that.

No, ignore the Star Control 3 made by a different studio - this will pretend that didn't happen and simply follow on from 2. And yup, it's a different game to Star Control: Origins, the prequel being made by current rights owners Stardock.

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