How come I MAME & I don’t know that game??? Is it any good?

They made a good case that parts of their game were actually copied though.

I don’t think they would have had a case, if Fighter’s History was a precedent.

I wasn’t denying it was an established IP. Probably shouldn’t have used quotes. My point was that it was defunct, and that Stardock wanted to resurrect the series. I’m totally on board with that, and wish a lot of older series from long dead companies would get resurrected.

I agree. Releasing a 2nd game like that would go a long way to rebuilding trust. I wouldn’t buy whatever their 2nd game is without careful consideration too.

I don’t think management at Bethesda has dramatically changed though, has it? We can expect any sane company to want to make as much money as they can. I think…

I don’t want anyone to get away with that. What I don’t want to root Stardock’s failure because Wardell is a shitty person.

Then I’m totally up for the DLCs being pulled.

Is that your opinion? Because it sure didn’t relate to me asking if we should want people to lose their job because one person is a moron & asshole.

I’m more of a Stellaris guy myself.

If they are, pull those & not the entire game, right?

Sanctions against Russia? And I don’t see how the poster is trademark infringement. Maybe copyright infringement, but that could be a stretch.

You don’t think a company can rebuild trust? I’m impressed with how No Man’s Sky has continued to develop. Fallout 76 has really damaged my faith in Bethesda, and I’ll be very cautious before I buy another game they develop.

The DLC should be taken down then. And definitely, from the looks of it, Stardock doesn’t have the rights to sell Star Control 1 or 2. But I believe Origins itself is free of copyrighted content. I could be wrong, but I haven’t seen otherwise.

What original content from SC 1 & 2 was reproduced in Origins? As far as I know, Stardock went to the effort to make the story, aliens, characters, etc. unique & advertised the game as taking place in a whole new universe.

What content do they own? I believe the countersuit they initiated was not over copyright of material in Origins, and I haven’t heard anything that says that game contains assets, characters, aliens, or other work from Star Control & Star Control 2.

No, but it’s how lawsuits work.

Care to explain to me how they do then, and maybe fix up Wikipedia while you’re at it?

You really want a lot of people to lose their jobs & a good game to cease to exist because of that?

Nope. They are responsible for the long-running, excellent Galactic Civilizations series.

What does it specifically contain that was in the original 2 games? As far as I know, the story, names, ships, & aliens are different.