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Pistol Shrimp Games is a video game studio created by Fred Ford, Ken Ford, Paul Reiche and Dan Gerstein after leaving Toys for Bob in 2021. [1] The company was started on April 5, 2022. [2]
In 2017, Fred Ford, Paul Reiche, Ken ford and Dan Gerstein decided to start developing Ghosts of the Precursors, the sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters. [3] [4] Due to disagreements between the trademark owner of Star Control and the ownership of the intellectual property within the games previously sold under the trademark, game development was halted. When a settlement was reached, development continued in the fall of 2020. [5]
The main goal of the company was the creation of Free Stars: Children of Infinity, the sequel to the original Star Control series. [6] The development started in 2021, with the creation of the company. They could not use the name Star Control because the rights to the name belong to Stardock. [7]
The studio was created on April 5, 2022. [2]
In order to create awareness of the franchise's new name, Pistol Shrimp released The Ur-Quan Masters as Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters for free on Steam on February 19, 2024. [8]
Pistol Shrimp created an engine called Simple for the development of their new game, taking as basis other game engine called Godot. [9] [10]
Paul Reiche and Ken Ford left Pistol Shrimp summer 2023. [11]
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Pistol Shrimp Games is a video game studio created by Fred Ford, Ken Ford, Paul Reiche and Dan Gerstein after leaving Toys for Bob in 2021. [1] The company was started on April 5, 2022. [2]
In 2017, Fred Ford, Paul Reiche, Ken ford and Dan Gerstein decided to start developing Ghosts of the Precursors, the sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters. [3] [4] Due to disagreements between the trademark owner of Star Control and the ownership of the intellectual property within the games previously sold under the trademark, game development was halted. When a settlement was reached, development continued in the fall of 2020. [5]
The main goal of the company was the creation of Free Stars: Children of Infinity, the sequel to the original Star Control series. [6] The development started in 2021, with the creation of the company. They could not use the name Star Control because the rights to the name belong to Stardock. [7]
The studio was created on April 5, 2022. [2]
In order to create awareness of the franchise's new name, Pistol Shrimp released The Ur-Quan Masters as Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters for free on Steam on February 19, 2024. [8]
Pistol Shrimp created an engine called Simple for the development of their new game, taking as basis other game engine called Godot. [9] [10]
Paul Reiche and Ken Ford left Pistol Shrimp summer 2023. [11]
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