Editing Star Control (section)

=== ''Free Stars: Children of Infinity'' ===
{{Main|Free Stars: Children of Infinity}}
On October 24, 2023, [[Pistol Shrimp Games]] developers, consisting of [[Fred Ford (programmer)|Fred Ford]], [[Paul Reiche III]], [[Ken Ford (programmer)|Ken Ford]] and [[Dan Gerstein]], announced the new name of the sequel, ''[[Free Stars: Children of Infinity]]'', and launched its corresponding [https://freestarsgame.com/ website].<ref name="blog1">{{cite web |author=Dan Gerstein |date=October 24, 2023 |title=Introducing Free Stars: Children of Infinity
 |url=https://pistolshrimpgames.com/2023/10/introducing-free-stars-children-of-infinity/}}</ref> A Kickstarter campaign was launched on April 16, 2024 to further the game development of the sequel. Within 3 hours, they met their initial $100,000 USD goal.<ref name="kickstarter1">{{cite web  |author=Dustin Bailey |date=April 16, 2024 |title=After 32 years, the 1992 open-world space game that helped inspire Mass Effect is getting a proper sequel
 |website=GamesRadar|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/after-32-years-the-1992-open-world-space-game-that-helped-inspire-mass-effect-is-getting-a-proper-sequel/}}</ref> The planned date for the release of the game is August 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chalk |first=Andy |date=April 20, 2024 |title=The long-awaited sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters hits its crowdfunding target in less than four hours, and they're not kidding about that $4.4 million stretch goal |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/the-long-awaited-sequel-to-the-ur-quan-masters-hits-its-crowdfunding-target-in-less-than-four-hours-and-theyre-not-kidding-about-that-dollar44-million-stretch-goal/ |website=PC Gamer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bathge |first=Peter |date=April 18, 2024 |title=Entwickler eines SciFi-Spiels werden mit Geld beworfen, weil der Gratis-Vorgänger so gut war |url=https://www.gamestar.de/videos/entwickler-eines-scifi-spiels-werden-mit-geld-beworfen-weil-der-gratis-vorgaenger-so-gut-war,130261.html |website=GameStar}}</ref> The fans started to call the game "the real ''Star Control 3''" due to its creation by Reiche and Ford.<ref name="kickstarter1"/>