Wow, in that Reddit thread that @Shuma posted, Brad posted this six days ago when someone said that he thought Stardock couldn’t use the original aliens:
I’m afraid you are mistaken. It was through legal counsel it was determined that Stardock needed to begin fully exploiting its IP rights in Star Control which included incorporating the Star Control aliens into the new games and perfecting its rights on them.
I thought it was worth ripping the quote from that thread and posting it here. This ties in with the trademarks they’ve been filing lately.
Same here. This might be some kind of legal tactic (rather than a symptom of sociopathic behaviour), but this is beyond words. I’m not giving Stardock any more of my money.
Damning, but true.