Paradox Interactive bought the rights to publish the space strategy game franchise Sword of the Stars in 2009 after its original publisher Lighthouse Interactive shut down its operations. Today Paradox announced that that game is getting a full blown sequel, Sword of the Stars II, that will be released sometime in 2011.

The original game's developer Kerberos Productions is also making the sequel and IGN has some of the first details of the game including that all six races from the original and its various expansions will return. A new race, the Suul'ka will also be introduced in the sequel. Unfortunately the game is still in the very early stages of development with no screenshots or gameplay footage to show yet.