FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project
Some notable original mods and campaigns have been created, such as "Wings of Dawn" which takes place in an anime-style world, and "Blue Planet" which offers a continuation of "Freespace 2", telling of a civil war between Earth and the GTVA. "The FreeSpace Port", sometimes called FSPort, ports the original "Descent: FreeSpaceThe Great War" to the "FreeSpace 2" and SCP engine with many graphical enhancements, and serves as a base for many mods set in the FreeSpace: Great War era, such as "Shrouding the Light" and "Awakenings". "Silent Threat: Reborn" similarly ports the "Silent Threat" expansion for Descent: Freespace into the Freespace 2 SCP engine.
FreeSpace 2
Despite Volition's interest and desire to develop add-ons and expansions for "FreeSpace 2", Interplay told them to stop. Volition was then acquired by THQ in 2000. As Interplay owns the rights to the "FreeSpace" series (as well as the "Descent" series) and Volition's owners, THQ, is only interested in pursuing development on what they own, Volition was unable to continue developing the "FreeSpace" franchise. Faced with source code which became practically useless to them, Volition released the source code for only game engines to the public under a noncommercial license on April 25, 2002. Mike Kulas, the President of Volition, said this was to give those outside the game industry a chance to look at the code of a commercial software product, a desire he and Matt Toschlog had when they were not yet in the industry. In the years since, no sequels to "FreeSpace 2" have been made and Interplay has only published a limited re-release of it on February 2, 2004, to commemorate the company's 20th anniversary. Interplay, by that time, was in financial trouble, failing to pay rent and wages to its workers. Seeking investors to inject it with funds, Interplay changed business strategies: instead of developing and publishing single-player games, it sold licenses to those games and looked towards developing massive multi-player online games. Derek Smart, creator of "Battlecruiser 3000AD", had casually mentioned his interest in the "Freespace" license, but nothing significant came out of this. In 2013, Interplay acquired the remaining rights to the "FreeSpace" franchise for $7,500 after THQ went to bankruptcy court.