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You may be waiting a long time. Last I heard, there were still no plans for a Star Control 4 from its original developers.
Concerning Sir-Tech: The Siroteks made a series of bad deals when they were still a development/publishing house. They got screwed over by a distributor that went bankrupt owing them a ton, and they distributed products by a British company that were inferior. As developers only, they discovered that they lacked the kind of clout they counted upon, and that distributors had a chokehold on computer games. Nor were publishers exactly sympathetic. After sitting on Wizardry 8 for nearly a year following its finish, they got together the cash to release it themselves, along with a distribution deal that promised them more of the pie in exchange for some time-limited exclusivity.
The Siroteks were disgusted with the way the market currently is, and they've said so, repeatedly. They've also stated that this will be their last game; at the very least, they plan to take a long vacation. The development team has broken up. So I doubt there will be a Wizardry 9, unless somebody can approach 'em and make an offer they simply cannot refuse.
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