Ecco the Dolphin creator settles lawsuit with Sega, possibly paving way for series’ rebirth

Ed Annunziata has settled a lawsuit with video game publisher Sega over the ownership of the Ecco the Dolphin series. That’s an interesting development that could pave the way for the rebirth of the franchise, which Sega brought to its game consoles starting in 1992.

Annunziata filed the lawsuit a few years ago after he created a Kickstarter campaign for a game called The Big Blue. Since he didn’t have the rights to the Ecco the Dolphin name, Annunziata tried to create a spiritual successor in 2013 with Spencer Nilsen, another creator, through a startup called Playchemy. The game would have been a next-generation undersea adventure.