As reported by Bleeding Cool, Jason Kingsley of Rebellion announced that 2000AD are opening up their characters for other game developers to use, for licensing purposes.
The announcement occurred at 2000AD's 40 Years of Thrill Power Festival, and the decision was made as Rebellion feel they are already working as hard as they can and therefore don't want to keep leaving IPs on the shelf to gather dust.
Kingsley also said that many companies have approached them in the past, but he'd like to work with other game developers to expand the 2000AD library. He also said that they have something big to announce later this year.
Would you like to see other developers give 2000AD games a stab? Maybe Judge Dredd?