![]() ![]() Those of you who've stuck with the pc for a while will no doubt be familiar with the Origin back-catalogue: plenty of notoriously over-powered but basically excellent games. Origin have had this 3D engine thing knocking around for ages. I've played it, talked to the producer (Erin Roberts, brother of Wing Commander supremo Chris Roberts) and we now know the reason for the delay. We'd always assumed that it was going to be a bit Wing Commander-y and our suspicions were confirmed when the name of the product was changed to Privateer: The Darkening -but oddly, no screenshots had been made available and no one seemed to be commenting on anything. ![]() We learned that it starred Clive Owen (of Chancer fame among other British tv roles), Brian Blessed (dead famous, but if you're not sure he was the bloke who was the boss of the birdmen in Flash Gordon), David Warner and Christopher 'interactive' Walken, and we also knew that this was another of EA's mega-budget Wing Commander type things - but that was about it.Īfter some considerable time, and lots of reports in loads of magazines, newspapers and even Film 96 (!!!), we've managed to get a look at the gameplay. It's been nearly a year since young Jeremy brought us a report on the filming of a new game from Origin. ![]()
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