Privateer 2 Scientists Discover Missing Link (October 13, 2010)

[Bandit LOAF]

While sorting through one of the CDs recovered from Mythic I came across something that didn't seem like it should merit much attention: a folder of graphical 'borders' made for a corporate presentations. Tasteful monochrome images that showed the company's facilities, screenshots from games and... box covers. Here's the latter:

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Wait! Computer, what's that. Look at the far right, zoom in and enhance!

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The never-used box cover for 'Privateer: The Darkening'! The file, dated May 13, 1996, proves once and for all that Electronic Arts once seriously planned to release it without the '2'.


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Original update published on October 13, 2010

 

[Bob McDob]

This is becoming the best Privayear ever.

 

[elend]

Nice find!

 

[Wedge009]

Very nice layout of some of the key characters, I like dashing head-shot of Ser Lev Arris dominating the top-right.

 

[Bob McDob]

This is the same arrangement used in a published promotional image. I think it was also flown as a poster at some point.

(Does this mean that we have to call the Monolith the 'Ilia Mk. III'?')

 

[Bandit LOAF]

That article really captured everyone's attention at the time... but I can't figure out what it's going on about. I think there are 70-80 ship types in Privateer, not 190... and I've specifically asked several members of the team what the 'giant ship' it's talking about was and no one had any idea.