Who is developing Freelancer?
Freelancer is being developed by Digital Anvil, who also made Freelancer’s prequel “Starlancer.” Chris Roberts of Wing Commander fame was originally in charge of development, but left the company in late 2000 to form his own studio, PNR Films. When Chris left, then-Lead Designer Phil WattenBarger took over of Producer/Project Lead, and Jörg Neumann, who was working on the Digital Anvil game Loose Canon, decided to stay and take over Phil’s old job of Lead Designer. Thankfully, little change was actually made in the higher-ups of the dev team, so Chris Roberts’ absence should have little impact on his original vision of the game!
