About This Game

Privateer 2: The Darkening is a definitive example of PC gaming expression during the mid-1990s. Featuring Clive Owen, John Hurt, and Christopher Walken in FMV cutscenes, Privateer 2 pushed the space combat genre forward with its unique blend of open-world gameplay, worldbuilding, and cinematic storytelling.

Now celebrated in this special 30th Anniversary Edition, the game has been restored in collaboration with the dedicated community to deliver a must-see experience.

30th Anniversary Edition key improvements:

Source Master FMVs - In 2024, the complete Source Master tapes were discovered by the game's original Cinematics Director. These tapes have been digitized and meticulously re-edited frame-by-frame to restore the over 100 FMV scenes, and integrate them back into the game.

Director's Cut FMVs - As an alternate version, the game's original Cinematics Director has color corrected, restored, and edited each scene to provide a fresh look for this 30th Anniversary Edition


Upscaled FMVs - As an optional enhancement, the FMVs have been further elevated to sharper quality using the latest in video upscaling technology for the best Privateer 2 cinematics ever seen.


Enhancement Patch Integration - Bundled with the incredible Privateer 2 Enhancement Patch built by the Wing Commander community, enabling features like smoother framerates, the higher resolution FMVs, improved controller / joystick support, and more


- Bonus extras including manuals, reference cards, player guides, and more

- FMV Subtitles across English, French, German, and Spanish

- Cloud Saves

This 30th Anniversary Edition is the ultimate way to enjoy one of the most important franchises in gaming history.


Original Game Description

A new FACE...
A new PLACE...
A new STORY...

Strap in tight and jump into the ultimate space combat trading experience!

REVOLUTIONARY 3D space combat engine supporting a vast number of fully textured ships, space stations and planets in high-detail SVGA, with phong shading, spotlighting and lens flare effects.

The SOPHISTICATED trading environment allows the player to make money dealing in numerous commodities across three solar systems, with prices continually shifting according to planetary market situations.

An EXTENSIVE variety of ships, weapons and equipment are available to help you meet the demands of over 150 non-linear missions.

ADVENTURE is not confined to the cockpit - once planetside, the player may visit a multitude of locations, and meet a vast array of characters, realised through the talents of Clive Owen, John Hurt, Mathilda May, Jurgen Prochnow and Christopher Walken.

MULTIPLE main and sub plot story lines require shrewd detective work, utilising the vast databases of the three systems.

RECENT HISTORY:
Ser Arris’s condition was probably caused by accelerated depressivaty from a long artificial sleep, after being pulled from the wreckage of a recent Cargo ship disaster at Mendra spaceport. After a satisfactory physical recovery, the subject was kidnapped in a violent attack on the hospital resulting in a number of fatalities. The subject seems to have escaped his kidnappers, and is now in possession of a spaceship, trading and fighting his way across the galaxy, seemingly in search of his lost identity.

In Privateer 2, there are no rules.

You can fly over 100 different missions in 18 different ships.
Check out whatever you want - unique planets, space stations, bars, prison pits and more.

But without money, you’re nothing.

Ship upgrades, loadouts, repairs, wingmen, information - everything here costs money. You’ll have to hunt, trade and fight to get it.

Only the fastest and most savvy survive.

Incredible new space combat engine enables hi-speed battles between bands of pirates, greedy police, desperate privateers and you.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI was used to upscale the resolution and framerate of the master full-motion video source material, enhancing the full-motion cinematics for an optional enhanced viewing experience.