Recently I tried to contact Microsoft about a new version of FreeLancer. Their response made me feel like a red-headed stepchild. I don't believe they even tried to look into the possibility, they just gave their generic non-responsive answer.
During this (waiting for an answer) time, I started looking into Chris Roberts and what he has been doing. I have to say Star Citizen is ten times FreeLancer if he only delivers half of what he has shown. This is what all of the FreeLancer modders have been trying to make.
This new universe is like a genetic alteration on steroids. The ships are really detailed and there is even one called "The FreeLancer"! The game will be out in 2014 and has SP and MP as well as private server uses. Modding will be an option through suggestion, meaning a good mod can get into the online universe.
From what I gleaned from news stories, Microsoft tried to micromanage too much and Chris just walked away. I really don't blame him. Personally, I think the Microsoft view of the FreeLancer world left it very lacking. e.g. This is blah blah, you don't mind if I take a look inside your hold, do you? I ALWAYS hated that with a passion.
Anyhow, the days are numbered and FreeLancer may become obsolete, totally.

And there you have why most people mod a game, not just freelancer. If you don't like something you change it. Luckily with a game like Freelancer you can change it, I don't think this will be so with Star Citizen. The only mod-able element they are actually planning to build in is ship design which they will confine to private servers. At the moment they themselves don't no how they will integrate these private servers into the server universe.

Star Citizen will be released in 2014, Okay, pinch of salt required. I'm an early subscriber, I have a golden ticket, I was promised a playable alpha by summer 2013. Its now June, nobody has said anything about a playable demo recently. Strangely enough I wasn't expecting anything quickly from Roberts, been there in the past. He will produce something but please don't expect your expectations and his to be the same thing. For a start unlike the Starport community he is not doing it for free.

As for Microsoft - it is now 2013 - Microsoft doesn't care about Freelancer or any PC game for that matter. If they cant be bothered porting the rest of the Halo series, "some of the biggest selling titles sold around the world" for the PC I cant see a hope in hell that they would bring out another Freelancer title "for the PC".

And lastly, why don't you nip along to the Freespace community forums and tell them their game is dead and all their modding is just a waste of time because Star Citizen is coming, I dare you!

I think it's a bit insulting to come to this forum and tell all those great Freelancer modders and the community here that the game we all love is extinct.
Most of us have been playing this game since it came out and, just like SolCommand, I still play the campaign from time to time.
Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to Star Citizen, but I have to admit that I look equally, if not more, forward to Freeworlds: Tides of War.

Bloom. I hate bloom.

Your sig just changed three times.

Prefer the Emma one

I am not surprised.

I think we should rename this site to "The StarCitizenPort". FF just doesn't want to realize yet how important it will be