Alan Hartman, who previously served as the head of the Forza-based Turn 10 and Playground dev studios at Microsoft, has now been promoted to become the new head of Xbox Game Studios.
Chris Roberts announced Freelancer in 1997 once he was done with his saga Wing Commander. First scheduled for 2000, then reported to 2001, it was finally sold to Microsoft Game Studios who took control of its development because Chris Roberts was unable.