German Developers Deck 13, makers of Jack Keane,the Ankh series and the upcoming Haunted, has just finished a new adventure called Black Sails - The Ghost Ship.
The game, published by Astragon and planned to be released in Germany by the end of April, it is a classic point-click spooky adventure where players take the role of an intrepid heroine who is aboard the mysterious ghost ship "Mary Celeste".
We don't know at the moment if and when the game will be localized and distributed in english-speaking countries, let's hope to hear good news soon!
Here's the story, autotranslated by myself from german to english with Google:



You can see some screenshots HERE ,clicking on the packshot.
We will keep you posted :StPats:

UPDATE March 15th:Deck13 kindly confirmed that an english (UK/USA) edition of the game is already planned!

Looks intriguing.

Thanks, Carla.

Looking forward to a english release of this, looks very good, seems like the put alot more work into the gfx atleast compared to ankh and jack keane.

But why does germany always get these great games months before

THanks Carla!

Deck 13 makes very entertaining games. PC adventures sell well in Germany, which is why so many of them are now released there first. (Well, one of the reasons.)

Sounds like another great adventure,
Thanks Carla

Thanks, Carla! This looks really good - I hope we see an English version, too.

I'm also still hoping we see Haunted.

Looks like another good one, Carla, so definitely hoping for an eventual release in "English".
Thanks for the news

It's always terrific to hear that Adventures have a big following somewhere and I don't mind waiting at ALL if there's a chance of one of them reaching us

Thanks Carla, another goodie to look forward to.

Wonderful news Carls, can't wait to hear about a English version. thanks

Carla. You really do a wonderful job on keeping us informed on all the new games coming out.

UPDATE March 15th:Deck13 kindly confirmed that an english (UK/USA) edition of the game is already planned!
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Thanks, Carla!! This is excellent news!!

That's the kind of update I like! Thanks Carla!

English version, ok

"UPDATE March 15th:Deck13 kindly confirmed that an english (UK/USA) edition of the game is already planned!"

Fantastic !!!!

German Trailer released , you can watch it HERE.
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Thanks for the news, Mad! So happy to hear it, as I'm really looking forward to this one!!

Thanks for the link to the trailer, Carla! Looks like quite a departure from Jack Keane. I think they will be able to do well with this style of game, too. Can't wait!

I didn't provide the news, venus, it came from Carla.
I was just thanking her !!

Ah, and I even replied to it at the time! I was wondering why the news sounded familiar. Must read through entire thread next time. Sorry about that, Carla and Mad.

Thanks again for the news, Carla!

Intriguing. Very different from their other adventure games. It'll be fun to see what this one is like!

Thanks Carla. I'm ready for this one.

Thank you Carla for this wonderful news

I just bought the German magazine, PC Games (4/10)
and in it there was a printed commercial (in German) for this game. The game was released
in German on April 22nd 2010 apparently.

The screenshots looks nice as does the trailer.
So many games, so little time

German Website is alive, where you can find new screenshots and a brand new german DEMO (265 MB).
I think would it be better to start freshen up my german! :mother:

Carla! Glad to see it's releasing so soon. Hope the English version doesn't take too long, either.