![]() Space combat can be experienced in first or third-person, and developer Italian Games Factory is working on a feature it's calling co-pilot, which basically allows players to customise the level of realism they want the flight model to have, from arcade all the way to simulation. Multi-stage boss fights are just one of the ways this is going to manifest. The harvesting of this new element, predictably, unleashes forgotten horrors unto humankind, and sets off a story about a distant, ancient civilization that preceded humans. Haunted Space is set in a fictional galaxy where humanity has found a new home after the discovery of Sonic Matter, a unique source of energy. It's also a bit of an Everspace, a game where you build spaceships, trade, and scavenge for resources to upgrade your ship. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Haunted Space is a game of many components: it's mainly a space shooter, but one with a horror narrative about humanity's future civilization clashing with ancient space aliens. Haunted Space was unveiled overnight at the Future Games Show. He recounts this story during the tour – alongside history of the local area, and facts and figures about the big ships.ĭerham knows all the technical details, whether it’s how many engines each ship uses, or what type of propulsion the vessel has.Haunted Space is a promising sci-fi adventure from an Italian indie team. And Arcadia, as well, I know the captain there.”ĭerham was working on board Aurora during its 2001 maiden voyage, when the vessel played a part in a dramatic rescue off the South China coast, saving the lives of sailors after their ship overturned in rough sea. “So he tells me when he’s leaving and coming back. “I actually still know the captain of Aurora,” says Derham. ![]() The vessels don’t always stay moored in one place – but Derham uses his insider connections to help keep tabs on a couple of the ships.ĭuring his career at sea, Derham worked on board P&O’s Aurora cruise ship, which can often be spotted in his local waters. Ships sometimes spotted off the coast of Mudeford include Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas, Jewel of the Seas and Allure of the Seas – gigantic floating cities that normal carry thousands of people.Ī little farther west, the Carnival Valor and Cunard ships including Queen Mary 2 can be found Pictured here: Queen Victoria, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth, Marella Discovery, Carnival Valor and Aurora, off the coast of Weymouth. Several cruise ships are currently anchored off the English Channel. “And a little bit proud, without being big-headed, that we managed to pull it off.” “I am completely overwhelmed with the attention,” Derham tells CNN Travel. Meanwhile, cruise fanatics from across the world – mostly barred from joining in due to continuing travel restrictions – have also let Derham know how excited they are by the idea. It’s become an overnight success, and Derham has been inundated with interest from locals intrigued by the vessels they can spot from the nearby beaches and tourists traveling from elsewhere in the UK. Then he had an idea – using his ferries to offer tours of these hulking vessels that would get passengers as close as possible.Īdvertising via the Mudeford Ferry Facebook page, he began running 2.5 hour “ghost ship” tours that sail within 50 meters of some of the vessels, while he uses his intimate knowledge of the cruise industry to entertain his customers. While these ships, taken out of the service because of the coronavirus pandemic, are no longer carrying tourists, the eerie spectacle they’ve created has now generated its own mini tourism industry, thanks to an entrepreneurial local, Paul Derham.ĭerham worked on cruise ships for 27 years, starting off as a cadet and later traveling the world as a deputy captain for P&O Cruises, but now runs two local ferries in Mudeford, a small beachside parish in England’s Dorset region.ĭerham noticed that some of the world’s most famous cruise ships were being laid up near his ferry routes, as the cruise industry ground to a halt amid the pandemic. Their passengers have vanished and they’re going nowhere. Gaze out to the English Channel from the southwest coast of the UK right now and you might see something unexpected – a series of gigantic cruise ships haunting the horizon.
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