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Massive 90% EA Sale Discounts WC to $0.49
Electronic Arts' Origin store may finally be no more, but EA is still selling a select sampling of Wing Commander games directly through their website. There are a few differences between these and t... Extremely Obscure TV Movie Features Unusual WC2 Reference
Last week we reported about a custom arcade cabinet that appeared to be configurable with an emulated copy of Sega CD Wing Commander. That drudged up some deep memories in gr1mre4per of a 1994 Lifeti... Private Righteous Fire Translated into Spanish
L@Zar0 is back with another impressive translation of a Wing Commander game! He's previously converted WC1, WC2, the Secret Missions and the Special Operations, and now he's done the same for both Pr... BREAKING NEWS: Restored Privateer 2 Footage Available
Very exciting news today that we just can't wait to share: Privateer 2 director Steve Hilliker has posted over an hour of footage from the game's FMV shoot to YouTube! The footage is sourced from a Be... Spinning Scimitars, Lively Longbows & Pirouetting Piranhas
The recent talk about the WC1 Sprite Refresh has gotten a lot of people excited, so here's a closer look at some of the potential assets. The original Wing Commander games worked by arranging and the... Nifty Video Game Music Podcast Highlights George Oldziey's WC Soundtrack
The Composers Play podcast's latest episode is about Wing Commander 3. Scott Tobin interviews the original composers of major video games in his series of video game shows, and he's got George Oldzie... Wing Commander Meme of the Day: I'll Just Wait Here
It wasn't much better on a 486 unless you had 16 megs of RAM
... Lazy Game Reviews Covers Wing Commander
Noted YouTube retrogamer Lazy Game Reviews (LGR) has just tackled our favorite: the original Wing Commander! Lazy Game Reviews produces excellent reviews of classic gaming and tech subjects… and this ... LOAF Interviewed in Major Print Publication
The May issue of German PC gaming magazine GameStar contains a big Wing Commander retrospective, including an interview with Star Citizen community manager and CIC founder Ben Lesnick. Brian Chambers ... "Let's just say she could hypothetically cruise at a cool 500 kilometers per second..."
While cleaning his hard drive, Lc4Hunter stumbled upon old Excalibur model he'd created long ago. It brought back so many fond memories that he just had to take a stab at recreating it with all of th... New WC Strategy Mod In Development
Ron B is working on a new strategy game et in the WC universe. It's a hex-based fan project like WC TacOps but will share more in common with the Panzer Generals series. He's repurposed Midnightrunn... Origin Museum Interviews the Vampire
Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum has a pretty cool toy and an interesting piece of history! The Vampire space superiority fighter pictured below was created by Origin Systems to advertise Wing Command... "Sir, if we spot this ‘Fralthi’, should we engage?"
Now we go from Fralthra to Fralthi WIP images. CMDBob's latest design is a classic Kilrathi light carrier/cruiser. His model has real clean lines and an animated WC1-style set of textures. I'd even... Hometown Boy Makes Good
Wing Commander novelist Peter Telep has a new book coming out--and you could be forgiven for missing his well-camouflaged name at the bookstore next month. Mr. Telep has written Against All Enemies wi... Armageddon Outta Here
Hang on to your Pilgrim Crosses, it's the end of the world! Social media and some sort of cult that puts signs on cars are in rare agreement-- Kn'thrak is upon us. While our opinion is that the bible ... A Delightful Digest of Digital Diagrams
Here's some more nifty shots from the 1080p broadcast of the Wing Commander Movie. These reveal a few of the super interesting computer displays from various points in the film. Apparently the Tiger... Resurrected Fan Fiction Back in Action
Broadcast has reposted a variety of fan fiction from the late 1990s. Some of it should be familiar to old members of the WC Aces. The stories were originally sent out chapter-by-chapter via emai... One Fan Versus Sixty Origin Games
Pix is currently in the middle of an impressive undertaking. He's created "another" 'blog' dedicated to playing through Origin games. What began as an Ultima playthrough last summer has expanded to ... Making the Game: Series S Overview
Series S is the designation these documents give to the Simulator missions. As you can see, they're a much more complex plan at this point, featuring a grand total of twenty-one missions patterned aft... Gaming Standards And The Mighty Micro
Rvcontre is putting together a neat YouTube series called 'The Gaming Standards.' He's creating a six-part documentary about Wing Commander and its time. Part four looks at the beginning of Chris Robe... Making the Game - Part 15
Today we have a theoretical (and unused) mission series put together by Captain Johnny way back in June 1994. It details an encounter with the mysterious Prophecy aliens in a setting steeped in Wing C... BREAKING NEWS: New Renders!
The Electronic Arts official press site for Wing Commander Arena has been updated with new wallpaper-sized ship renders. They've posted an image of the 'Space Station' level, three renders of differen... Don't Have a Dray, Man
There's even more Privateer Ascii Sector material from Chris Knudsen! This new series of screenshots shows the process of outfitting and loading a transport ship. It's so elaborate... and that ship cl... Alone Together
Gevatter Lars' previously released "Lone Bhantkara" artwork is now available in three different wallpaper resolutions! The new versions are in an even higher resolution, so even if you aren't in the m... Cyberion Burns Space For WC Pioneer
Cyberion continues the wallpaper theme with a commemorative image for WC Pioneer. The font choice is a bit different, but it's otherwise a pretty nice image of a flaming planet. If you like orange a... Fighter Wallpaper Pack Also Available
Sergio Leugi has also has a pack of wallpapers for everyone. Instead of one image, he's made fifteen Wing Commander shots to choose from. They each feature a popular ship from Wing Commander 4 or Pr... Calling In A Mission Report
Four years ago we reported on a weird Wing Commander song by a group named The Theta Project. Forums member PeteyG liked it a lot:
Back in the day, the CIC ran something on an mp3.com artist's WC... ChrisReid Reports From E3
Here's the first bit of news from ChrisReid down at the E3 Expo. Expect a lot more coverage when he gets back.
The expo here is going very well. Everyone is tired and bruised from running around... Thunderbolt on the Loose
Wing Commander artist Sean Murphy has a portfolio online where he displays some of his work. There is a big Origin section with artwork from Bioforge, Strike Commander and Wing Commander. This stunnin... What You Need To Know About D*C
To celebrate the release of the new Dragon*Con website, we decided that now would be a good time to update about TyeDyeBoy's D*C FAQ. If you have never been before, it tells you pretty much all you ne... Space Empires IV: The Price of... Space... Empires
Bob McDob reports on the availability of Confederation and Kilrathi shipsets for Space Empires IV. No one is completely sure what, exactly, Space Empires IV is... but careful use of the scientific met... WCPolaroids: Stiletto (8/8)
Look closely in the lower-left corner: the TCS Midway is actually propped up by a small bottle of water. But is it berry-licious Wing Commander Prophecy-brand water*?
* - Actually exists. For some ... SWC Character of the Day: Halcyon
It's Colonel Peter Halcyon, commander of the 88th Fighter Wing and (during Operation Thor's Hammer) Captain of the Tiger's Claw... and he's never looked more like Colonel McQueen from Space: Above and... Trivia Reminder
Week 30 of agwc/CIC trivia starts Monday morning -- so have your Week 29 answers in to Chris today! New questions and scores will be posted in the morning...... WCA Mirror: Episode 13
Tye has posted Episode 13 of Wing Commander Academy for download. The episode, titled "Glory of Sivar", was the second portion of two-part series finale... grab it here (67618 k).... UE Marches On
The Unknown Enemy team is busy with exams right now -- but the development marches on! They hope to release the first half of the game (Episode 1) in the near future... and Pedro is making significant... Active Artists Abound
We've been receiving a steady stream of fan art over the past few weeks by talented fans. Our latest update today includes four pieces by Snake and one from Brian Fasano. Lots of beautiful scenes invo... Beyond the Frontier and The Fringe have a Cosmic Similarity
Avault's on a roll. Two non-Starlancer space sim reviews with Wing Commander memories embedded within. Reviewers sure like to talk about old times in reviews nowdays. I've noticed that in more than... Opthalophagia Epidemic on Hermes
Medical correspondent Tony Knox reports. There has been a huge surge in reported cases of Opthalophagia, a fast-acting degenerative eye disease, on Hermes. Hospitals are working overtime to deal with ... DVD Specifications
Here's the specifications for Wing Commander DVD... from DVDFile. Doesn't sound like it has anything new in it, but here's to hoping this isn't 100 percent correct.Twentieth Century FoxMSRP: $34.95Co... Good Novel News
Amazon is starting to take pre-orders for Wing Commander: Pilgrim Stars. There's no plot description yet, but the price is $6.50 and the ISBN number is 0-06-105986-2. Grab it here.... No New Novels
After lots and lots of running around I've finally gotten a response from Baen -- they are not currently planning any more Wing Commander books. Damned shame, but at least we have two more novels fro... Pass it On
Lady Whisper of WOO recently returned from the E3, reporting some interesting news about the future of Wing Commander. This, straight from Richard Garriott goes with some odd rumors I've heard lately.... Bleem Update
I... aquired... the full version of Bleem! (so as to test WC3 & 4, naturally) and both games work. I suppose I'll have to buy it now... thanks to Phoenix for letting me test it.... Our Daily Bread
Well, Star Wars madness is in full force everywhere (not a pun). I saw it twice yesterday, and it was a fairly incredible movie -- I'd rank it up there with the original (below Empire and above Jedi)...
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