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Enjoy the WC1&2 Cockpits All Lined Up
Here are the amazing takeoff and landing sprites from the original Wing Commander. Along with the cockpits these were absolutely essential in establishing the player's ship in their head (and showing-... Space Sim Closer Look: Chorus
Over the years we've done brief profiles on a number of non-Wing Commander space sims, but it's been quite a while since the last one. Impressive new space sims continue to be made, however, and an i... "But the Killie-cats aren’t supposed to like the water"
This is a charming but unusual bit of fan art. Grandweasel has painted the epic Excalibur escape from Wing Commander 3 in water color. It's not a medium that you often see digitally represented on t... Paul Hughes on Privateer 2 Development
Privateer 2 developer Paul Hughes has posted some neat anecdotes about the development of The Darkening almost twenty-five years ago. He was inspired to revisit the game by director Steve Hil... Arena Not Appearing on Xbox One
It's E3 week, so that means the news has been full of gaming announcements. There's lots of new AAA games and cutting edge hardware that grab the most headlines, but a minor note in the Microsoft lin... Vision Engine Reaches New Graphical Heights with Glowing Emit Maps
DefianceIndustries has shared some exciting news about another amazing graphical upgrade developed by the community. Pedro and PopsiclePete have helped implement emit maps that will allow for proper ... Wing Commander Meme of the Day: Bad Pun Dog
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... Wing Commander Prophecy: Trumpets Beware!
George Oldziey has updated the Wing Commander Orchestral Recording Volume 2 with a video showing one of the Wing Commander Prophecy tracks from the previous volume being recorded! We're trying to set ... WC3 Test Footage Gives Early Glimpse At Heart Of The Tiger
LOAF recently happened upon some old VHS tapes with test footage of Wing Commander 3. These appear to be placement shots to explore the feasibility of the futuristic sets, camera angles and costumes.... Sharp Looking X3 Oldies Resurface
Here's some more nifty renders from Lc4Hunter. Although he's back at work today contributing to projects like the Homeworld mod, these images date back a few years to his now-suspended X3: Terran Con... BREAKING NEWS: Wing Commander III on Origin
GOG is no longer the only place you can purchase classic Wing Commander titles for the PC! Electronic Arts has added the original PC version of Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger to their unfortun... Parsec Makes a Comeback
There hasn't been a whole lot of space sim news coming out of E3 this week, but after a ten-year hiatus, the LAN party favorite OpenParsec is under active development again. The game is sometimes desc... Elite Kilrathi Cruiser Visits Enigma
Deathsnake has a big Kilrathi ships update for everyone, and the showpiece is the mighty Rigakh class cruiser. Prince Thrakhath's flagship in WC2, the Hha'ifra, was one such vessel. The shots below ... Rockstar Roll Call Rolls With Rollins
Wingnuts who have recently picked up a copy of Rockstar Games and Team Bondi's most recent open-world adventure may have noticed a familiar face! Radio Rollins A.K.A. Courtney Gains has a small role i... Wing Commander Goes Green
Welcome to the mirror universe! The below screenshots are not, in fact, from Wing Commander--they're from the opening scenes of Retrograde, a 2004 direct-to-video action movie starring Dolph Lundgren.... Two Months To Party Time
Where does the time go? If you've been watching your calendars like we have, you know that we're now less than two months away from the CIC's 11th Birthday! Be sure to set aside Monday, Augu... Making the Game: Simulator
Here's another 'big' document -- or, at the very least, it's chock full of charts. We've seen a lot of detail on specific simulator missions that didn't pan out... now here's their wrapper! This docum... ASCII to the Moon
After a lengthy silence, Chris Knudsen returned to release v0.33 of his amazing Privateer: Ascii Sector game. Now, mere days later v0.34 is already available! The list of changes and fixes is impressi... Making the Game - Part 37
Presenting the Component Manager Meeting agenda for May 25, 1996. You can tell it's a big week - there are two Dilberts. It sounds like the art team is struggling to stay together - this week they've ... Hornet in the Night
SabreAce has put together a neat wallpaper featuring Howard Day's dashing Hornet model. "Fearless" features the light fighter dodging rocks with a bright star at its back. Since the perspective has ... External Ordnance Experiment
Wanderer was trying some things with the WC Saga mod and managed to mock up a new effect. By adjusting some of the internal data files, he was able to get missile weapons to mount externally on vario... Don't Fear Upgrading Windows
With the public preview of Windows Vista beta 2 now available, we took the opportunity to test its compatibility with various WC games. The findings are quite positive with Windows XP suffering many o... Holding The Line Chapter 210
Raptor has arrived with the latest chapter of Holding the Line. The latest chapter in the series offers a confrontation with an alien ship killer, complete with its big old gun.
Hey all, Raptor her... Lev Arris Loves You
Major Striker has a Privateer 2 video for everyone today. P2 seems to be a game that a lot of Wing Commander fans might not have played in a while, so hopefully these scenes jog some memories. Can y... Report From UO Town Hall In DC
Ultima Online Community Representative Wilki has put together a report on the UO Town Hall conducted last week in Washington DC. The turnout was pretty high, and the neat display of Origin Museum mer... WC Unreal 2004 Level On The Way
Many review sites said Unreal 2004 would be ideal for a Wing Commander mod because of its support for spaceflight integrated with shooting action. Dishwasher agreed and has been quietly working on a ... Holding The Line Chapter 184
Raptor has sent through what will be the last HTL chapter before he leaves Kiwi-land. But fear not! Apparently other countries have the Internet too, so we'll continue to get new chapters.
Hey all,... Meet LOAF!, Forstchen
Well, I'm off to the William Forstchen/Newt Gingrich book signing in Alexandria, VA! If anyone else is going, feel free to look me up... I'll be the guy with the Tiger Claw hat. (The signing is at Ols... Make Your Voice Heard!
Want to speak up on an issue that really matters? Naturally, I'm talking about the quality of Wing Commander Prophecy Advance! Lend the game a helping hand by saying a few words at one of the many sto... Is ace in Your Soul?
We're a third of the way through ace's Happy Month and so far the biggest submission for AHM is Ghost's AHM Song. Are you going to let him beat you?... Trivia 3, Week 33
This week's trivia is the hull number of the TCS Victory minus the hull number of the TCS Tiger's Claw.Welcome to Game Three, Week Thirty-Three Trivia. We play each week. Every Monday two main questio... Monk Found, WCU Continues
The Wing Commander Universe mod for Vega Strike has announced that it will include a single-player character based storyline... Darkmage is requesting that people submit Quake and UT models for use as... You Want to Build an Orion?
I'm telling you, you do! Bob McDob has created more Wing Commander LEGO instructions... you can find the Talon, Orion and Concordia battlecruiser at his web site (along with updated battleship and Sci... From: Hermes Lumber Co.
Three jettisoned crates full of lumber from Hermes have been drifting around NAv Point #14 for a while now, rotting away while Anhur awaits its shipment. It is rumoured that the original courier of th... ...
Happy AHM... Gamespot Remembers Our Spirit
We've got a little bit of a news backlog to cover over the next few days, and up first is Gamespot's latest TenSpot list. Sometimes they're hit and miss, but they have a real winner this time. Quite... I Wish I Could Draw Like Jeff K.
LOAF noticed Jeff K. from Something Awful made a comic a few weeks back about Origin's renaming of Ultima Online 2. If I stretched I could probably find a neat connection to Wing Commander, but it's ... New League Record Set in Gritley-Rascon Game
Deathball commentator Sangwyn Juspen reports. Greetings, Deathball enthusiasts everywhere. I'm here at Aorta Park, home to the legendary Gritlet Chainsaws, where the Chainsaws have just set a new leag... Excited Confirmation
By the time you read this, hopefully Bryn Schwormstedt has seen the movie. He sent us a note to confirm that the movie was indeed showing in South Africa and included a couple online ticket sellers i... The Time Has Come For South Africans
The movie should be showing up in theaters in South Africa today. If anyone can confirm or deny this for us, you can reach us here.... Wing Commander Delayed in France
Marc Charlot brought to our attention sites like AlloCine and Premiere. Both indicate that the French release of Wing Commander has moved from June 23 to July 7. This may have something to do with t... Wing Commander in Brazil
ggmesquita took the time to contact his local Fox outlet about Wing Commander. He reports that they don't expect the movie to come out on the rumored August 20 date. Instead, it will likely appear s... Wing Commander in Denmark
Michael B. Sørensen noted at alt.games.wing-commander that EON Film lists a December 17 release date for the WC movie in Denmark. The late date may be because of the Star Wars release in August. You...
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