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'Wing Commander' Beer Spotted in the UK
AD found a neat beer being served at The Quakerhouse in Darlington, UK. Apparently they have an in-house microbrewery dubbed Mad Scientist, operated by Brian (The Scientist) Dourish and Rob (Egor) Br... Vega Assault Revisits Enyo System
Rabenrecht has a new tech demo in work to recreate some of the early WC1 missions in the Freespace engine using Klavs' ships. He's experimenting with the look, feel and narrative in order to create s... Wing Commander Academy Moving to Paid Peacock Tier
The news continues in the world of Wing Commander streaming. Zeether noticed that the Academy television show has a little clock icon next to it on the Peacock service. After some further investigat... More Academy Art Comes Together
We've got more WCA-inspired goodness to share. DefianceIndustries polished up and shared three new ships in his cartoon texture style this afternoon. The first is the Kilrathi capship model that get... Southampton Cruises the Border
DefianceIndustries' latest model is the stalwart Southampton class destroyer. The solid stubby look is fully intact, and you can really see in these shots how well armed it is for its size. I don't ... Talon Highlights Upcoming Flat Universe Tournament
The Maslas Brothers have revealed DefianceIndustries' awesome Talon in the Wing Commander Flat Universe engine. It looks great! Every angle reveals more beautiful detail. This is also a reminder an... Wing Commander Meme of the Day: Hide the Pain Harold
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... Score!: Wing Commander Diary
Wing Commander Orchestral Recording Project Volume 2 is pushing into the weekend with a goal of hitting $10k by Monday morning. Can we do it? It's looking likely--keep spreading the word!
Today, w... Here Be Space Monsters
The Wing Commander movie opens with a long shot of a meticulously designed universe map. While digging through some old VHS tapes, LOAF came across some test footage of the map while it was still a wo... New Confed HQ Hits Close to Homeworld
The Homeworld Remastered Mod has seen continued advancement on multiple fronts. From a feature perspective, music is now working in the game, fuel management has been added to the Kilrathi faction, a... Famous Fighter Foursome Available in Beat Hazard
Shaggy has finished the final WC1 Confed fighter for his neato Beat Hazard project. The Rapier and its three siblings can be found on the game's editing workshop pages for fans with the Shadow Operat... Concordia's Flight Deck Filling with 3D Prints
Today we've got three gorgeous new models available in the Terran Fleet Supply! Klavs has carefully colored and designed each one to be 3D printed. They all look superb, but the Broadsword is unique... Fun Tip: Print Gift Codes, Hand Out At Parties
If you didn't jump on the Good Old Games sale on Friday, this is your reminder to take advantage of this amazing deal! Each of the Wing Commander packs pictured below is discounted to $2.99 for this ... Privateer Drifting Away?
If you downloaded your copy of Privateer from GOG in the first hour or so it was available and you're having trouble with a driftig mouse cursor then you should redownload the game. GOG's expert techn... GOG EA Trailer Available Online
GOG's trailer announcing the arrival of EA classics is certainly a little bit odd... but I'll be damned if my heart didn't skip a beat when Privateer was the first thing to appear on the screen. Now, ... BREAKING NEWS: EA Store is Now Origin
... nothing else changes? Users attempting to access the EA Store are finding that it is gone, replaced with a message saying that it will be relaunched as ORIGIN at 9 AM PST. It also looks like EA ha... Happy Privateer Day!
In honor of Privateer's release on GOG, we're going to be running updates all day talking about some of the game's history and also collect some fascinating odds and ends. Keep stopping by--new posts ... Privateer Day: Read All About It
Origin published their first in-house Wing Commander book for Privateer, the Privateer Playtester's Guide. The guide includes detailed maps of every system in the Gemini Sector and introduces you to t... Privateer Day: How it Got Made
If you are interested in knowing more about Privateer's development process, from how an Origin game went from the spark of an idea to a box on the shelf, it is used as a case study in The Magic of In... Privateer Day: A Novel Idea
There's one other great literary connection to Privateer. Famed author Jerry Pournelle, who was once scheduled to co-author a Wing Commander novel, loved the game and frequently mentioned it in his BY... Privateer Day: How it Started
The game we know as Wing Commander: Privateer began life as Trade Commander, a game planned in 1992 to take advantage of the RealSpace technology being developed for Chris Roberts' opus, Strike Comman... Privateer Day: WANTED!
Wing Commander Arena was full of Privateer references... but the coolest was this, the back page of the game's manual. It's a wanted poster for Privateer's lead character and it's full of Privateer jo... Privateer Day: Yo Quiero Privateer
You don't need to speak Spanish to appreciate this awesome Privateer feature article from a 1993 issue of MicroMania! It's amazing to remember that there was a time when gaming magazines were both thi... Privateer Day: Don't Answer the Phone
Lead Erin Roberts tells a story about the talkie CD-ROM version of Privateer being cancelled and restarted so many times that he decided to stop listening to EA and have his team finish the game wheth... Privateer Day: Number Five with a Bullet
Privateer's four ship options are loved by fans everywhere, even the cheaper choices (internally, the game calls the Tarsus the 'clunker' and the Orion 'tug'--so they knew what they were doing)... but... Privateer Day: Shirt off their Backs
Per tradition, design teams at Origin would create a team shirt for each product being developed. Working on Privateer's team would have earned you an especially cool t-shirt! Check out this awesome C... Privateer Day: Get the Point!
Origin's internal newsletter, Point of Origin, is a great way to trace development history... and Point of Origin was published very frequently during Privateer's development cycle! Here are links to ... Privateer Day: A New Paradigm
In 1993, Origin released an amazing Windows 3.1 screensaver package called Origin FX. It was filled with modes from all the top of the line Origin games... including two from Privateer! In one, Privat... Privateer Day: That's-A-Polling
Here's a funny bit of data--numbers from a poll that Gamespot ran on August 10th, 1998... the day the CIC opened for business! At the time, it's clear that Privateer was the favorite Wing Commander ga... Privateer Day: Another Screensaver
Don't have Windows 3.1 running? Want a comparatively modern Privateer screensaver? Former Origin designer Captain Johnny created one! 3D Wing Commander ships fly around the screen... all while Private... Privateer Day: Word to your Father
Ever want to have a closer look at the 'holo posters' that appear in various offices in the Gemini Sector? Thanks to the discovery of the original textures, you can--there are some truly bizarre jokes... Privateer Day: Early Light
WingCenter recently posted scans of a great Privateer preview from PowerPlay magazine. The most interesting thing, though, is that it's using early mockup images--check out the fully 3D ships in the c... Privateer Day: Raiders of the Lost Manual
Does the Privateer manual seem a little plain to you? There's an interesting story behind that--they actually produced a full set of Claw Marks-style line art for the booklet which somehow went unused... Privateer Day: Meet Mark Thornton
In 2007, we were contacted by someone named Mark Thornton about a technical issue with our web forums. I noticed a funny coincidence--the name appears as a fighter pilot in Privateer's manual. Was he ... Privateer Day: Now You See It
Privateer features four Kilrathi ships, all of which are versions of ships created for other games: the Gothri, Drathi, Kamekh and Salthi (in Righteous Fire). But what if there were a fifth ship? It a... Privateer Day: Around the World!
Privateer wasn't just an American success story--the game was well reviewed around the world! Here you can see a Korean advertisement (left) and a blue Japanese DOS/V release of the game!
... Privateer Day: A Tarsus Visits Babylon 5?
Privateer's famous Tarsus scout may have made a cameo appearance on Babylon 5--check out the ship below, which appeared in the episode "War Without End". After the episode aired, B5 creator J. Michael... Privateer Day: What Sharp Talons You Have
If you're heading to the Gemini Sector this weekend, you can expect to encounter a LOT of Talons--they're flown by the militia, the pirates and the Church of Man ("Retros"). But did you know that each... Privateer Day: Haven't I Seen You Here Before?
You can be forgiven if a few of the ships in Privateer seem familiar--that's because Origin borrowed several from Wing Commander II... and then re-used several others in later games! Wing Commander II... Privateer Day: Remembering Brian Smith
In this day of celebration for Wing Commander fans, we should take a moment to remember one of Privateer's developers who is no longer with us. Artist Brian Smith passed way in 2007 and is greatly mis... Privateer Day: Centurions Enter the Arena
Eagle-eyed fans may have noticed Privateer's signature Centurion heavy fighter in the logo art to Wing Commander Arena! It's true: the Centurion (and Gothri) were originally to be playable ships in Ar... Privateer Day: Know Your Foe
Learn your Privateer ships with this handy chart--and simply click on the target for more information!
Fighters
Tarsus
Demon
Orion
Galaxy
Cent... Privateer Day: Sketchy Bonus
I don't know art, but I know what I like--and I like this! We've scanned and collected a large number of Privateer concept sketches--these are the drawings of all the ships and locations made by the t... Privateer Day: More Documents
Here are nine more 'behind the screens' documents saved from Origin--ranging from a copy of the game's script to notes on its music sequences! These take some time to study, but they are well worth th... Privateer Day: Nice Spread
Here's a two-page Privateer advertising spread which ran in many magazines in 1993! Note the wrong date--2670 instead of 2669. Also exciting: this quick shot was the first experimental image taken by ... Privateer Day: Trailer Parked
Did you know they had trailers for video games in 1993, a decade before streaming video became a reality? It's true! You can download a copy of the extremely short Privateer video here. Here's the nar... Privateer Day: Rumor Control
Privateer's bartenders are a great source for conversation--and they always have the latest rumor or tip. Some are just for flavor, some are red herrings and others refer to the game's ongoing plot. O... Privateer Day: 3D, No Glasses Needed
Want to get a REALLY close look at the world of Privateer? You can, if you have a 3D rendering tool! Click here to download a massive archive of 3D models used in the production of the game--ships, we... Privateer Day: More Lost Arena
Here is another set of unseen Wing Commander Arena screenshots, showing the unused Centurion model in great detail. Also included are very early 'top down' shots of the game in action, which include b... Privateer Day: As Seen on TV?
In 1995, Origin developed plans for a TV show spun off of Privateer! The idea was that there would be two further Privateer games and a weekly TV series which would all tell a combined story over the ... Privateer Day: HCl's Privateer Tinkering
Wing Commander's certified genius, HCl, is no stranger to Privateer--although his tweaks are frequently overlooked! Here's what he has been hiding all these years in the archive area of his web site:
... Privateer Day: Keep Me Companies
You may not put too much thought into who is offering you the auto-generated computer missions in Privateer... but Origin did! The extracted list below names all the possible options, which really hel... Privateer Day: What is a Privateer, Anyway?
Consider this a miniature "WC vs. History"! Earlier today you learned that Privateer was originally called "Trade Commander". The change was likely because, well, Trade Commander sounds dreadfully dul... Privateer Day: The Canonical Editors
Lets step back into pre-history for a moment. From the very first moments that man stared up at the stars, he dreamed of editing Privateer in various ways. And even without high powered computers, acc... Privateer Day: The Documentation
Here's one we should have done 20 hours ago: PDFs of Privateer's documentation! The Playguide Manual is Privateer's deceptively cool manual, with its strange but fascinating bit of short fiction! And ... Privateer Day: Wall of Honor
Here's a very important update we often forget--the credits for Privateer and its related games. These are the people responsible for giving us thousands of hours of entertainment--we don't want to fo... Privateer Day: Standoff and Run Away
We've already seem some interest in the 'Speeder' ship shown earlier in the day--the fast, nimble fighter cut from the finished version of Privateer. Well, a while back the Standoff team created a spe... Privateer Day: Music to my Ears
We had a request on Facebook for a little Privateer music. Instead, how about about all of it? The Privateer soundtrack really is spectacular. I can't hear the Perry theme without feeling a little pri... Privateer Day: The What Didn't Happen?
Privateer did eventually get a sequel. Privateer 2: The Darkening is one of my favorite games of all time (and GOG willing, a subject for PRIVATEER 2 DAY)... but why wasn't there ever a direct sequel?... Southampton Turns Towards the Sun
ScoobyDoo took a brightened screenshot of the latest WC Saga destroyer, and the difference is like night and day! Many small details like ports, vents, decals and discoloration and visible. It stand... Wing Commander Ripens on the Vine
Rotten Tomatoes has compiled a ranking of the best movies based on video games. The numbers are a simple listing from lowest to highest on the Tomato Meter. Wing Commander took 20th place be... Gratha Gets Decals
Michelle D has posted several new pictures of her revamped Gratha model. These shots are larger and posed more seductively than the last batch. The structure of this new version tries to stay close ... Making the Game: Sound Effects
Today's Making the Game document is an organized list of desired sound effects for the game. No big revelations here... but it's always interesting to see the sheer amount of thought that needs to go ... Outnumbered a Mere Ten To One
The odds look good as the community replay of Special Operations 1 enters the final stages. Over the next two weeks, players will work on securing Ghorah Khar. It's taken us four months to get here, s... Making the Game - Part 29
Now we take a break from the meeting agendas to get a helpful update on the overall status of the project. In this Objectives List we have both a short description of where the project currently is an... Arena is Worth Playing
Worth Playing has posted a new preview of Wing Commander Arena... and it is brief but glowing! Check out these quotes, or head over to read the whole article...
Visually, Wing Commander Arena is ... EA Picks Feature Fan
There's a new community-oriented update at the official EA XBox Live Arcade website. As its top poster, LOAF has been selected as the Featured Member of the official Wing Commander Arena Fo... Relive Origin Day
To celebrate the release of Wing Commander II, a Software Etc store in Texas held an event they called Origin Day. Various members of the game's development team attended to sign copies and show off v... Read Preview Of New Privateer Novel
While English fans of Deacan's Privateer 2 based fan novel "The Awakening" may be left waiting for more, German fans have something to celebrate. Deacan has posted a short preview of the story for the... Bonuses Hidden In Wing Commander 4
A lot of people are aware of the Easter Eggs hidden in various Wing Commander games, but it's been our experience that not everyone has actually tried them. There are several command line additions y... Wing Commander Movie On Sci-Fi Tomorrow
The Wing Commander Movie will be showing on the Sci-Fi Channel tomorrow morning at 9:00 am US Eastern/Pacific. It's a rare Saturday morning showing for the film. Star Trek Generations and First Cont... Forstchen Comes North
Another year, another book about the alternate universe Civil War. Wing Commander author William R. Forstchen and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich begin a book signing tour on Monday to promo... Fill'er Up, Date
Bob McDob sends us this link to a site where someone has graphically documented the evolution of the space combat game, all the way from Space Invaders to... Starfox64. Yeah. Wing Commander earns the ... Helm-Et? I Just Met It!
Captain Johnny, greatest of all men, is selling helmets! He's put up for auction two screen-used Wing Commander flight helmet props. Bid away your hard-earned quatloos on Hobbes' Wing Commander 3 helm... Where to 'Stick It
Prophecy controls got you down? Well, here's an idea... a company called Logic 3 is producing a GameCube Flight Stick (pictured below). Coupled this with the upcoming GameCube 'GameBoy Player', which ... Shop Ksmart, Shop K-Mart
Sean Marsala was kind enough to scan a copy of the K-Mart circular featuring Wing Commander Prophecy ($27.99)! Furthermore, Warlord and jorj report that K-Marts around the US should have Prophecy cart... WCPolaroids: Zero (9/11)
A talented makeup artist carefully applies that weird gray stripe to Zero's head.
... Underworld Surfaces
In all the excitement of Prophecy GBA we missed another relevant title demo'd at the E3... Ultima Underworld for the PocketPC! A company called ZIOSoft has released this Origin classic for the PDA... ... Holding the Line: Chapter 131
Raptor has made available latest chapter of Holding the Line: you can read part 131 - Drawing the Line, here. And Raptor's introduction...
HTL continues with the last chapter of the last part of the ... Trivia Reminder
Remember McAuliffe... and trivia! Please have your Week 31 answers in to Chris Reid by midnight tonight -- so he can get on with Week 32!... WCA Mirror, Episode 2
Thanks to Tye, you can download episode 2 of Wing Commander Academy, an eerily psychological tale titled "The Last One Left" here.... Rebel Against Conformity!
The Chat Zone's Lunatic has found a web site that posts new units for Star Wars: Rebellion (the RTS game). What's so great? The Panther, Piranha, Shrike, Devestator, Vampire and Wasp can be imported!... The Last One Left
Lum the Mad reports that longtime Origin director of Public Relations David Swofford, a noted friend to the Wing Commander community, plans to join the Destination Games team... his loss is a shame fo... From: The Tight Violinist LTD.
There's a cargo ship full of hops that needs to be escorted from Anhur (Nav Point #7) to Bex (Nav Point #2) for the big beer festival. Thousands will be descending on the planet to taste classic Bex b... ...
Happy AHM... Sci-Fi Art Forum Available to the Public
Comco reports that the 3D Group in the process of getting together has a considerable amount of support so far. Of note in this update is their forum. If you'd like to see what's going on currently,... Trivia Reminder
Hopefully the weather's as nice where you are as it is where I am. It's almost hard to stay indoors. The sun appears to have taken its toll on a couple of our regular trivia players this week too. ... The Boardgame That's Got The Whole Planet Talking...
Jeux t'aime presents their new smash hit boardgame - Hammer Hilarity! The rules are simple; roll the dice and take your go. But watch out for the Hammer square! As soon as someone lands on it, everybo... Shirts Off Our Backs
We're preparing to order CIC T-shirts for the staff, and are wondering if anyone else would be interested in acquiring one! They have the CIC logo over the left breast and our URL on the back. It's a ... Get the Movie NOW
For those of you willing to go the extra mile to see the Wing Commander movie now, there are multiple 'preview' copies on sale at EBay. Here are a few... Auction #1 Auction #2 Auction #3 Auction #4... Posters, Get Yer Posters
Remember those two Wing Commander movie posters from Scorpio? The ones of Blair and Maniac? Well, All Wall is offering them for sale at only $8.99 each! They also provided some nice higher quality ima... Our Daily Bread
Hiya people, sorry for the downtime -- between getting sick and the server being mixed up (a BIG thanks to whoever fixed it!) I wasn't able to update yesterday... not that there's much news, unfortuna...
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