Have you been wondering about the exact stats of the new Dust Cannon? How about the Excalibur? Needed to know exactly how many Red Manta were attacking the Transport? Your wait is over. Hades and Hadrian have been working night and day to bring you the CIC's Secret Ops Guide. Check it out here. The missions are current up through Episode Four, but we are in the process of adding new things still.
He who brought life to the universe (Captain Johnny) sent me over a scan of an article on Secret Ops from an Austin newspaper. Check it out here. Below is Origin's Secret Ops team...
Wing Commander fanatic Dude sent me a series of missions for Wing Commander Prophecy he's created! In a moment of uniqueness, he's also made briefings! Get the missions here and the shockwave briefing here.
A shocked Death sent me a copy of PC Gamer's new "Top 50 Games of All Time" list... anyone care to guess where Wing Commander was? Amazingly enough, it'll take over 50 guesses, since not even one WC made the list. Admittably not everyone in the universe shares the same passion for Wing Commander as some of us do, but to say that it's not one of the top 50 games ever? Impossible... go find somebody to complain to.
| 1. Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 2. Civ 2 3. Quake II 4. TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM 5. StarCraft 6. System Shock 7. Heroes of Might and Magic II 8. X-COM: UFO Defense 9. Warcraft II 10. Sam & Max Hit the Road 11. Links LS '98 12. Longbow 2 13. Unreal 14. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 15. Panzer General II 16. Battlezone 17. NHL 98 18. Ultima Underworld I,II 19. Myth 20. Red Baron 21. Lemmings 22. Alone in the Dark 23. Chuck Yeager's Air Combat 24. Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity 25. Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon | 26. Interstate '76 27. Gabriel Knight: The Best Within 28. Quake 29. Duke Nukem 3D 30. Worms 2 31. EF 2000 2.0 32. Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven 33. The Curse of Monkey Island 34. Doom 35. SimCity 2000 36. Starflight 37. Ultima VII 38. D/Generation 39. Triple Play 97 40. Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe 41. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 42. Diablo 43. Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far 44. Betrayal at Krondor 45. Master of Orion 46. FPS: Football Pro 47. Tomb Raider 48. You Don't Know Jack Huge 49. Pro Pinball: Timeshock 50. The Operational Art of War |
Ace reporter and radio personality Hadrian has put up the latest Infoburst! Head on over and check out a cool interview with Wing Commander composer George Oldziey.
Responding to complaints that the SO icon could be better, Vesa Juusola designed a cool new one for everybody... check it out below, and grab it here.
Much like the casualty numbers from the Kilrathi war, the number of times Chris Reid has posted to alt.games.wing-commander is beyond my comprehension. Anyway, a hearty congratulations on reaching the 15,000 mark to our man Crid... keep it up or we're all in trouble.
Interested on getting your hands on some Gold? Of course, we're all anxiously awaiting its estimated October 14 release date... if you're desprate, however, you can preorder it from Electronic Arts! Head on over to the newly re-URL'd EA Store.
Man among men Thomas Bruckner has released the final version of his much lauded WCPEdit! Grab WPEdit 1.53 here, and be sure to install the patch, available here.
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