2009.336 (December 2, 2009)

Two Dimensions is Plenty

Flanker has a set of new Wing Commander art projects, and they're gorgeous! He's got several views of sharp looking blueprints and diagrams in the works that may be used in WC Saga. There is also some great side-view lineart of the Hellcat and Thunderbolt. You can see some of his other work over at Scifi Meshes.

D-A-C Compared to Arena

IGN has posted a new review of the awkwardly named Star Trek D-A-C (Deathmatch, Assault, Conquest). It's a top-down shooter for XBox Live Arcade/PC/Playstation 3 Network game that follows in the footsteps of Wing Commander Arena. Like BattleStar Galactica, the game doesn't allow quite as many people in multiplayer (8 in BSG, 12 in STDAC and 16 in Arena), but the addition of a second single player mode helped bump the review scores a bit. Note that this new single player mode is only in the just-released PS3 edition. The game is fairly pretty though, and probably isn't a bad addition to the game library for anyone who loves Arena and wants more in the same style. Thanks to Delance for noticing this one.