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All About Pulsars
Spacedock has produced another slick sci-fi lore video, and Wing Commander gets some nice mentions this time out. Rather than focus on one specific ship or element, the subject here is the broad conc... Boxy WC4 Ad Hits the Highlights
Here's a nifty advertisement courtesy of Game Magazine Print Ads and RetroMags. It comes from the January 1996 edition of Next Generation, which was prime time for getting everyone hyped about Wing C... Is V Greater Than IV?
Great reward after a long week: two more Wing Commander CCG paintings! Dralthi IV vs. Hellcat V, as nature intended.
... Cardboard Minis Engage in Tabletop Warfare
Adm_Maverick is back with a big update on his papercraft Wing Commander fighters. He recently shared some of his templates and techniques on how to make these awesome little fighters with a home prin... We're Number 239!
Polygon has put together a massive a feature on the 500 best games of all time. Wing Commander has made many, many such lists in its time, but this might be the longest - and furthest down - ... Retro Gaming Podcast Interviews The Fat Man
Retro Hour, a UK-based retro gaming podcast, has posted an in-depth audio interview with Wing Commander composer George The Fat Man Sanger. They talk about the origins of his artist name, his early wo... Organic Hull Texture Featured On New Devil Ray Models
Dark Sentinel is back with some more fantastic looking Nephilim renders. He's made a variety of slick looking bug ships this year, but these might be his best output yet. The shimmery detail that em... This Heavy Fighter's a Forward Striker
ScoobyDoo has recreated another prominent Privateer 2 fighter, the Ashearer. If you're not up on your Tri-System ship identification, this bird was the star of the Papogod Clan arsenal. Its weapons ... New WC Editing Resource Comes Online
delMar has recently gotten into the exciting WC modification discussions at the CIC Forums where Wingnuts from all over are digging into what makes the first couple Wing Commanders tick. He's decided... It's Nomination Time Again
Another exciting year is blazing by, so it's time for us to start winding down 2012! This includes our annual Fan Project & Web Site of the Year contests! Wingnuts have a chance to nominate their fa... SolSector Secures Select Sites
Many of the fan projects and websites credited above are still online today thanks to SolSector.net - the CIC's internal hosting service. Although a few sites have chosen to close over the years, the... CORRECTION: Wing Commander Academy Art
Good news for those fearing that Mark Hamill's name would be spelled wrong on the Wing Commander Academy DVD box: it turns out the 'nebula' version seen last week on Visual Entertainment Inc.'s Facebo... No More Jumping into Infinity in Ascii Sector
Ascii Sector has been updated once again with a very mixed bag of bug fixes and gameplay improvements. The latest tweaks make a lot of sense: if a Confed ship is attacked during a contraband scan, it... Wing Commander IV Storyboards - Scene 218
Scene 218 was worth the wait--a far more impressive cutscene of the action on Circe X! The scene looks like it would originally have involved live action soldiers and a massive bombing run of Banshees... 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 so... 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 foot... Burrows Gets a Facelift
John Cordell and the Gemini Gold team has been working on a higher resolution version of the Grayson Burrows talking head. He's interested in feedback on the results so far. The original is on the l... Making the Games: Multi-Commander Tree
Here's a tree you don't have to decorate: the Multi-Commander Campaign Mission Tree. Again, clearly a very early concept... but intriguing none the less. (Final mission: "WE KICKED ASS AND ARE DEFENDI... Asteroids Rock!
Today's poll asks which Wing Commander games have your favorite asteroids. This might be because you prefer the challenge of dodging tightly packed rocks in one game, or you could vote based on the r... Point of Origin: Vol. III, No. 33
The year seems to be starting out well, according to the February 26th, 1993 issue of Point of Origin. Both EA and the industry at large are interested in expanding the game development market in Aust... Vengeance Of The Fan Fiction
It's been a busy year at the CIC Fan Fiction Forum for Dahan, and he's posted two new pieces of writing just this week. The first is the beginning of a new story titled Confed Vengeance (comm... Saga Conducting Beta Test
Here's the latest status update on the prologue preview of WC Saga. A team of testers is going over the first chapter now to identify and clean up bugs.
It've been two hectic weeks: we'v... BREAKING NEWS: RIP, Digital Anvil 1996-2005
Gamespot has announced that Microsoft will close their Austin Digital Anvil studios in the next month.
The professional news sites will probably eulogize Digital Anvil as the prov... The Big GBA vs DS Match-up
To celebrate the launch of the Nintendo DS in Japan this morning, we've got some exciting comparison shots featuring Wing Commander Prophecy on the Gameboy Advance and the new DS.
The dif... CIC On The Move - Scheduled Downtime
Some time in the next 36 hours the CIC server will be moved to a new datacenter. If all goes according to plan, there will be a downtime of up to 4 hours, during which it will seem as if we never exis... More Macross Ships Coming This Week
Determined to keep working hard on his unusual Macross mod, Blackwolf has announced a number of ships that will be incorporated into the Secret Ops engine this week. If you're a Macross fan, you can ... Holding The Line Chapter 111
What would a weekend be without a new Holding The Line chapter? I don't know, but here's Raptor to tell you about this latest one.Hey all, Raptor here.HTL continues with Part Three of the "Fate's Edge... This Path Leads to Truth
Okay, people, we have a mission! Peter Telep, author of Wing Commander and Pilgrim Stars, has offered to give us the outline for Pilgrim Truth -- if we do him a favor. We need anyone who can to read R... Star Wars: Galaxies
The official site for Verant's Star Wars Galaxies MMP game is now online! What's this have to do with Wing Commander? The SW:G team is lead by Raph Koster and Rich Vogel, who previously worked on Orig... On a Lighter Note...
Those of you who remember the WCESCRP should check out yesterday's Penny Arcade. Eerie!... Final Conflict Help
Here's a test rendering from the Final Conflict movie, which Rylex was kind enough to send to us! He notes that it's from scene 1 of the movie, and is still lacking stars. Additionally, he is looking ... Invasion Help
WildCat of the Invasion mod for Star Trek: Armada is looking for help exporting models to SoftImage 3D. Contact him if you've experience in such matters.... The Clock Ticks
There's just one day left to submit nominations for the Wing Commander Site of the Year award! Be sure to send in your favorite... voting amongst those nominated will take place soon. Important: pleas... Sad, But True
X-Toy's Wing Commander action figures made the list at The Onion's Cheap Toy Roundup '99! Read the article here.... A New Anvil
The Digital Anvil web site has been given a new paint job... it now sports an over-Flashed look a la Origin. Draw your own conclusions.... Flower Show Ends on a High
Gardening journalist Tony Knox reports from Hermes. Well, this month's Flower and Vegetable Festival is over, and as usual enthusiasts from all planets have provided an enthralling display. All that's... Like a Pro
Ivan Strougatski reports that the January issue of PC Pro (in the UK) includes a coverdisk with all seven episodes of Secret Ops. One more way to get it...... More to Look Forward To
In continuing his life's mission Cpl Hades got this scoop from the kind people over at LightSpeed Fine Art... looks like everybody's making us wait till January! But I'm excited...Information specific... Jump Out
Matthew Lillard's Official Web Site there's a little reference to Wing Commander in an article about Lillard in the latest issue of Jump Magazine. At least they're starting to promote it...... Tech Update
The lads over at 3Dfx have released new Win95/98/NT (AGP and PCI) reference drivers for their Banshee board. Now, if you don't have a reference board from 3Dfx, these probably won't work for you (th...
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