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    WC4 Remastered Mod Enhances Planetary Missions & Solicits Assitance (March 26, 2024)

    We've got a delicious update today on WC4 Remastered. Pedro reports that the team is digging deep into the ground missions of the game. As is usual on a project like this, once they started peeling back the layers of the original, things got complicated. This has necessitated some clever...
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    Space Sim First Look: Squadron: Mercenaries (March 23, 2024)

    Goge stopped by to share a very cool space sim tech demo that he's been working on lately. It's called Squadron: Mercenaries and he's got some very lofty goals in mind! The core portion starts as a traditional Wing Commander style sim, but there are larger secondary element planned as well...
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    Fighter/Bomber In-Service Dates Visualized (February 29, 2024)

    I'm not aware of any changes that GOG has made to Academy.
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    GOG Spring Sale Discounts Wing Commander Series by 71% (March 20, 2024)

    GOG.com is starting to rollout their annual Spring Sale, and Wing Commander has gotten a nice price cut across the board. In order to keep things interesting, rather than a straight 75% off each title, Prophecy, Armada and Privateer 2 are each marked down 65%. Happy Wing Commandering...
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    Check out These Collectible Portuguese WC Games (March 13, 2024)

    Dominus of Exult has some more cool collectibles to show off! He's managed to track down a pair of Wing Commander games localized in Portuguese. These rare copies of WC4 and Privateer 2 have a bit of warping and tearing damage, but it's still wonderful that they were saved. I'm still poring...
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    Richard Riehle Reflects on Iconic Office Space Role (March 8, 2024)

    Today we have an interview from the Hollywood Reporter with the cast of Office Space on its 25th Anniversary. Richard Riehle has a lot to say, and I thought it was fun to hear his perspective on various things even if there's no direct connection to Wing Commander. I was surprised to see that...
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    Famous WC1 Launch Recreated in Star Citizen (March 6, 2024)

    Mr. Hasgaha recently shared this nifty video that he built for a "10-second Cinematic" contest in Star Citizen. He was able to use elements of the existing game engine to recreate the briefing room run, launch and death of a pilot in the original Wing Commander. It's a short clip, but it's...
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    Is there any information available on how WC1 & 2 in space gameplay/graphics were created?

    There would be substantial costs and risks associated with relaunching Wing Commander as a flagship AAA game, but nobody expects that would happen first. There are also, however, lots of creative ways that low cost, low risk potential ideas for Wing Commander could be deployed. And Wing...
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    Fighter/Bomber In-Service Dates Visualized (February 29, 2024)

    Yeah, that's kind of by design. Each ship in Arena has a base model like the Arrow Scout above which is the pure fighter. The medium and heavier variants of each craft are that ship - plus a ton of custom armor and weapons grafted on, which reflects the desperate and creative times on the...
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    New WC Ship Silhouette Discovered in Hebrew WC2 Translation (March 4, 2024)

    So who's going to draw/model this new ship?
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    Fighter/Bomber In-Service Dates Visualized (February 29, 2024)

    At least three versions of the Arrow flew into the 28th Century!
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    Originator

    Amazing, those look great!
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    Is there any information available on how WC1 & 2 in space gameplay/graphics were created?

    How are you defining EA in this context? How would the Electronic Arts corporation peek at what's going on? FWIW, we have current senior EA folks who are part of the CIC's discord chat right now (who happen to be very supportive of things like mods and fan projects).
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    WC4 Remastered off to a Great Start in 2024 (February 25, 2024)

    The WC4 Remastered team is back with a big new update on the significant progress that the team has made over the last couple months. Although they haven't formally published any updates, they've been very busy at work on several fronts. Some key menu / interface tasks and video integration...
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    Learn About Privateer's Background Vehicles (February 24, 2024)

    New Detroit. Just like Old Detroit.
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