It's Official: Wing Commander IV GameTap (June 28, 2007)

[Bandit LOAF]

The release has already been announced at GameTap's reliable forums... but now there's no doubt - Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is coming to the download service. Today's GameTap software update added a Wing Commander IV entry to the client's Coming Soon page, featuring a short description, some artwork and a screenshot. No date has been announced, but one theory is that they're planning to roll the game out in time for some cross-promotion with Wing Commander Arena.

Now that the war with the Kilrathi has ended, Christopher Blair is enjoying a little well-deserved R&R. At least, he is until he's called out of the Reserves thanks to a mysterious new group of fighters terrorizing the galaxy. Now, the hero of the Kilrathi war must return to the cockpit and unravel this deadly new mystery. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

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Some have already noted that the ESRB tag shows a 'T for Teen' rating instead of Wing Commander IV's 'M for Mature' symbol. This is apparently a simple error: we have it on good authority that GameTap will be offering the unaltered PC CD-ROM release. The service does not emulate Playstation games, the only version of WCIV with a T rating.



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Original update published on June 28, 2007

 

[macnbc]

Thanks for the heads-up on the incorrect rating on WC4. I passed it along to the GameTap technical staff. Its been corrected on the website and it will be corrected in the GameTap player during next week's regular update.

 

[Bandit LOAF]

Oh, no problem - I imagine the only reason we remember it here is because it always seemd undeservedly high... there isn't anything terribly offensive in Wing Commander IV.

 

[AD]

Oh, no problem - I imagine the only reason we remember it here is because it always seemd undeservedly high... there isn't anything terribly offensive in Wing Commander IV.

I think it does have to do with a particular throat cutting scene though.. Some european versions have an alternate angle that doesn't show the actual blood or cutting. The PSX version uses that version. Both versions are on the DVD version for some reason. The PSX version is also "abridged" in that it cuts out some scenes and stuff to save space. The game actually flow a little different than the PC versions. There's also a gory body reveal, though nothing worse than CSI... I chalk it up to the throat scene.

 

[ChrisReid]

The skinless person with the bulging eyeballs on Telemon freaked me out a little back then. That probably added to it.