Pioneer Station Mostly Complete Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Update ID

Howard Day has completed his planned modules for a general station in the WC Pioneer fan project. The prominent habitant ring was the last primary feature he was working on, and all of the various components have now been nicely textured. Sharper looking hangar bays and refinery areas are visible below, and a familiar old mission computer sits in the center of the transparent dome element. Howard is now moving on to art for space backgrounds and various menus and interfaces. You can find more model shots at Crius.net.
Alrighty - finished the last module for a while - the habitat ring. This is designed to partially mimic the supply depot from WC2. Without all the green, obviously. So feedback is appreciated, but I can't guarantee when any feedback would be put into effect. Been lots of fun, guys!

Episodic Gaming Article Acknowledges Wing Commander Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Update ID

In a similar fashion to last month's CNN article, the UK's Times Online has written an article on the 'episodic gaming' trend. The piece discusses some of the background and reason why companies are interested in dividing games into chunks, and it mentions Secret Ops as a pioneer of the concept. What is left up to speculation is whether audiences will pay for the experience, but I think the genre has already seen enough success for it to happily coexist with traditional games in the foreseeable future. You can check out the full article here.

Episodic gaming has lurked in the shadows for almost a decade, with Electronic Arts among the first companies to offer online updates to titles such as Wing Commander. But now, with development costs rising ever higher and broadband penetration widening the online marketplace, more mainstream developers are endorsing the model.

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