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  1. KrisV

    Document Archive Keeps Growing (August 20, 2017)

    In our daily updates, we sometimes share fascinating background information related to the development of a Wing Commander product. This could be never before seen storyboards, pictures from the film set, early draft scripts that differ wildly from the final version, or high resolution source...
  2. KrisV

    Who's that Music? (February 21, 2017)

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  3. KrisV

    Early Wing Commanders Finally Receive Rating in Australia (February 3, 2017)

    Electronic Arts has recently asked Australia's Department of Communications and the Arts to provide a rating for Wing Commander, Wing Commander 2 and Privateer. Evidently, the three oldest games in the franchise (published before Origin was acquired by EA) had never been rated for the Australian...
  4. KrisV

    2016 Community Contest Voting Still Open (January 27, 2017)

    This is a reminder that you can still cast your votes in the CIC's Website and Fan Project of the Year contest. You can find a complete rundown of the 2016 nominees and their contributions in the original news report. If you feel that a website or project stood out from the rest and deserves...
  5. KrisV

    Tom Wilson Confirmed for London Film & Comic Con (January 20, 2017)

    Tom Wilson has been confirmed as a guest for the London Film & Comic Con this July. Wilson will have appearances on all three days of the convention, which is slated for Friday 28 to Sunday 30. Visitors can attend a Back to the Future talk, and there will be various photo and autograph...
  6. KrisV

    Wing Commander SNES Prototype Salvaged (January 13, 2017)

    A while back, LOAF managed to snag a prototype of Wing Commander for the Super Nintendo off eBay. This general purpose game pak originated at MindScape, who were responsible for porting both Wing Commander and Secret Missions to the Nintendo console. It has room for two EPROMs that contain game...
  7. KrisV

    First Service Pack for WC Saga Deutsch and WCS Plus (January 6, 2017)

    Luke and the rest of the team continue to extend and refine the Wing Commander Saga experience. The previous release (1.0.9) dated back to November and added support for creating help overlays in mods, as well as fixing a few minor language related issues. To spare you the effort of installing...
  8. KrisV

    Town Hall Meeting With Origin Veteran Tony Zurovec (December 16, 2016)

    Every last Friday of the month, the Cloud Imperium Games community team holds a special "town hall" session where subscribers can fire off questions at members of the development and production crew. For the month of November, they sat down for an hour-long live chat with Star Citizen persistent...
  9. KrisV

    DOS Wing Commander 4 Added to GOG Lineup (November 18, 2016)

    The high resolution DVD version of Wing Commander 4 shipped as part of a rare piece of hardware and never got a proper retail release. Fan made patches with separate video downloads had offered people with DOS or Windows 95 copies a fairly convenient upgrade path since 2004, but the 2012...
  10. KrisV

    Origin Systems and Crusader Retrospective (October 28, 2016)

    DigitalFoundry has put together a video that looks back at Origin's isometric action adventure Crusader. The video opens with an overview of some key Origin people and major titles from the early 90s, including Wing Commander II and III. The focus then shifts to the Crusader series, providing...
  11. KrisV

    Space Sim First Look: Everspace (October 21, 2016)

    Today we take a look at Everspace, an upcoming space sim from the creator of Galaxy On Fire. Everspace promises a non-linear storyline, upgradable ships and a pick-up-and-play experience. The player can scour a vast universe for resources or take on one of the hostile factions. A trailer and a...
  12. KrisV

    Late Night Dub Fight: Wing Commander 3 (October 7, 2016)

    Improv troupe Late Night Dub Fight puts a new twist on classic cartoons, videogames and movies by redubbing the voices as show host Ian Horner picks the video material and assigns a character to each panelist. At PAX East in Boston, the group turned their attention to part of the Wing Commander...
  13. KrisV

    A French Perspective on Prophecy GBA (October 1, 2016)

    YouTuber Docteur J, an avid fan of Wing Commander: Prophecy for PC, has posted a brief playthrough and commentary on the 2003 port for Gameboy Advance. The video and game dialog is in French, but it's worth checking out if you skipped over the GBA version. We also put together an extensive ten...
  14. KrisV

    Righteous Playthrough of Privateer and Expansion (September 22, 2016)

    YouTuber Hercxena has wrapped up his playthrough of Wing Commander: Privateer and the Righteous Fire expansion pack. Many people have recorded Let's Play videos of various Wing Commander installments, but smaller titles like Righteous Fire don't get much coverage. If you skipped over Privateer...
  15. KrisV

    Document Archive Revamp Continues (August 14, 2016)

    [/url] Over the years, we've posted a lot of fascinating items that are in some way related to the development of a Wing Commander product. These might be never before seen draft scripts that are wildly different from the final story, early sketches of ships and characters, candid photos from...
  16. KrisV

    Retro Korean Privateer Review Scan (August 3, 2016)

    AD found one more classic Korean Wing Commander article on the Old Game Scan blog. This Privateer review appeared in the January 1994 issue of e??i??i>>? (MyCom). At a length of 14 pages it's pretty substantial, and it appears to cover all aspects of the game. There also seem to be some...
  17. KrisV

    Fatman Interviewed for Game Sound Documentary (July 28, 2016)

    Beep is an upcoming documentary about the history of game sounds, ranging from Victorian mechanical games, to pinball machines to modern video games. The documentary was financed through crowdfunding and is set to come out this Summer. In the meantime, the creators have been releasing webisodes...
  18. KrisV

    Retro Korean Armada Scan (July 1, 2016)

    A few months ago we reported on a Korean blog that posts scans of old, local gaming magazines, most notably a massive spread on Prophecy. Another post covers a piece on Wing Commander: Armada from what appears to be the February 1995 issue of Game Channel (e??i??i??e??). This short-lived...
  19. KrisV

    Fleet Action Fan Project Launches New Website (June 17, 2016)

    For the past two and a half years, Arrean has been working on his Wing Commander themed strategy/tactics game Spaceships Universe which puts players in control of Terran and Kilrathi fleet operations. We check in on his progress periodically, with new screenshots or videos of his Unity based...
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