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  1. KrisV

    Wing Commander Album Orchestral Pieces Released! (December 22, 2014)

    Hey, An e-mail should have gone out to Fundrazr backers as well. Have you checked your spam folder in case it was falsely flagged? Or maybe you told Fundrazr never to e-mail you? Have you tried logging in on the Fundrazr website and checking for messages there? I know that works for Kickstarter.
  2. KrisV

    Star Citizen's Arena Commander Hits 1.0 (December 23, 2014)

    Another milestone for Chris Roberts and the Cloud Imperium team: Arena Commander, the space combat simulator module for Star Citizen has reached 1.0 status. Everyone that backed the game's funding campaign can download the simulator and try a variety of single or multiplayer game modes. Version...
  3. KrisV

    Wing Commander Album Orchestral Pieces Released! (December 22, 2014)

    Check your e-mail inbox if you backed George Oldziey's live orchestra Wing Commander album on Kickstarter or FundRazr, because the orchestral pieces are now available for download! There are ten high quality tracks (48kHz 24 bit masters!) for a total run time of about 32 minutes. The remaining...
  4. KrisV

    Last Chance for Amiga Music Album (December 21, 2014)

    In 2011, Maz Sound released Immortal 4, a two disc album with Amiga videogame music. The album has a runtime of 158 minutes and contains 35 familiar videogame tunes, all of them beautifully remastered. The final track is a recording of a Wing Commander song, performed live by none other than...
  5. KrisV

    Prinze Talks Wing Commander (December 12, 2014)

    Wing Commander actor Freddie Prinze Jr. was recently interviewed on the Full of Sith Star Wars podcast. Prinze mostly talks about his early exposure to Star Wars and his recent voice work for Star Wars: Rebels, but around the 23:30 mark the topic shifts to the Wing Commander movie. They mention...
  6. KrisV

    Wing Commander: Prophecy - The Movie

    Hey, We'll run another update soon, but you can already grab the file here (look out, it's 3.9 gigs).
  7. KrisV

    Orchestra Warming Up For Wing Commander Album (October 24, 2014)

    Lots of exciting news from George Oldziey today. Production of the Wing Commander live album (orchestra and choir) starts at the end of next week, and George has hired a professional film crew to document the process. And one dedicated fan with a talent for music has managed to score himself a...
  8. KrisV

    Starship Comparison Errata (October 13, 2014)

    We've reported more than once on Dirk Loechel's awesome starship comparison graphic, which includes designs from dozens of games, books, movies and tv shows. The collage has been updated several times to include additional ships or make minor corrections, but LOAF has spotted a few remaining...
  9. KrisV

    WC3, WC4 Movie Cuts Revisited (October 9, 2014)

    As we reported earlier this week, forums member Beckmen is putting the final touches on his 'movie treatment' of Wing Commander: Prophecy. While we wait for that project to be encoded and uploaded, you might want to (re-)visit Queeg's WC3 and WC4 movie cuts from several years ago. Queeg managed...
  10. KrisV

    Wing Commander Orchestration Wraps, Track List Announced (October 3, 2014)

    Wing Commander composer George Oldziey has published another status update regarding his crowd-funded live album project. The actual orchestration work has wrapped, and he's busy preparing the final materials for performance in Bratislava at the end of this month. This latest update also...
  11. KrisV

    Game Guides: Secrets of the Wing Commander Universe (September 20, 2014)

    While it's not an official publication, Mark Minasi's Secrets of the Wing Commander Universe is one of the better written game guides out there. This labor of love was published by Sybex around 1994 and its hefty 459 pages cover every game and add-on up to Privateer, excluding Righteous Fire...
  12. KrisV

    Game Guides: Wing Commander I & II Ultimate Strategy Guide (September 7, 2014)

    This is the first of a series of updates in which we take a closer look at the various Wing Commander game guides and hint books. Mike Harrison's Ultimate Strategy Guide is made up of two sections. Part I, "The Memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel Carl T. LaFong", is written from an in-universe...
  13. KrisV

    Austin Orchestra To Perform Wing Commander Suite (September 5, 2014)

    Wing Commander composer George Oldziey is still working hard to prepare for the live recording with a full orchestra, but in the meantime he's got some cool news for fans who live in or near Austin, Texas. The Civic Orchestra will perform George's Wing Commander Suite on Sunday, September 28...
  14. KrisV

    Poll: Still With Us? (August 17, 2014)

    As many of you know, at the start of each Wing Commander year we ask our visitors how long they've been following the website. Are you a new fan, perhaps drawn in by the GOG/Origin re-releases, or have you been with us since the Wing Commander Home Sector days? As you can see from previous...
  15. KrisV

    Product Primers For New Players (August 17, 2014)

    Through the CIC's Mediawiki, staff and fans have been collecting a massive amount of background information on all the Wing Commander products in existence. If you're a new player who's just (re-)discovered the series through Good Old Games or Origin, those wiki pages can be a little...
  16. KrisV

    Amazon Restocks Academy DVD, Bumps Up The Price (August 3, 2014)

    Places like CD Universe, Target and Best Buy have all run out of copies of the Wing Commander Academy DVD set, but Amazon recently got a new batch in. While they were all selling the collection for just $12 before, Amazon has now bumped it up to the full suggested retail price of $35! Good thing...
  17. KrisV

    Mark Hamill on Star Wars (July 24, 2014)

    The BBC caught up with Mark Hamill at the Guardians of the Galaxy red carpet event in London. They spoke briefly about the new Star Wars trilogy, which has recently started filming. Luke Skywalker is one of several characters from the original trilogy to have a supporting role. Watch the...
  18. KrisV

    New Documentary Explores Video Game Industry (July 18, 2014)

    Crowdfunded documentary Video Games: The Movie examines the transition of video games from niche product to billion-dollar industry. It features several big names in game design, like Cliff Bleszinsky (Unreal, Gears of War) and Kobayashi Hiroyuki (Resident Evil). The only familiar name in the...
  19. KrisV

    Wing Commander Movie On Google Play (June 26, 2014)

    But only for Canadians? AD noticed that the standard definition (non-HD resolution) version of the Wing Commander movie can now be rented or bought from Google Play. After purchasing, the movie can be streamed to any device that is tied to your Google account. At this time, users from the US and...
  20. KrisV

    The Star Citizen Organization WCCIC

    The CIC banner looks a little fuzzy. The big version might look better: https://www.wcnews.com/design/images/logo/hd_wccic-giant.png
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