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  1. ChrisReid

    Wing Commander Album's CD Run Arrives (May 8, 2025)

    Origin composer George Oldziey's new Wing Commander album is one step closer. CD production is complete, and the finished units are in his hands! People who pledged for just the compact disc should be seeing them soon. If you are due to get other items such as the vinyl album, these will all...
  2. ChrisReid

    Viking/Victoria (June 3, 2025)

    Wing Commander Academy viewers often come away from the experience with one enduring question: what was the deal with Viking? Viking (or Victoria as she prefers to be known on her own time) is a human pilot who appears only in Wing Commander Academy's first episode. She is part of Blair and...
  3. ChrisReid

    Prophecy, Armada & Academy Included in Unusual Weekend Sale (May 31, 2025)

    We love discounts on Wing Commander almost as much as we love diving into peculiar minutiae, so GOG has us covered on both fronts this weekend with their Loot Drop Promo. I can think of plenty of games with loot from classics like Diablo to modern looter shooters like Destiny or The Division...
  4. ChrisReid

    Wing Commander Albums Shipping, Some Addresses Still Needed (May 18, 2025)

    Origin composer George Oldziey has started shipping out copies of his new Wing Commander album! While production continues for the vinyl, people who opted for just the CD will be receiving their shortly. George put out a survey call earlier in the month for people to confirm their addresses...
  5. ChrisReid

    Unboxer Breaks Open German WC3 Special Edition (March 2, 2022)

    I usually try to shake things up a bit more, but we've been on kind of a roll this week with unboxing videos. Dare I share a third one in a row? I will! Yesterday we saw one of the big box/film can versions of Wing Commander 3 opened up, and today we have its exotic cousin - the German big...
  6. ChrisReid

    GOG Sale Squeezes Wing Commander Prices Even Lower (February 18, 2025)

    GOG has another new sale going this week in honor of Valentine's Day. Their Love at First Pixel deal marks the Wing Commander series down by 60%, which is actually 1% more than the recent Lunar New Year discount. Each package is $2.39 rather than $2.45. And there's one outlier: Privateer 2 is...
  7. ChrisReid

    WC4 Fan Remake Adds Fancy Modern Nebula Effects (March 23, 2025)

    The WCRespace team has an exciting new feature to show off: volumetric nebulae for WC4 Remastered! In other words, the pink screen filter of decades past has been replaced by swirling fog that slowly reveals objects out in the distance as you approach. There have also been enhancements to the...
  8. ChrisReid

    New Poll Zeroes in on Kilrathi Saga Sketch Art (March 22, 2025)

    We've got a new poll, and it's a perfect one for 2025! The wonderful calendar included with The Kilrathi Saga was designed to sync up with 1997 and 2673, then the upcoming new year as well as the year the just-released WC4 takes place. It also works for 2025! LOAF recently rescanned the...
  9. ChrisReid

    New Wing Commander Album Digitally Released! (March 18, 2025)

    Today's a great day! Origin composer George Oldziey has digitally released his second full album of Wing Commander music performed by a live audience! This initial package is available to people who pledged in last year's Kickstarter campaign. The physical CD and vinyl album are still being...
  10. ChrisReid

    Announcing the Hall of Fame Winners (March 8, 2025)

    But wait, there's more! For the first time, we also asked fans to vote this year for the greatest fan projects of all time. We reached back into nearly thirty years of community history to come up with five worthy contenders. This was a very interesting experiment in nostalgia and...
  11. ChrisReid

    And the Winners Are... (March 8, 2025)

    We may have taken our time to get here this year, but Wingnuts have cast their votes and we now have the winners of our annual fan project contest! We once again had an excellent slate of nominees but a handful of undertakings rose above the rest. Sometimes we also have so many high achieving...
  12. ChrisReid

    WC4 Fan Remake Deploys New Assets to the Masa System (March 4, 2025)

    There's a big new update on the progress of WC4 Remastered! The WCRespace team is now well into building out the Masa System with the new ships and gameplay mechanics that the game introduces there. They've got shuttle docking working and DefianceIndustries has introduced his very impressive...
  13. ChrisReid

    Annual Fan Vote Under Way (February 22, 2025)

    This is a reminder that there's still a little time left to get your vote in for the annual Fan Project of the Year tally as well as our new poll that asks about the best undertakings of all time. The nominees and voting buttons are below! -- Original update published on February 22, 2025
  14. ChrisReid

    Fan Project Vote Kicks Off (February 16, 2025)

    We're running a bit later than usual, but we're finally kicking off our annual vote to determine Fan Project of the Year! We have a strong list of contenders this year, and there were even more that were on the cusp but excluded to keep the list tight and manageable. Additionally, we've...
  15. ChrisReid

    GOG Sale Ending Soon, Check Out Their Dreamlist (February 2, 2025)

    This is a reminder that the GOG's Lunar New Year sale is winding down. You have just a couple days left to save 59% on Wing Commander games across the board. I've also noticed that the company has been emphasizing its Dreamlist feature a ton lately. This allows people to vote for titles that...
  16. ChrisReid

    Wing Commander Album Impacted by Fires but Progress Continues (January 28, 2025)

    We have another update on the road towards Origin composer George Oldziey's next great Wing Commander album. Unfortunately progress intersected with the devastating fires in California recently. Mr. Oldziey happened to be on the ground near LA as things were happening. He and his friends are...
  17. ChrisReid

    GOG's Lunar New Year Sale Marks WC Series Down 59% (January 25, 2025)

    It's almost new year - Lunar new year that is - so GOG is celebrating with a big new round of discounts on Wing Commander games! Each package is 59% off or $2.45 per package. Finish out your digital collection some time in the next ten days! -- Original update published on January...
  18. ChrisReid

    GOG Sale Winds Down as Fan Projection Nominations Ramp Up (December 31, 2024)

    It's been a hectic holiday for a lot of folks, so today we're re-upping two recent stories to make sure they hit your feed. GOG's big annual winter sale end January 2. You've got just over a day or so to save 59% off the Wing Commander series. Each set is $2.45. Time to finish off the...
  19. ChrisReid

    New Year, New Poll! (January 2, 2025)

    It's that time again! As the calendars flip over to another new year, our annual New Year's Poll asks what your outlook is. We have two major music albums on the near horizon, plenty of promising fan projects forthcoming, and are sure to have some big surprises along the way. It seems like...
  20. ChrisReid

    Bengal Class Given the Late Kilrathi War Treatment (December 29, 2024)

    Alan Baker has been working with the Tiger's Claw, and the results have been interesting! He's attempting to make the Claw fit in with the visual style of WC3/4. I love the colorful tones and textures of WC1/2, but this kind of works. I especially like those WC3/4 era turrets. He's also...
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