Happy New Year! (January 1, 2012)

[ChrisReid]

Happy New Year everyone! We hope 2012 is going well for everyone so far. The annual New Year's poll is up, and it asks what kind of year you think is ahead. Wingnuts have some exciting things to look forward to, and the first should hit in early March when the WC Academy TV show is released on DVD. GOG's Wing Commander releases are also selling very well, and it's a good bet that there'll be more in the months ahead. And there should hopefully be more news on the rumored Chris Roberts WC project. The WCPedia will also make great strides in 2012, and volunteers are always needed. There are sure to be some big surprises and plenty of impressive fan projects along the way. We can't wait to see what's in store!

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Now we're coming back with a new wave of EA classics. And we'll be bringing you more Wing Commander games, more Ultima games, games from the Lands of Lore series and games from the Sim City series, tonnes of great EA classics all coming to GOG in the next few weeks [referring to the release of WC1&2].

The last poll asked about players' favorite factions to fly on behalf of. The Terran Confederation was a strong winner, followed by the scrappy Union of Border Worlds. I'm surprised that the Kilrathi Empire and being an independent mercenary came in such a distant third and fourth and that almost nobody voted for pirates. There's a lot of noble fans here!




What's your favorite faction to fly for?




Kilrathi Empire
7.84%

Mercenary
11.61%

Merchant
5.37%

Pirate
1.31%

Terran Confederation
47.02%

Union of Border Worlds
26.85%

Ended on January 2, 2012 | 689 votes

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Original update published on January 1, 2012

 

[RogueBanshee]

I was wondering if there had been any recent word on the Academy DVDs since I can't find them on Amazon to preorder yet?

 

[Worf]

March last I heard. They found two missing minutes.

 

[Bandit LOAF]

Hello -- yeah, I think Amazon.ca dumped all the preorders because of the date change. I believe they will re-solicit it for March soon, but I've pinged the producer to check.

(And a belated happy new year to everyone. I have a feeling it's going to be a good one!)

 

[AD]

Hello -- yeah, I think Amazon.ca dumped all the preorders because of the date change. I believe they will re-solicit it for March soon, but I've pinged the producer to check.

(And a belated happy new year to everyone. I have a feeling it's going to be a good one!)

Hmmm, Yeah. I checked it not too long ago and they had sent me an email saying "We wanted to let you know there's a delay with one or more items in the order you placed on September 01 2011"...

but that was at the end of october and the order is no longer showing up in my history. The entry for the set just says 'not currently available.' Hopefully they put the preorder back up soon.