2008.024 (January 24, 2008)

WC: Collateral Damage Enters The Arena

JasonRocz is working on a new fan project that aims to bridge the gap between Secret Ops and Arena. Wing Commander: Collateral Damage will feature a number of designs from the recent Xbox Live Arcade release as well as ships from the classic titles. The project is still in its early days, but Wingnuts should recognize the Rapier Vanguard fighter. The first couple of screenshots show the new Rapier design in the Vision engine. A Broadsword was also rendered separately and still needs hardpoints added. Let Jason know what you think!

The Art of Wing Commander Arena - Part Fifty-Nine

One of the most unfortunate 'time and budget' cuts from Arena was the game's avatar system. It would originally have had a character generator which made 3D avatars for individual players... which would then appear on comm screens, Wanted posters and in other places. A lot of concept art was done to create Terran, Kilrathi and even Firekkan characters! First up is a drawing of a typical Kilrathi 'talking head':

This is part of a series of beautiful Wing Commander Arena concept images graciously provided by Gaia Industries. You can find the original article here. You can thank the guys at Gaia by picking up Street Trace NYC on Xbox Live Arcade!