News Collection: On This Day in WC News

2025.001 (January 1, 2025)

Happy New Year! Kilrathi Saga Calendar Scanned

Happy Wednesday, January 1st! How the heck did we know the date so accurately?! Well, it turns out that the days in 2025 match up to those in 1997 and 2673... which means that you can reuse the calendar included with The Kilrathi Saga this year!

2024.001 (January 1, 2024)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Wingnuts! We made it through another year. Some very cool projects got off the ground in 2023, and we're super excited where they go in 2024. Our annual new year's poll is live now.

2023.001 (January 1, 2023)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year all! Today we've got our annual January 1 poll that asks Wingnuts for their expectations for the year ahead. As we saw in yesterday's news post, 2022 was a busy year, and we've got every reason to believe 2023 will be just as exciting! What do you think?

2022.001 (January 1, 2022)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! Our annual January 1 poll is live, so we're giving fans a chance to weigh in on 2022. I know it's hard to be optimistic about things given the state of the world, but I'm very confident Wingnuts will do their best to make the most of the year ahead! The last poll asked what your favorite iteration of James "Paladin" Taggart was.

2021.001 (January 1, 2021)

Happy New Year! A Look Back at 2020

We made it! Most of us, at least. I know some of you lost loved ones in 2020, and you have our deepest sympathies. A lot has been written about a year that words don't really do justice.

2020.001 (January 1, 2020)

Happy New Year!

Welcome to the Twenties! That feels so very weird to type. As we step into a whole new decade, we'll take one more look back today at all of the wonderful things that happened in the world of Wing Commander in 2019. It was another big year!

2019.001 (January 1, 2019)

Happy New Year!

Another year is here! As we go back through the archives and see all of the amazing things that happened over the past year, it gives us great optimism about the future ahead. You can chime in with your own predictions about 2019 in our new poll below. The old poll centered on all of the impressive modding happening recently.

2018.001 (January 1, 2018)

Happy New Year!

The confetti is starting to settle, and those of us who had time off for the holidays are getting ready to go back to work now. We're all inspired by the last two days' worth of 2017 recaps. When it's all summed up like that, it's really astounding, and these are just the condensed highlights. This also means it's time for our traditional New Year's poll that asks what you all think of the year ahead.

2017.001 (January 1, 2017)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Wingnuts! It's 2017 and we have a fresh opportunity to make another exciting year for the WC community. All of the fan projects and websites highlighted yesterday give us considerable inspiration to move forward and see all of the amazing things they come up with in the year ahead. We'll also be taking another look back at all of the major news from across 2016 in tomorrow's update.

2016.001 (January 1, 2016)

Happy New Year! A Look Back at 2015

Happy New Year Winguts! 2015 was once again jam packed full of fun stuff, and it's pretty impressive to go back through the archives to see exactly what was accomplished. If you don't have several hours to do that right now, here's a quick rundown! Perhaps both the biggest and smallest news of the year was Wing Commander finally arriving on Netflix in the US in August.

2015.001 (January 1, 2015)

Happy New Year!

You've seen the roundup of last year, now what do you think about the future? Our annual gauge of people's predictions starts now. We know that all of you coming together to do great things will make this an outstanding year! The old poll asked about your ejection habits.

2014.001 (January 1, 2014)

Happy New Year! (A Look Back at 2013)

Happy New Year Wingnuts! It's been another big year for Wing Commander fans, and 2014 should be even better. The biggest news stories often arrive out of nowhere, so it's exciting to think about what might happen next. But before we go charging forward, here's a brief look back at a few of the big stories from last year.

2013.001 (January 1, 2013)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to Wing Commander fans everywhere! We hope 2013 has been terrific for everyone so far. The traditional New Year's poll is up, asking what kind of year you think is in store. Wing Commander's sales performance on GOG has been pretty stellar, and hopefully that will result in more titles being released on the service in the months ahead.

2012.001 (January 1, 2012)

Happy New Year!

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.

2011.001 (January 1, 2011)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to Wingnuts everywhere! Wing Commander fans have amazed us again with another full year of dedication to the series and community. A year ago, I never would have dreamed we'd have found the Movie Cutaway Poster or be allowed to share Wing Commander 1 with you all. There's more exciting stuff like that on the way, and 2011 will undoubtedly bring tons of surprises as well.

Vote Here!

Here are the nominees for the 10th annual CIC awards! Wingnuts can now vote for one pick in each category: Fan Project and Web Site of the Year. Things to consider include how big of an impact each undertaking had on the community and their sustained commitment to being Wing Commander fans. Of course, there were many daily contributions by many different people over the last year, so feel free to hit the comment button if you'd like to acknowledge anything that didn't make the cut.

2010.001 (January 1, 2010)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to Wingnuts everywhere! By now most time zones have reached 2010, and what an exciting milestone that is. By some counts, this puts the CIC into its third operating decade (the 1990s, the 2000s and now the 2010s). When the CIC staff started reporting Wing Commander news in the mid '90s, the 21st Century was far away and well out of mind.

Gauge the Future

The first of the year is also time when we take a reading of Wing Commander fans' confidence in the year ahead. What surprises are in store for 2010? Quite a few fan projects will continue to evolve and be released, and we are just nine months away from the Wing Commander series' 20th birthday! Our last poll asked what the first thing was that happens after a mission.

2009.001 (January 1, 2009)

Congratulations Contest Winners!

We've got some interesting results for this (last!) year's annual contest winners. Creative projects driven by a single main developer dominated the polls this season. At the same time, renewed attention to providing status updates helped propel some of the older/larger projects in the web site category rankings for the first time.

A New Poll, Finally

Our old one was up a little longer than we'd normally prefer, but it's a new year and time for our traditional January 1 poll. What kind of year will 2009 be for Wing Commander? We'd like to hear your thoughts. With so many of the projects nominated above poised for big things, I can't wait to see how the next twelve months unfold.

2008.001 (January 1, 2008)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! That 2008.001 sure looks strange up there. It is the new year, so it's time for a new year's poll!

Congratulations Contest Winners!

We've got contest winners here today too, so let's jump to it. There were a ton of votes this time around, but 2007's fan project numbers paralleled the results from 2003. Major new releases in the past year helped propel two projects in the rankings, so congratulations to both! With a virtual tie, Standoff and WC Saga again win as Fan Project of the Year!

2007.001 (January 1, 2007)

Happy New Year!

Last year has come and gone, so it's time for fans to make another prediction about the year ahead. With all the fan project releases, breakthrough patches, new discoveries and even an official Wing Commander rerelease, 2006 was an incredible year. 2007 has the potential to be even better. What do you think?

Congratulations Contest Winners!

Now that 2006 is over, another annual CIC contest has come to an end. We've tabulated the votes and determined the winners for Web Site & Fan Project of the Year. The final tallies were even closer than usual, which means that a number of projects all contributed to the community in a big way. Although only a few can win, we appreciate all the people who were active over the past year and helped entertain thousands of Wing Commander fans with their creations.

2006.001 (January 1, 2006)

Thanks For Another Great Year

Once again the legions of dedicated Wing Commander fans have amazed us. Daily visits to the site increased 25% in 2005 over 2004, and site traffic has more than doubled in the last few years. We are very excited for 2006. There are great things in store for everyone in both the next few days and the coming months.

Announcing Winners Of The Year

The last year has gone by fast, and it's already time to announce the winners of our Seventh Annual Fan Project & Web Site of the Year Awards! Voting was conducted over the last four weeks at our Crius.net Forums. We asked people to consider how active each candidate has been over the last twelve months and think about the potential each has for contributing in 2006.

2005.001 (January 1, 2005)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! The last year has been great for us here, and hopefully 2005 is even better. We've seen many new faces and reported on a number of neat things. Visits to our front page jumped from 470,000 to 676,000 compared to 2003, and we served about 9 million pages compared to 6 the previous year.

Annual New Years Poll

It's sort of tradition to ask people what kind of year it will be for Wing Commander. With so many fan projects either finished recently or just weeks and months away from release, things are looking up. Our population is growing and we're eagerly awaiting the surprises in store for the new year. Todd Marshall won our Sidekick poll by a wide margin.

Congratulations Everyone

It's time to announce the winners of our annual Web Site and Fan Project of the Year Awards! Voting is always close, but the winners have been selected. Unfortunately we can't give everyone an award, but we should thank all the nominees for helping our community. And the winner of Wing Commander Web Site of the Year is..

2004.001 (January 1, 2004)

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone! Thank you for continuing to visit us during your holiday time. Another year has melted away and we've got a whole fresh new one ready to go. 2003 was a very happy time for us.

What Do You Think?

Our annual New Years poll is now up. Each January we ask you what sort of year you think it'll be for Wing Commander. Although the outlook has been somewhat more negative since work was halted on PC games, it has improved over the last several years as the community has come through and worked with each other to celebrate Wing Commander. The last poll took the winners from our previous Favorite Carrier polls and pitted them against eachother.

Hot Supercruiser Makes Its New Years Debut

Psych has sent through a nice New Year's gift, courtesy of the WC Saga team.. the model of a Gettysburg class cruiser - the famous TCS Austin. It's a great looking ship! For all intents and purposes this ship is the class for the famous TCS Austin.

2003.001 (January 1, 2003)

Happy New Year!

Happy 2003 everyone! Thanks for taking time out of your holiday to visit us. Kris and Hades are working on some housecleaning as I write this, so you should notice a few changes. This should improve our organization and navigation quite a bit.

Happy Halloween!

Better late than never. Here's a picture of a top Confederation pilot doing a little charity work in uniform.

New Poll/Old Poll

Kris is putting the finishing touches on our customary New Years poll. And here's the results of our latest outing. And Privateer has it with a bit over a quarter of the vote! WC1 came in second with WC4 in third.

2002.001 (January 1, 2002)

Happy New Year!

Well, it's a new year full of new hopes for all of us... even Wing Commander! So lets all raise a glass of Sukhar May'ya to hoping this is the year EA gets their heads back on straight. And, incidentally, I'm back!

The Right to Bear Armadas

EddieB (of Flight Commander fame) has posted something interesting over at the Chat Zone... in his spare time, he's begun creating an Armada/Civilization like Wing Commander project -- and now he's looking for someone to take over development. Here's his comments and some nifty screenshots: And here's the URL:http://flightcommander.solsector.

2001.001 (January 1, 2001)

Happy New Year!

Enjoy the new layout -- more information on it will be posted soon! Please report any bugs here.

Anything But WC

Here's an interesting quote from Chris Roberts, out of the February 2001 PC Gamer. The magazine also features an interview with former Origin president Neil Young. Thanks to Joe and Paula. When asked why the Microsoft move led to his leaving Digital Anvil, Roberts compared the experience to his time at EA.

Trivia 3 Week 10

Here are the Week 10 CIC/agwc Trivia questions! Last weeks scores can be found here! Good luck!Welcome to Game Three, Week Ten Trivia.

2000.001 (January 1, 2000)

Happy New Year!

We made it! No serious casualties, but you may notice the Chat Zone has a few oddities for the time being. We're working on addressing those. We also figured out what happens to the CIC when eBay is down.

New WC RPG Site Opens Tonight

Shaun Rashid wanted us to make sure everyone knows that the new Wing Commander RPG site at wcrpg.com will be updated at 11:59 pm EST tonight. There are always people from the RPG in #WCRPG on dalnet if you'd like to find out more (instructions for finding #WCRPG would be similar to those for getting into #Wingnut).

Eurogamer's Take on the Times

Eurogamer has a feature on the millennium, like all gaming sites it seems, called "Millennium for Gamers." They mention Elite as a critical game for the genre and say that Privateer owes it a debt here. Ultima Online is also credited here. They confirm that UO is Origin's most profitable game ever and provide one more in a long list of solid indications that the next Wing Commander game will be "online.

Corpulent Competition Causes Chaos

Our correspondent, Adrian Spam, gives you the lowdown. This year's Mr. Fatman competition has caused mayhem on the planet of Crius. A record number of competitors managed to eat their way through almost all of the planet's food supplies, leading to widespread famine.

1999.001 (January 1, 1999)

Aint It Cool Poll

AICN, the coolest non-Dan based movie news site bar none, is running a poll for people to choose the 'second most awaited movie of the year'! Wing Commander is third on the list, so go vote at their front page now! WC is currently tied for eigth place! Thanks to Stinger for reporting this...

New Movie Site

Now, I know it's not the Wing Commander Movie site you've all been waiting for, but the CIC has re-done our movie site to be more informative and easy to use -- because, lets face it, our old one wasn't too great. Check out the new site here.

Try Before You Buy

Baen has posted the prologue and four sample chapters to False Colors at their website. Maybe Wing Commander is finally going to get the attention they give their Honor-obsessed readers... anyway, check out the prologue, chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3 & chapter 4.

Happy New Year!

I'm sure you all saw this Update coming. Doesn't that date above look great? Well.. 1998 has been a very eventful year, but it's nothing compared to what 1999 will be.