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Avoid the 'Roids
Check out this gorgeous render created by Alan Baker. It depicts two Hornet fighters tangling with a pair of Dralthi in an asteroid field. One of the Kilrathi fighters is deftly maneuvered right int... X-Wing and Wing Commander Top the Early 1994 Sales Charts
Here's a great little time capsule from the fantastic X-Wing Game Series account. It shows a snapshot of the best selling PC games in early 1994. Due to print lead times, this would basically have d... Ultima VI Intro Provides Glimpse at TV Feature Proposed for WC2
Wing Commander II had a plan to include a TV you would watch between missions to get broader story updates. The design called for it to be the same dimensions as the Ultima VI intro TV so they could s... New Flight Commander 2 Demo Released!
eddieb is reporting in with a new update on Flight Commander 2, the sequel to his modable WC-style space flight engine. The latest version has a new AI implemented to do simple combat maneuvers, and ... Annual Call For Award Nominations
Woah, it's December, and that means 2020 is quickly coming to an end. And while this year has been objectively dreadful is so many ways, dedicated Wingnuts have continued to create great things. It'... All Wings Considered - Episode 33 - LIVE!
The latest episode of ALL WINGS CONSIDERED is live now! All Wings Considered is the CIC's first ever streaming variety show which features news, conversation and gameplay relating to our favorite seri... Testing WC1 on Classic Hardware with SetMul
PhilsComputerLab has a new video on a program that slows down older machines. As early as 66 MHz started to come on the market, fans had to use programs like moslo to get the original Wing Commander ... Nephilim Added To Star Trek Armada 2 Mod
The Wing Commander mod for Star Trek Armada 2 has added a major new faction to the game. A full lineup of Nephilim capships and fighters have filled out the ranks and is set to invade the spacelanes.... MechWarrior 5 Announced!
The MechWarrior series will be getting a new single-player sequel! MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries was just announced at Mech Con 2016. It will be made by Piranha Games, the studio behind the MechWarrior... Secret Missions Livestream Broadcasting Now!
You knew the battle wasn't over after the Venice Starpost was destroyed! The Goddard Colony is under attack, and the Tiger's Claw is racing to investigate. Wing Commander: The Secret Missions shippe... Orion Launch Successful!
Today was another very successful launch to cap off an exciting year in space exploration. In case you missed these images in your internet travels, here's another chance to see what went down (after... On The Straith & Narrow
ScoobyDoo's latest wallpaper is a majestic spacescape featuring Privateer 2's starter ship, the Straith. The high resolution image below features three of the little flyers rolling past a planet. Ea... Getting Caught Up With GameStar
Thra`Khrom has another batch of scans from GameStar magazine. The first article is a very lengthy flashback piece that's dedicated to The Heart of the Tiger. It's amazing how well the game still hold... Have Some Wine With Your Wing Commander
Here's some additional information on the Wineskin technique of making Windows games playable in the MacOS. If you missed the original news post during the Birthday celebrations in August, this is th... Art's Art Plays a P3 Part
Art Wong is a digital artist that worked on several Origin games. Mr. Wong worked on Ultima 9: Ascension and Wing Commander Prophecy among others. He also created designs for some of Origin'... Wing Commander IV Storyboards - Scene 247
Scene 247 has Blair chewing out Maniac after being forced to rescue Catscratch. It happened (or didn't, depending on your in-game choices.)
These storyboard images were recovered from a backup CD c... Blair, Tolwyn Rock Out
Forums member Mace points out that Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell are both voicing multiple characters on the Metalocalypse animated TV show. Metalocalypse, a dark comedy show about American/Scandin... XBLA Delisting Delisted
Last summer, Microsoft caused quite a stir by suggesting that 'underperforming' Xbox Live Arcade titles might be removed from the service - which could potentially include Wing Commander Arena. As we ... Making the Games: Mollerhaug System
The third and final system is Mollerhaug, which also looks to be the most active of the group. If we can take only one thing away from this map, though, it is this and simply this: on the list of reso... The Lonesome Death of FreeLancer 2
Pistol reports that a neat site called Such Things That Never Was has run an article about the long-cancelled FreeLancer 2 project. Development on FL2 went on for quite a while, and included several W... The Art of Wing Commander Arena - Part Thirty-Five
This was one of the earliest menu mock ups made for the game - it's very different from the finished product! Note the single player mission option and the fact that both the fighter and the space sta... Big Battles Await In Homeworld Mod
Fans have been playing the WC4 Homeworld 2 mod preview release quite a bit over the last week, and a whole bunch of new exciting screenshots have surfaced as a result. LeHah and Wildweasel snapped th... Enterprise-D(rama)
Attention Trekkers: Pocket Books has recently published a detailed reference guide to Star Trek books. It's called Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion (by Jeff Ayers) and features ... Standoff Stands Up
Eder has updated the Standoff website with a progress report and a whole host of exciting new screenshots! Their news update goes into more specifics than I could, but suffice it to say Episode 3 is c... The World Says Goodbye to Digital Anvil
Digital Anvil's closure is a case study in the standard internet formula for gaming news. The secret equation is as follows: reworded press release + funny title = gold! We have here exactly what ven... Holding The Line Chapter 195
Busy times for us here at the CIC. what with putting up Christmas decorations and the like. Fortunately Raptor isn't too busy to send in a new HTL chapter.
Hey all, Raptor here
HTL continues wit... Electronic Arts Responds To Labor Rumors
The SPOnG gaming news site has posted a memo from EA's human resources vice president that was recently sent to employees. There have been several articles written over the last month or two that hav... Another Look at Ultima X Odyssey
We haven't really taken a good look at Origin's Ultima X Odyssey since it was announced this past summer, and there have been some various developments since then. I'll frontload this update with pic... Wing Commander on Sci Fi Channel Saturday
As we reported last month, the Wing Commander movie will be showing on the Sci Fi channel on Saturday. It begins at 12:30 pm Eastern US time. That's shortly after noon. Or you could buy it from Wal... Entertainment Weekly Article
CIC ChatZoner Wulf spotted an article about WC in the current issue of Entertainment Weekly. It also features an interview with Chris Roberts. Here's a quick quote:
The sci-fi Wing Commander seri... Holding The Line Chapter 146
Be afraid.. be very afraid. No, not of Raptor, the story.
Hey all, Raptor here.
HTL continues with a spooky little tale called "Harvest", featuring a Border
Worlds pilots you might recognise,... WCPolaroids: Casey (16/24)
According to the writing, this is a photo of Casey after he has taken off his belt and boots. Perhaps in preparation for a cut X-rated scene?
... Time To Vote
The nominations are in and here are the five top nominated sites and projects. Time for the final voting. Send your votes to us. We'll close the voting on the 19th December 2001 and announcer the winn... B5 Commander News
Speaking of Babylon 5 Commander, the page has been updated with the latest news on the mod.We are working on the ship scales and getting the capships into actual WCP/SO capship style. This will allo... Odd Link Of The Day
In part two of TC's weird link quest, we have an interesting post from Slashdot from a former Origin employee dated 4th December 2001. Actually I don't have the actual link so I'll quote the post.Re:E... Sweet Release
Lancers Reactor was the first to receive this press release, regarding the situation at Digital Anvil...MICROSOFT TO ACQUIRE DIGITAL ANVILAddition of Austin-Based Development Studio Continues Microsof... Telep Article
Peter Telep's official site posted a scanned article about the Wing Commander author from the Orlando Sentinel. It provides both a nice overview of Telep's career, as well as an insight into his tough... Do That Online Thing
Westwood has started accepting applications for beta testers for their upcoming Sci-Fi MMP game -- rumored to be the game EA killed Privateer Online over. Fill out the form here.... Long Live...
Sloth asks that we mention his Confed Clan, a Wing Commander themed Star Trek: Armada group -- which is presumably looking forward to the release of the Invasion mod.... Realm of the Privateer Up For Grabs
SX Glory posted over at alt.games.wing-commander that he'll be unable to continue the Realm of the Privateer website much more into the future. Over the past year ROTP has been one of our top ten ref... Free DVD Shipping Offer Continues
This time DVD Box Office says it's the holiday season that's extending their free shipping offer. Nevertheless, they remain as one of the cheapest sources for the Wing Commander DVD... A Chance to Coin it in!
A report by Col Digger, editor of Entrepreneur magazine. A big hello to all my entrepreneurial acquantances out there. Top tip for this month involves the Hephaestus Planetary Mint. My contacts report... Transcribe THIS!
The uber-cool Official Unofficial Freddie Prinze Jr. site had this nifty story, extracted from a log of a recent chat with the Wing Commander actor... (and no, I don't know what's with the 'THIS' thin... Vote THIS!
Head over to PCFan to vote for the PCFan Reader's Awards! Prophecy has been nominated for Best Shooter, and Secret Ops is up for best expansion. (Thanks to WCN)... Accelerate THIS!
TC sends us a copy of this review of Secret Ops, which comes from the December issue of PCXL -- which has like the coolest companion site...Just when you thought all those pesky space bugs were dead a... Reminder
This is your last chance to participate in Trivia. Get your answers in before Sunday to be counted for Week 2. Also, if you have question or question theme suggestions, send them here.... 250,000!
Last night at around 11PM EST, the CIC reached a quarter million hits. It has now been just over four months since the original CIC splash screen went up, and the CIC staff would like to take this opp...
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