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Star Citizen Cards Finally Arrive
Roberts Space Industries has been steadily shipping out Star Citizen cards to people who pledged in last year's crowd funding campaign. A handful of Wingnuts have gotten theirs inscribed with Wing Co... Armada - A Game Too Far?
That's what the people over at PC Format seemed to think in their September 1994 review of Wing Commander Armada. They enjoyed the game's detailed graphics, but found the gameplay and strategy level u... Metallic Models Manifest Familiar Favorites
Scooby Doo is back with an assortment of new Wing Commander-inspired models and kitbashes. Some of them are more recognizable than others, including the first ship: a pretty classic Southampton destr... New Dev Diary for Hostile Frontier
Kevin Caccamo has posted another update on his mod to WC Saga, Hostile Frontier. Space is a lot prettier now thanks to some new background nebulas, and a couple of cool capships have also entered the... Digital Downloads Trending Up
The NPD market research company has announced that their latest data shows digital download sales of PC games have nearly reached the number of boxed retail sales in the US. Their surveys list 21.3... Saga Conceptualizes Kilrathi Cruiser
The WC Saga has taken another Origin concept sketch and modeled it for their game. This ship is a Kilrathi cruiser that they have dubbed the 'Fralath'. Check out the Saga site for more images.
... Blizzard Hits Austin GDC
Want to hear a real Origin veteran speak? Former Wing Commander developer and current WarCraft superhero J. Allen Brack will be headlining the Austin Game Developer's Conference's keynote speech this ... Report For Duty On The Victory
After a one week recess, the community replay crew is ready to take on Wing Commander 3. If you were unable to catch up to everyone else as they played through the first two games, then now would be a... Making the Game - Part 78
Nitpickers rejoice! This document has everything you ever needed to know about the Nephilim fighters... and it's remarkable how much data exists! Why did the team develop lengths, masses and other 'fi... We Love a Parade
Sgt_thompson has come across a YouTube from last year's Dragon*Con Parade. At the vanguard are... us! To prove that we really do exist, you can see the CIC crew walk by a camera... followed by some Kn... It's the Physics, Stupid
Kotaku has posted a review of the Ageia PhysX physics card. Why is this Wing Commander news? Because the writer likens it to purchasing a sound card to hear Wing Commander Privateer talk:
I still r... WC4 Homeworld Mod Gameplay Video Released
BrynS has compiled a neat gameplay video of a simulated mission in the WC4 Homeworld 2 mod. It details a thirteen minute skirmish between Confederation forces and and their unfortunate targets. Mass... DarkStar One More Time
Danish gaming site BoomTown has posted another review of DarkStar One... and, as is to be expected, the games toughest competition comes from the inevitable comparison to Privateer:
Certainly the X... Saga Breaks Its Silence
The WC Saga has released a couple shots of its newest Light Carrier. Ships like the TCS Victory are expected to play an important role in the WC3 era Freespace 2 mod.
Sorry for the recen... EA Defends The Sims' T Rating
GameSpot is reporting that anti-game activists have seized their momentum and are now attacking the best selling PC game of all time, The Sims. Having forced the ESRB to upgrade its ratings of GTA Sa... Announcing Wing Commander: A Shattered Galaxy
A week ago we reported that Starshatter has been released. The guys at riha-games.com are already working on a Wing Commander mod. A number of fighters, capital ships and starbases have been imported... CIC Headlines Available For Syndication
Have you ever wanted to put the CIC headlines on your own website or weblog? Now you can. An RSS 2.0 formatted file is available for syndication here. You can also add us to your favorite news aggrega... GameBytes #19 Covers Armada, Righteous Fire & Audio Volume 1
Benjamin Dunham dug up an old Game Bytes that we previously never gave proper attention to. Game Bytes was an old electronics e-zine from the mid 1990's. Previously Issue #21 included a first look o... New Prophecy Advertising Pops Up
Recently a few people have asked me where all the marketing is for Prophecy Advance. Aside from prominently displayed articles at IGN and GameSpot, there haven't been many eye-catching advertisements... Trivia Reminder
Please remember to have your Week 38 Trivia answers to Chris Reid by midnight tonight! New trivia goes up on Monday.... WCA Mirror, Episode 9
It's Wing Commander Academy time again (already?!) -- you can get Episode 9 - Walking Wounded here. It's a 70 meg DivX;-) file. Thanks to Tye for admirably performing hosting duty.... Very Pretty, Eder, But Can They Fight?
On second thoughts, it's pretty obvious that they can... they're the newly rendered 3D Hornets from Eder's project, Wing Commander: Standoff! Check 'em... ... A Day in the LOAF
Still dead...... Potential Stalkers Rejoice
Pauline Montgomerie, who runs Freddie Prinze Jr. and Saffron Burrows fan sites, has managed to track down the address of the latter's agency. You can send fanmail to:Saffron Burrowsc/o Creative Artist... And It's Not Even An Official Guide
Klaus Rapp kindly sent in a few scans and the details of that German WC4 guide we reported on last week. The guide has the following chapters:Characters Your home (Lexington and Intrepid)All ships and... DVD in Switzerland
Flavio reports that Wing Commander DVD is currently for sale in movie shops in Switzerland.... More British Confusion
Nic Mazzei reports that the British Film Board now has 'no plans to release Wing Commander in the UK'. Will we ever understand England?... Soundtrack Review
AD reports that the issue of Film Score Monthly will have a review of the Wing Commander soundtrack. If anybody's seen it, let me know...... Random Events
I'd just like to thank Zohrath of Starlancer/Freelancer HQ for asking the guys at Warthog a Privateer 2 question for me during an interview about Starlancer... For those interested, I learned that the...
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