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Reminder: #Wingnut Movie Night Tonight!
This is a reminder that we have another fun #Wingnut movie night planned on Discord this evening! The ongoing theme will be movies that are referenced by Wing Commander in some way. Tonight's film is ... After Action Report: Back to the Future
Everyone loves Back to the Future! And the Wing Commander movie club is largely a subset of everyone. I was personally not sure how I would feel after it was so over-exposed in mid-2010s geek culture.... GOG Winter Sale Discounts Wing Commander
GOG's annual Winter Sale is here! This time the savings work out to 59% off each of the Wing Commanders or $2.45 per package. That's the entire DOS/Windows franchise for under $20! Keep this in min... Your Favorite WC Ship: Now a 3D Print
Check out this awesome Seahawk model that LOAF recently got 3D printed. The CIC staff love things like this, but none of us have the hardware or technical knowledge to make these ourselves. Fortunat... Back That Achilles Up
One for the never noticed/can't unsee file: the destroyer that flies towards the screen in the Wing Commander Academy intro is traveling BACKWARDS!
Every other appearance has the conning to... Creative Combinations Come Together
Kitbashes have a rough reputation, but they can be pretty awesome when done well. CorpusCounter has created several examples of how to turn these Frankenstein creations into clever novelties. He's d... GOG Marks Down Wing Commander for Winter Sale
GOG.com has kicked off their big winter sale, so we've once again entered a prime window for discounted Wing Commander. At 75% off, the entire DOS and Windows lineup can be yours for under $12. We'v... Catch Up On 'All Wings Considered' Favorites
As you may have heard last week, the first season of All Wings Considered is now complete! In all, LOAF, Dundradal and the gang produced 34 action-packed episodes comprising more than 100 hours of Wi... 3D Print a Delightful Set of WC Medals
Wingnut V0g3l has an incredible holiday treat for fellow Wing Commander fans! Many have talked about this before, but to the best of our knowledge, he's the first to make a complete set of Wing Comma... Get Your Wing Commander Gaming History Fix
The GaminGHD YouTube channel does a good job of highlighting the importance of various games and series, and Wing Commander is one of their recent additions. There's probably not a lot of new info in... Project Aries Update Adds New Scoreboard
centaurianmudpig has released a new playable demo of his Wing Commander style shooter, Project Aries 3D 64. This update includes fixes for various issues that have been identified in playtesting to d... Wing Commander on SyFy UK This Wednesday
While there is now a myriad of digital delivery options available worldwide, it's always nice to see the Wing Commander movie show up on linear broadcast, especially in places where it did not get a p... Santa Clause Strikes The Border Worlds' Top Mechanic
A lot of people enjoyed the Pliers clip we posted earlier this week along with the Dragon hull salvage. This begged the question... what's he up to now? These days Richard Riehle is starring as Sant... Scooby Sharpens His Blade
ScoobyDoo has extended his lead as the most prolific modeler of Privateer 2 ships. His latest addition is the Blade, a fearsome Kindred ship. Its heavy weaponry and unique design made it a scary sig... Nomination Period Closing Soon
The year will soon be coming to an end, and our annual Fan Project & Web Site of the Year contests are about to kick off. Submit your nominations within the next few days to help pick who will be on ... Wing Commander Computer Gets Even More Upgrades
If you thought the Story of Karga the Hero was over when LOAF got all the classic PC Wing Commander games running on an old machine, you're in for a lengthy surprise! The adventure was just getting s... Bigger Batch of Screenshots Shows Off WC2 FS2
Here's some higher resolution shots of the Wing Commander 2 Campaign in work for Freespace 2. That's a pretty sharp looking Ferret in the first shot, and the second image shows off one of the Concord... Recalling the Bearcat's Feline Origins
Followers of our Wing Commander IV Storyboards feature noticed that the Bearcat makes frequent appearances as the game's new premiere Confed fighter. But before it was the fast and heavy Bearcat, it ... Outpost Group Shot
We've been following Cybot078's sketching out of various Kilrathi ship designs. Meanwhile, he has also been working on modeling Confederation starbases from both the main series and the spinoff titles... Midway Reaches Kilrah
The pilots of the Midway have broken through the blockade at Hrissith and broken through to Kilrah. Wingnuts are playing through to the second Kilrah mission this week and will conclude the playthr... EA Increases Layoff Numbers
Electronic Arts has announced that it is expanding its layoff plans and will be closing at least nine studio locations. One of the closures will be at EA Black Box in Canada. The studio will actuall... New Carrier Sneaks Online
NinjaLA is well known for his exciting Wing Commander sketches, but he's taking a crack at a rendering this time. The ship here is is an initial draft of the Kilrathi Hakaga carrier. It's based on t... The Art of Wing Commander Arena - Part Forty-Two
This is the first of three 'environment' concepts which seem to draw on the background imagery of the classic games. This one offers a ringed planet, a nebula and a supernova.
This is part ... In Their Courses
The Wing Commander Saga mod for FreeSpace 2 has published five new screenshots showing off their stars... literally! Tolwyn says: "In keeping with the tradition of Wing Commander, we have tried to mak... DVD Owners, Sound On!
A user with the appropriate nickname of Friendly Help has posted a useful tool to the forums: an updated Wing Commander IV DVD fix. If you're having trouble with gulikoza's fantastic patch, then give ... You Maniacs! You Blew It Up!
Eder has sent along the latest teaser for Wing Commander: Standoff... Earth as it looked under bombardment from a pair of Kilrathi cruisers! It's certainly a lot more realistic than same scene as styl... A Book Database Update? Let Me Czech
Are you a Wing Commander collector trying to track down the beautiful new Czech translations of the Wing Commander novels? Our book database has been updated to help you! You can find cover art alongs... WC Saga Starts Screenshot Bombardment
There have been a lot of new screenshots from the WC Saga team since we last covered the project little over a few days ago. Of course that's to be expected as the project nears completion and more fe... Neil Young Gets New Job
It has been a few years now since Neil Young worked at Origin as their General Manager. Of course we all know how Origin ended up, but he was supportive of the Wing Commander community when it was par... WingCommander.de Invites You To Play
Martin Schatz from WingCommander.de sent us a note about the continued success of their online Wing Commander role playing game. "Wing Commander Online Rollenspiel Deutschland" has been in operation ... Multimedia Technical Documents Compiled
Mike Melanson and Mario "HCl" Brito have compiled some very technical research into the codecs and file formats used in the later Wing Commander games. The Multimedia Research Institute Site has adde... Raylight Branching Out To GameCube Games
Raylight Studios, the makers of Prophecy Advance, are now official Nintendo GameCube developers.
After the good job made on the Game Boy Advance with Wings Advance, Wing Commander, Speedball II a... Two Minute Movie Trailer Divx'd
A few people have asked for us to reupload the original two minute international WC Movie trailer recently. We've done better! We've gone ahead and redigitized it off an international DVD and divx'd... LOAF In The Field
I've heard from LOAF and it sounds like he's having a great time down in Austin. Today's the day he'll be trying out Freelancer, but rumor has it that he's hunting down old Wing Commander stuff as we... WCPolaroids: Casey (22/24)
Casey tries to look normal. Don't worry, we're running out of Casey pictures now.
... Please Review Red Planet
Another reminder: anyone who possibly can, please review Red Planet here at Amazon. If enough reviews are posted, Mr. Telep will show us the outline to his unpublished Wing Commander novel, Pilgrim Tr... I've Always Loved UE
Today brings us three new screenshots from Unknown Enemy! You can also now download the shuttle, Salthi and Intrepid.
... An Interesting Box
Apparently the below is the unique box art for the Wing Commander SNES in Japan... anyone have any more information on this one?
... Ladder of Years
A GameCenter article tiled Top 10 Game Predictions for 2001 included this look back at last year's "winner", FreeLancer.Last year we were chomping at the bit to get our hands on this puppy--Chris Robe... PT Signing
Peter Telep will be signing copies of Red Planet at Waldenbooks in Orlando, Florida from 3:00 to 6:00 PM on December 23rd. Click here for more information.... Final Conflict Help
Rylex of the Wing Commander Final Conflict 3D movie sends this request...
I've got some little problems with the movie "Final Conflict". I've rendered the scenes again in MPEG1 (Radius Cinepak Co... Eighty-two Cards of a Full Deck
To reap further gain from our defunct CCG project, we've gone ahead and worked up a page that displays all 82 cards of the days that were made. You can find the page linked from the CCG section or cl... Trillionaire Blamed for Flood Deaths
An exclusive report by Elspeth Caldwell on KaratikusThe palace of interplanetary playboy Richass Creesus was besieged by an angry mob yesterday, following an accident at the site of Creesus' 'A sea of... Gamespot's Hot Hundred
As they like to do each time holidays come around, Gamespot have released their Holiday Top 100 list, and sure enough, Prophecy Gold features in the Space Sim category, coming fifth. Thanks to WCN for... Week Four
Final reminder, if you haven't yet played Week Four Trivia at the CIC, check out the questions and reply here.... Privateer Online?
Over at the Chat Board, fredm reports that the January issue of German magazine Gamestar has a short article about Privateer 3, which it reports will be completely online and feature ground missions a... SO Guide Redux
Since he travels at a velocity approaching the speed of light, Karl Frank has already finished an updated PDF version of the SOGuide! Grab your copy here... it's 1701k, which lends itself to lots of b... Ruminations
Heya everybody... sorry I haven't updated in a few days, I've been a bit sick (well, when you haven't played any WC in a few days, you're *really* sick)... anyway, I figured I'd let everybody who's in...
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