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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: It's a Wonderful Life
It's hard not to love It's a Wonderful Life, even if its specific vision of hope is increasingly specific to a 1940s America that we don't necessarily support today. As we noted, it's almost like a lo... New Wing Commander Album Enters Mixing Phase
Origin composer George Oldziey has one more update before the year comes to a close! His plans for next month remain on track to partner with expert audio engineer Bruce Botnick to mix the ... George Sanger Releases Groovy New Album
If you're still in a post-holiday brain daze, maybe you need a shot of funky electronic music to get the body moving again! (In the event that it's Covid, we recommend instead getting a prescription o... New Preview Teases End Run Video
Mac has a special gift for Wingnuts this week. It's a new preview of his upcoming End Run lore video. The clip is chock full of new cuts and scenes that will be used to highlight the epic battles fr... Keep the Good Times Flying
If you're like me and Christmas came and went like a blur, Juris Perkons has a little treat to keep that holiday feeling going a little while longer. He's created a space sim called Rogue Xmas 3D. T... Raptor Launches From the 'Claw... Er, Gladius From the Lexington
FekLeyrTarg has provided an update on the Armada-centric teaser project that he showed off at the 22nd Birthday. He's got the scene built where a Gladius launches from the Lexington's bay and is gett... Squadron 42 Visual Teaser Released for Christmas
It's been a while since the Cloud Imperium team has shown off new Squadron 42 material, so they've put together a striking teaser of the game's visual effects. The new graphics shown off here are int... Holiday Fun Continues with WC1: Christmas Edition
Rehsin, the WC1 modder who added Hobbes as your wingman, is back with a special treat! He's created a mini Christmas campaign in the Vega Sector. Simply unzip the package into WC1's gamedat folder t... Festive Apparel For Any Season
Former Origin senior artist Denis Loubet reached out on Christmas to share some very cool Wing Commander artifacts with his friends and followers. He's got quite an assortment of team shirts from dif... Defensive Turrets Bolster Station Defense In SOASE Mod
Kilrathi starbases in the Wing Commander mod for Sins of a Solar Empire now have some defensive upgrades in the form of an autonomous weapon turret. The new addition carries a number of twin laser mo... Secret Ops MUP Gets New Heavy Panther
DefianceIndustries has added another beautiful ship to his Secret Ops model upgrade pack. This time the new fighter is the Confed Panther, which plays a major part in the WCSO campaign. A lot of peo... Cain Family Update & Opportunity to Help
We'd like to share an update about longtime friend of the CIC Billy Joe Cain. Billy was the lead designer on both Wing Commander Prophecy and the long lost SNES port of Wing Commander 2, and he's bee... GOG WC4 Video Patch Updated
A few weeks ago we reported on a rare glitch in the GOG WC4 release where movie sequences have sound but no picture. HCl has been working with affected players to diagnose and solve this issue and a n... AD's HD Movie Trailer
AD has painstakingly recreated the 2 minute theatrical trailer for the Wing Commander feature film in HD. Using the title cards and audio from the digital version of the trailer and footage from the H... WC vs History: Action Stations! Pearl Harbor! McAuliffe! This Is No Drill!
This was an update I looked forward to researching and writing. Some real life events delayed it but what an event it was! The International Conference on World War 2 was an amazing time. The highligh... Prima Dons Its History Hat
Kotaku has posted an impressive Christmas card from Prima Games. It includes a fold-out poster showing the covers of the hundreds of game guides they've published over the last twenty years... which, ... Bringing Back the Battle Book
The Playstation version of Wing Commander 4 introduced just a tiny bit of new fiction. The 'New Officer's Handbook' mentions CONFED READYNET. Later, Wing Commander Arena picked up on this reference ... UO Wins Big Award
Ultima Online has been honored again. This time it was named one of the "Most Revolutionary Videogames of All Time" by Forbes Magazine. EA's The Sims is also included. Check out the full fe... An Ode to Admiral Tolwyn
Plywood Fiend has just completed another quirky Wing Commander tribute. This time it comes in the form of song lyrics to the tune of 'I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General'. Anyone up to r... Minor Flight Commander Patch Released
There's been a slight update to version 1.6 of Flight Commander. The 1.61 fix correct some issues with the charging mass driver as well as some quirky behavior involving friend-or-foe missiles wh... Still Time To Claim Party Prizes
Most people have a different type of present on their mind this week, but there's still some CIC Birthday Presents that have gone unclaimed. All of the party prizes that we have addresses for... The Art of Wing Commander Arena - Part Forty-Five
A painting this nice should be in a gallery. This is a Free For All map concept which was not used in the finished game. In this map players would fight around a massive black hole, which would suck t... Prophecy Movie Upgrade Reminder
If you haven't yet upgraded your copy of Wing Commander Prophecy to use the astonishing DVD quality movies, then now is a good time to start downloading. The month is almost out and we have a lot of e... American Knight Clip Discovered
While searching around various film credits for his Outlander site, AD has uncovered a basic dogfighting trailer for Chris Roberts' now-defunct American Knight movie. He's captured the low res aerial... Saga's Task Force Graces Your Display
Lars from the WC Saga team has released another pretty wallpaper image to keep people happy going into the new year. In this 1280x scene, a Recon In Force task group hangs in space over a water plane... Cyberion Has A Simple Message
Cyberion has helped turn this into a wallpaper day with a simple alternative to Wing Commander ships on your screen. It's not quite as fancy as some of his other scenes, but this straightforward imag... Saga Releases Final Destroyer Shots
Starman and the Saga Team have finalized the design for their WC3 era Kilrathi Destroyer.
This one is Starman's favorite ship, so head down to Crius where you can find additional des... Revival For German Wing Commander Hub
A little over a year ago the Wingcenter website went offline due to various technical issues. They've now made a comeback for the new year, with some notable changes. Their forum has been renamed to C... The Reckoning Alpha Released
The Freelancer Wing Commander mod The Reckoning has released a preview alpha build for you to try. A variety of Wing Commander ships have been incorporated into the game so far. Tolwyn has made the ... John Rhys-Davies Event Coming to Seattle
Lord of the Rings and Wing Commander 3/4 actor John Rhys-Davies will be making an appearance in Seattle next month to talk about his latest projects. He'll be downtown on January 17 at 8:00 pm. You ... Tell it to the British
Wolf reports that, according to the latest issue of Sky TV Magazine, Wing Commander will be shown on Sky MovieMax in January. The listing in the magazine claims it will be shown on the 31st, but Wolf ... UE Gives a Speech
Quarto sent us a note regarding Unknown Enemy's victory in the recent Fan Project of the Year contest...Since Pedro is absent for two weeks, it falls to me to thank everyone who has voted for Unknown ... Pliers Still Gets Around
Jack Hogan notes that Richard Riehle, who played Pliers in Wing Commander IV, will be a regular character on a new FOX mid-seaseon replacement show, Grounded for Life. The series premieres soon -- you... Paradise Lost
WC Revival posted this segment from a recent IRC interview with former EA producer Mark Day, regarding the planned fate of Blair, post Prophecy.Eagle-1: Mark... did Blair die in WCP... or did he live?... To Quell the Rumors
Boomer took the time out of his holiday vacation to post this long clarification letter on the so-called "Privateer Online" rumors. Remember "Privateer Online" has *not* been announced as a potential...
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