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Intel Poster Preservation
Here's a short but fascinating followup to our article on the partnership between Origin and Intel: st3lt3k added that an Internet Archive contributor named Star Raider has uploaded beautiful scans of... SNES WC1 Review Unearthed from N-Force
AD found this nifty review way back in the February 1993 issue of N-Force magazine. It's more than thirty years old, and everything from color choices to the hair style of the reviewer confirms its a... Google Play Store Finally Adds Freedom Flight Ebook
We've got good news for completionists today! From early 2016 through mid 2018, the full lineup of Baen Wing Commander novels was released in digital form. And nowadays you take it for granted that... Tangy Gets the Last Word
I'm not a Wordle player, so I can't claim to understand what's going on here, but LOAF has this historical WC nugget to share with Wordist Wingnuts everywhere. Yesterday's word was 'Tangy', which is ... Frank Savage Talks Strike Commander, Wing Commander 3 and More
Fabien Sanglard has posted a great podcast interview with former Origin programmer Frank Savage. The main purpose of the conversation was to learn more about Strike Commander, but there's als... Cargo Haul: Australian Kilrathi Saga Edition
After many years of admiring from afar, I finally added a copy of the Australian Wing Commander Kilrathi Saga to my collection. It's essentially the same game as the North American edition, but there... Academy Script: Walking Wounded
As promised, a second Wing Commander Academy episode is now available! Today's script covers episode nine, "Walking Wounded." The episode starts with a cut scene that was intended to better establish ... Vega Super Star Back In Action
DefianceIndustries is back from a well deserved holiday break with a slick new wallpaper image. It features a cool new Rapier model first teased last October. This is the variant featured in Super W... Flat Universe Recruiting Pilots For Multiplayer Test
There's great news for fans who are eagerly awaiting the next big upgrade to Wing Commander ... Top 10 Countdown Laments Wing Commander's Absence
Forum members Afrim and Delance wrote in to report that a WatchMojo video features a nice Wing Commander mention. WatchMojo is a YouTube entertainment channel that produces "top ten" videos on a daily... Throwback Thursday: The Rebel Assault Movie
Wingnuts do tons of great things each year, but whatever happens to the fan projects that don't quite make it to release? A number have gone by the wayside over the years, and the CIC archives go all... Russian WC4 Translation In Development
ginger_tigra has kicked off an ambitious effort to translate Wing Commander 4 into Russian. It adds subtitles to cutscenes and revised interface text to the DVD version of WC4. The CD version can be... WC Mod Adds Turret Gunner Position
There's a new batch of screenshots for the Last Line of Defense mod. Deathsnake has posted a picture that shows off the ability to play from the capship turret perspective, which is a fairly novel fe... Wing Commander Armada Taken to the Tabletop
capi3101's latest role-playing project is an exciting "pen and paper" translation of Wing Commander Armada! The setup is fun and easy: players can use any Wing Commander sector for their batt... Last Week to Vote
The voting period is starting to wind down, but it's not too late to make a difference! This is the last week to vote for nominees of the CIC's annual Fan Project & Web Site of the Year awards, and r... Frontier Story Moving Forward
Last month lew82 asked if he should continue making new chapters in the Frontier - Prelude to Darkness series or devote time to the high definition/quality remake. The response was overwhelming tilte... Last Chance to Vote
Winners in our annual contests will be announced in the next day or so, so now's your last chance to vote! If you were undecided before, head over to the voting page and make up your mind. There are... Conceptual Firekkan Ship Becomes Paper Model
RapierDragon's latest paper spacecraft is a design inspired by Firekkan Valtar built for Wing Commander Collateral Damage. He's put quite a few hours into the model so far, and it's quickly taken sha... Visit Your Aunt Ella
The pilots of the Cerberus have gotten away from the enemy forces in Courage, and they now find themselves under attack in the Ella System. This second week of the Secret Ops Community Replay brings a... Checking Up On Invasion: Day 3
These shots of Wing Commander Invasion each highlight a major capital ship that should look familair from earlier in the week. Each image is posed in the Star Wars Empire at War engine. A Confederat... Das Erwachen Stille Printing Soon
Deacan has firmed up the details for a printing of his second German Privateer 2-themed fan novel, Das Erwachen Stille. The book price is approximately 16 Euros, which is the break-even point... Point of Origin: Vol. IV, No. 53
The promised 1994 'Valentines Day' issue of Point of Origin doesn't have much romance... but it does profile one past and one future Wing Commander developer. All in all, though, 1994 seems pretty qui... Ascii Sector Gameplay Videos Released
Last week we reported on a 16-color, text-based version of Privateer, Ascii Sector. Now Chris Knudsen has recorded a few gameplay movies for us. These were made by pointing a video camera at the compu... Space Sim First Look: Tomorrow War: Factor K
akula65 noticed that 1C and Crioland have announced a sequel to Tomorrow War called Factor K. The story picks up shortly after the original left off and follows the popular science fiction novel seri... Get Inside Pioneer's Camel
Howard Day has released pictures of the inside of WC Pioneer's Camel fighter. The ship is a fancy craft suited for upscale pilots who like to carry out their business in style. It has a luxurious co... Pioneer Adds Style To Loading
Howard Day has been continuing work on some load screens for the WC Pioneer project. In addition to the original four, he has now added another screen to the collection, and also a modified version of... SFX Gets Early Movie Preview
Last month we brought you an article from the August 1999 (#54) issue of SFX, which was about a visit to the set of the WC movie. Now we have scans from the August 1998 (#41) issue which contained an ... Holding The Line Chapter 198
Raptor has sent through the first HTL chapter of 2005, and it sounds unsuitable for children. I'll let Raptor explain.
Hey all, Raptor here
I believe you should always start a new year the way y... New Wing Commander Fan RPG Pops Up
Antman has opened a new RPG for Wing Commander fans to participate in. They have focused on three reference points to focus on: the Panama Wargames, the Gemini Conflict and K'Tithrak Mang. They have... New Space Plan Officially Announced
As we mentioned last week, yesterday President Bush outlined a new set of objectives in space. Not content with orbiters and rovers, the new plan outlines a replacement for the space shuttle and the ... Filler Finds Filler
Filler stumbled across what may be the "earliest Luke Skywalker sighting." Four years before Star Wars and twenty-one years before Mark Hamill took up the mantle of Colonel Christopher Blair, he was ... Amazon Adds Prophecy Advance to Catalog
US residents can pre-order Prophecy Advance from Amazon for $29.99. They list a February 20 release date, while many other stores have decided on late January. Only time will tell, as Destination stil... Upcoming CGI Film Seeks Voice Actors
CamW asked if we could pass this around:
Raiders - The upcoming CGI film based in the Wing Commander Universe,
now has a new home!
It's now located at: http://www.theartofwu.ca/...
Be on the... WCPolaroids: Patricia Drake (5/7)
A track had to be put in so an ageing Blair could be pushed around the Midway in a cart.
... Ralgha is a Good Turtle
Here's something you don't see every day: the box for the FM Towns edition of Wing Commander, complete with amazing new art! Interesting that the Japanese use actual WC ship designs, whereas the novel... Russians Achieve Victory!... Streak
Black Joker of Wing Commander in Russia has put online a web based copy of Victory Streak (the WC3 manual), to serve the same purpose as TC's interactive Claw Marks. You can check it out here.... Trivia 3 Week 12
Time for Week 12 of CIC/agwc trivia. You can find the new questions below, andall previous scores here! Best of luck...Welcome to Game Three, Week Twelve Trivia. We play each week. Every Monday two ma... UE Up Against The Wall
Unknown Enemy has posted a fantastic new wallpaper, done by noted Wing Commander 3D artist Rylex. The UE site also reports that Locke is now working on mission 7a/b and that PopsiclePete is working on... All Nice And Pretty
Richard Bowden dropped us a note to say that he has completely redesigned Peter Telep's Wing Commander site. It is now even easier to navigate!... ETA: Two days
It's not long now until the WC Movie is available to rent in the UK, so now reviews are starting to appear. Here's one from today's copy of The Sun newspaper:
WING COMMANDER (PG):
The hit comput... Oh, What A Performance!
Says Lucy Stultus. Mums! Are your offspring driving you beyond the levels of socially-permitted abnormal behaviour with their petulance and whining? Don't you just wish that there was a wholesome and ... The Clock Is Ticking
There is less than one day left to play Week Eight of CIC Trivia. The new Service Ribbons (the first one for 100 Points) will be awarded this week. Get your answers in before Sunday (1/17) to be eli...
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