In his most recent magazine archive search, Maxi de Sokar found a cool Spanish advertisement for Wing Commander 2. It comes from Issue 52, September 1992, of Micromania. It's interesting to seeing familiar promotional text such as this officially translated into other languages. You might recall that Issue 53 had a full blown review of the game. The background scene is based on the WC2 box art, and new CD-ROM editions of Wing Commander and The Secret Missions also get a plug.
The Empire of Kilrah is back!
Humanity still needs a hero, now more than ever, and you are still the best pilot in the galaxy. You have one opportunity to demonstrate what it takes, one more chance to avoid the fall of Earth under the huge might of the Kilrathi Empire.
The Canadian arms of Electronic Arts gave all of its employees the day off today to celebrate the Leap Day. The morale boosting event was meant to give personnel a creative break. Wing Commander Arena, developed by Gaia in New York, was lead from EA Canada near Vancouver.
Today will be a paid holiday for all Canadian employees of Electronic Arts Inc. That includes about 2,000 video game makers in Burnaby, B.C., Vancouver and Montreal. A senior executive said the company wants to inspire employees to take more time for themselves.
"Have fun, hang out with family, hang out with friends, because we don't do it enough and it seemed like a great day to do it," said Rory Armes, vice-president of Electronic Arts Canada.
Armes said company employees were delighted to get a paid day away from the pressures of making leading-edge video games. The next leap year isn't until 2012, but the company is trying to come with a reason to give its employees another day off in 2009.
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