2009.101 (April 11, 2009)

XBLA Titles For Sale At Amazon

Amazon.com has reached a partnership with Microsoft to sell XBox Live Arcade games directly through its website (for play on the XBox 360). Wing Commander Arena is not yet available, but Electronic Arts' Boom Boom Rocket and Hasbro game night titles are. After purchasing a product, Amazon.com gives the user a code that they input to the XBox 360 to download their item. Points and subscriptions are also available at Amazon in addition to the XBox.com website. When Arena was released, many fans asked for a way to buy the game before they purchased the system. That's not currently an option, but this is a big step in that direction.

Making the Game: Mission S1

Did I say 'final' mission layout yesterday? I meant final plot mission layout -- there are still plenty of Simulator updates to go (interestingly, more than were in the finished TrainSim)! The simulator missions we will be looking at seem to be from an earlier game plan -- there are 18 of them and they go into a lot more detail than those in the finished project. Today: rookie flight maneuvers...

These updates are thanks to John "Captain Johnny" Guentzel, who provided several CD image archives of material used by the Wing Commander Prophecy development team!