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Last Weekend for GOG Discounts
It may still not be fall yet anywhere, but GOG.com's long-running Autumn Sale is winding down. This is the final weekend. Rather than across-the-board flat savings for every title, there is some var... The State of the Monarchy in the 27th Century?
Does the British monarchy still exist in Wing Commander's 27th Century? It's not directly stated but it is implied by the "sir" in Admiral Tolwyn's formal title. As seen on office doors in Wing Comman... BWS Intrepid Recreated in Space Engineers
Sarekh dropped us a line to share an awesome creation he's been building in Space Engineers. He's carefully constructed a life size replica of the BWS Intrepid from Wing Commander 4. There are a han... WC Art Campaign Meets Funding Goal, Ending Soon!
Mike Winterbauer's campaign to create an alternate art portfolio for his classic game art covers comes to a close this week. We can confidently project its success since it currently stands at 7.5 ti... Catch Up On Wing Commander Music Albums
Dominus of Exult has been working on building out his Wing Commander musical album collection (check out that snazzy tape!), so he recently asked LOAF for a recap on what's out there. We've c... Prop ID: Hawk's Knife
We've seen Cobra's Explora and Seether's Dual Shadow… today, we conclude the trilogy with Hawk's knife. Lieutenant Colonel Jacob "Hawk" Manley seems to have picked up a new habit between Wing Commande... Taking The Wraps Off The PPG
Unboxing videos are still all the rage, and a proper video series that details the contents of a wide variety of Wing Commander products would be awesome. That's why we were excited to stumble across... George Oldziey Wraps Another Wing Commander Track
Details on how a second symphony recording session will be funded are still being worked out, but that hasn't stopped Origin composer George Oldziey from continuing to make progress on the orchestrati... WCDX Upgraded For Preliminary WC2 Testing
Stinger has announced the release of the first playable version of WCDX for Kilrathi Saga WC2. The initial iterations of the patch streamlined and fixed many elements of the DOS to Windows WC1 conver... Epic Online Sci-Fi Game Being Announced Tomorrow
Piranha Games is currently counting down to the announcement of their next project. The company is currently best known as the developer behind Mech Warrior Online. After some initial growing pains ... Hangar Prototype Available Online
Have you been anxiously awaiting a flight deck hangar of your very own? How about one where you can walk around the coolest ships fully rendered in 3D? The wait is over! Howard Day has put together... LOAF Massively Interviewed
Joystiq recently sat down to interview space sim extraordinaire Ben Lesnick and CIG writer David Haddock during a recent stop on their international PR tour. They met up at DragonCon in Atlanta to ta... Soldiers Needed to Combat Piracy in Gemini
The crew of the TCS Phoenix is looking for a few more pilots. Wing Commander From the Ashes is a forum-based role playing game that's been around for about four months. In that time they've put toge... BREAKING NEWS: Is a New Wing Commander Already In the Works?
Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts shocked fans everywhere three weeks ago during an interview with G4. In a quote now etched in Wing Commander message board signatures everywhere, he announced of W... BREAKING NEWS: More Wing Commander Academy Details
TVShowsonDVD has more details about the Wing Commander Academy DVD release that we announced last week! They report that the set will be distributed in the United States by First Look Studios/Millenni... BREAKING NEWS: GOG Releases Ultima IV, V, VI Package!
More Ultima! GOG has released a package of the Ultima series' middle trilogy--Ultima IV, V and VI for just $5.99! You can purchase a copy here. This is exciting news for Origin fans everywhere. Althou... Chris Roberts In and Around Ultima V
Ultima V is actually Chris Roberts' first credit at Origin Systems! His role in the project was largely support, but he was listed as one of the game's designer in the finished release. Following Orig... Changing the Face of Ultima
Christopher--and Times of Lore--would get the last laugh. When Richard Garriott redesigned the Ultima interface for Ultima VI, he based the streamlined user interface on the one used in Chris Roberts'... Sutek and Seggallion
It turns out a pair of Ultima V/VI characters are also TCS Tiger's Claw fighter pilots! If you boot up Wing Commander I's arcade TrainSim, you'll see a list of other players and their high scores. Two... A Match Made in Heaven
This isn't the first time Ultima VI and Wing Commander have lived together! As early as 1991, Origin had the idea to bundle the two titles together in a single value-priced release in the hopes of cro... Aren't You the Guy from Ultima?
Chris Roberts wasn't the only Wing Commander veteran to work on the second Ultima trilogy. In fact, we've run the numbers and nearly two thirds of the Wing Commander I team actually worked on Ultima I... Wing Commander Universe Squared
Chuckles is taking a closer look at the Wing Commander universe map for the WCPedia project. He's converted the Akwende Projection included with Wing Commander Prophecy and realigned it to create a d... XBox Live Price Increasing
Microsoft announced last week that the price of XBox Live will increase from $50 to $60 in the US as of November 1, 2010. A similar price increases will take place in Mexico, and single month subscri... Major Standoff Patch Released
Standoff patch 1.29 was released today, addressing the biggest issues that players have been experiencing. The team have tracked down the bug that was at the root of the stability problems introduced ... Making the Game: New Multiplayer
Here's an updated multiplayer interface -- far less attractive, but no less fascinating (and, of course, it includes definitive proof that Casey's callsign is Harold, as most had long suspected).
T... BRB, Changing My Site to Crunchgear
Crunchgear has posted an 'ASCII-Based Games Roundup' (really) which praises our very own Privateer: Ascii Sector:
Want to stay in space but craving a little deeper action? Fans of Privateer and g... Star*Soldier Gloss: Page 26
This is the Star*Soldier gloss for the second Maniac page:
CONCEPT: This excerpt was a late addition, an easy way to fill an extra page when it was decided that the manual would be printed. I act... Happy Birthday from Billy Cain
A few weeks ago we asked veteran Wing Commander Prophecy developers to say a few words in honor of the game's tenth anniversary. Now Lead Designer Billy Cain has answered the call. He's really gone al... Oh, Brother
The Austin-American Statesman has published an profile of the 'other' Garriott... no, not the astronaut: Robert Garriott, brother of Lord British. It's also an interesting history of Origin, since Rob... Everybody Loves Ray Nodes
Veteran Origin artist Trey Hermann has a treat for everyone: three sketches from his days working on Wing Commander! The first two are from Prophecy: a pair of missiles and a Ray Node cluster! The thi... It's, Like, You Know (Privateer)
DarkStar One is still making the online review rounds... and everyone is still comparing it to Privateer! Here's two more articles that mention our favorite trading game. The first review is from 1Up.... Another Lego Model Surfaces
Mainman spotted a partially finished Vampire made out of Legos:
Hey there, I noticed the LEGO longbow on your page and remembered that I had seen a Prophecy Vampire, built by one ApophisV, posted... Lord Of War Opens September 16
Forums member AD reports that Lord of War will be in US theatres next week. Lord of War is one of many movies this year that Chris Roberts is working on as a producer.
An arms dealer (Nic... Longbow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra
Starman has posted a composite image of the Wing Commander Saga - the F/A-76 Longbow-class bomber. The model was built and textured by Lynx, based on the original ship introduced in Wing Commander III... I Don't See Any Of Those Hornets We Flew At The Academy
Famed fan artist Maj. Striker is at it again (did he ever stop?) -- this time he has a fantastic 3D model of Wing Commander's F-44A Rapier II. Check out the shots below - he's certainly done the lady ... Wing Commander on Sci-Fi Tonight
Sorry for the super last minute heads-up, but Wildfire just noticed that the Wing Commander movie will be showing at 11 pm tonight in the US. Good luck trying to catch it if you read this in time.
... Renewed Interest in the CCG Online
A number of people at Crius, organized by XJ from Casper Station, have come up with a new solution for making the original Wing Commander Customizable Card Game playable online. Rather than create an... A Closer Look at the X: BTF Sequel
Tye was poking around gaming sites the other day and came across more information on the sequel to X: Beyond the Frontier. The original was a somewhat average space sim in its day, and I hadn't given... Going Like The Energizer Bunny
On second thought, when was the last time anyone heard from the Energizer Bunny? Anyhow, I meant to mention this last week when we hit a hundred, but now is just as good a time as any. With the laun... No Balls About It
Well, Wing Commander is back on USA... but this time it's the movie and not the cartoon. Since Sci-Fi and USA are part of the same company, this will probably be the balls-less version. Times as follo... Twisty Art
Comco has sent in some more wonderful fan art, using the same mesh that Cameron Wu created for his piece several days ago. Checkitout...
... The Latest in Modern Art
Around the halls of Renton High you can now find several of these trendy new CIC garbage cans. The front says "www.wcnews.com, loaf, ace, chris, had, hades, tre and byyydo." The back says "Talking St... LOAFdate - And Pilgrim Stars Again
The latest news from Maryland is that LOAF had to undergo another unexpected surgery this past weekend in regards to his eye. Fortunately it wasn't as serious as his previous problem about three week... Wing Commander Incursion Video Released
Korax let us know that Wing Commander Incursion, his fan-made animated movie, now has a website where you can get the latest information on the project. The latest update is in regards to a new video... Amazon UK Shipping Pilgrim Stars
Yet another sign that everyone will be getting PS soon, Amazon.co.uk is now shipping their copies. Below is Kris' shipping notice.We thought you would like to know that the following items have been ... Fun For The Whole Family
alt.games.wing-commander poster Kelvin Lim wrote a program to help those who have been trying to use multiple callsigns in Secret Ops. You can download it from the CIC here.Even if using two copies o... Checking Out The New Fiction
Netscape users visiting the Secret Ops site may still be experiencing some difficulties viewing the fiction. Fortunately things are looking better under Internet Explorer now. Please be patient whil...
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