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Salutes!
Vagabond says that we have better things to do than practice our salutes... but we don't have better things to do than collect salutes! We went through the games to pick out as many salutes as we coul... GOG Spring Sale Discounts Wing Commander Series by 71%
GOG.com is starting to rollout their annual Spring Sale, and Wing Commander has gotten a nice price cut across the board. In order to keep things interesting, rather than a straight 75% off each titl... Gemini Sector Frontier Expands With Discovery of Test Bed System
If you've been following LOAF's Wing Commander Privateer exploration lately, you've read about how the game's code refers to a Test Bed System that the Origin developers used while making the game. I... Rapier: What Came Between?
We've recently seen Klavs model a couple of early (WC1&2) era Rapiers, but there are a handful of intermediate designs implied in between those. Based on popular designs cues from some of his... See How WC2 Concept Cockpits Stack Up
I went back and compared those Wing Commander 2 WIP cockpits we recovered with the final assets. Check out these Broadsword turrets which lose, among other things, the hand graphics!
... Play Wing Commander All Day
BastichB 64K is kicking off a new series, called DOS Days, and he's chosen Wing Commander to inaugurate the first episode. This review is nice because it seeks to set the stage for what 1990 was like... Cockpit Renders Tease WC4 Remaster
Among many other Wing Commander endeavors, Pedro is still grinding away in the background on his WC4 Fan Remake project. He reports that there might be some exciting breakthroughs regarding cockpits ... New WC Toolbox Expands WC2 Campaign Support
The WC Toolbox has gotten smarter with another new update. Version 4.2.0 beta 1 expands the program's understanding of Wing Commander 2's campaign and gameflow type data files. While digging deep in... Laser Gun for Hire
Yesterday, we reported that Wing Commander SNES cover artist Mike Winterbauer has re-launched his Kickstarter project to create a printed art book of his work. The project is going great, already near... Fan Runs WC3 On Pandora Handheld
ekianjo has posted a neat video of the Open Pandora gaming console/mini computer running Wing Commander 3. The device begins with DOSBox and the game plays quite smoothly despite the overhead CPU pow... Seether Bombs Innocent Installation
Here's a funny/horrible story involving Robert Rusler, Seether from Wing Commander 4. Costar Robert Downey Jr. reports that the pair made a giant mess in a poor girl's trailer on the set of Weird Sc... Music Album Hits Kickstarter Goal!
It's a great day for Wingnuts out there! George Oldziey's campaign to create a live reorchestration of the music from WC3, WC4 & Prophecy has met its minimum funding goal. This means that George can... Radio Rollins Appearing at California Convention
LeHah noticed that Courtney "Radio Rollins" Gaines will be appearing at Monsterpalooza in Burbank on March 28-30. In addition to playing the comm officer in Wing Commander 3, he's had numerous roles ... Space Sim First Look: Rogue System
Rogue System is an upcoming space sim from Texas based developer DCI. The game tries to blend in defining elements from major franchises like Elite and Wing Commander, while targeting hardcore combat... Audience Award for Matthew Lillard
TheWrap reports that Wing Commander star Matthew Lillard has won an audience award at this year's SXSW for his directorial debut. Fat Kid Rules The World won in the category "narrative spotlight". Wat... Academy Actress Ascending
Many of us are familiar with the talent that voiced Blair, Maniac, and Tolwyn in the animated TV series Wing Commander Academy since they were the same actors that portrayed the Characters in the live... Radio Contact Re-Established
It's been more than ten years since we launched our very first InfoBurst -- an interview with CIC founders Christopher Reid and Ben Lesnick. Originally a RealAudio show, the CIC InfoBurst later return... EA Expands On XBLA
Electronic Arts has significantly bolstered their XBox Live Marketplace presence with the recent release of NHL 3 on 3 and EA Hasbro Family Game Night. The latter is a new 'channel' that incl... Making the Game: Mission E5
Cut mission! E5 was a 'dead end' mission in the style of Proxima/Sol from the Wing Commander III. Some nice dialogue from Maniac and Stiletto -- did that make it into the game somewhere? (At the risk ... Final Details Applied To Pioneer Bengal
Howard Day has finished the final texture map for his Bengal class carrier, and it's come in at a trim 2048x2048 resolution. That's just a quarter of what his initial projections were for all the det... Fan Fiction Leaves You Hanging
Forums member Plywood Fiend has published the first chapter of the second book in his "Front Lines" series. The first book was posted in full to the Forums over the course of two years. You can find a... Ascii Sector Comes To Life
Chris Knudsen has made progress with Privateer Ascii Sector, and he's released a new video to show everything off in motion. The 6 meg wmv file reveals the game's new artificial intelligence with an ... Blast Into EA's Past
Gamasutra has put together a thorough article on the history of Electronic Arts. It begins with the events surrounding the company's 1982 founding and covers many major milestones that contributed to... Galactic Civilizations Mod Turns To WC Ships
Last week's preliminary Wing Commander makeover for Galactic Civilizations 2 has mostly come together, and an installation and help guide is now in the works for the conversion package. The retail ga... Prepare For Academy Week
We're planning a few neat Academy related features later on in the week, so now would be a perfect time to brush up on your knowledge. We have several resources to help with this. Our main WCA section... Sheffield Never Looked So Good
It seems that Cyberion is continuing to regularly construct high quality models, and next up is the TCS Sheffield. This particular model seems destined for the Wing Commander Universe mod. Here are a ... Space Sim First Look: X3 Reunion Announced
Ruadrim noticed that Egosoft has announced the cancellation of X2: The Return. Elements from the game will be used in an all new sequel, X3 Reunion. The cancelled expansion was due out soon, but the... HotT Finally Found Kilrathi Saga
His latest picture is pretty nuts, but HotT's so happy to have found a Kilrathi Saga, I'll share his story.
This is sent in celebration of something that happened to me some time ago. I was able... Electronic Arts Returning to M Rated Games
GameSpot just reported about one of EA's upcoming adaptation of the classic Godfather series. When it comes out, it will be their first Mature Rated game in nearly three years. For some time now EA ... Blast From the Past, Part 3
Up today we have the magazine PC Format from Brittain. This is a review of Wing Commander 4 from Issue 55 in April 1996.
The planetary expeditions are another new feature of Wing 4, an... Prophecy Gets a Gamespace
One of the larger gaming websites out there, Gamespot, finally got a Gamespace for Prophecy. They've converted the original trailer to mpg and made it available for download here. You can find the a... World at War
It's a relatively historic day. Things might get turned upside down in the world this week, so hopefully our troops can get their mission done quickly with minimal casualties on both sides. ... Jumpgate Episode 2: Attack of the Conflux Released
A number of sites are reporting that Jumpgate Episode 2 has been released. You might recall that there were some Jumpgate ties to Wing Commander. It's the Privateer style massively multiplayer game... WCPolaroids: Maestro (5/12)
With so many other faces nearby, you can see how really white Maestro is..
... Do You, Ah, Lego?
PopsiclePete confirms the old adage that people with Legos are the coolest people in the world. He's found wonderful galleries of Lego-made space carriers at Brickshelf. Check 'em out here and here. T... Not Much Of A Reference
An article at Gamespot mentions Wing Commander. FOR NO REASON! And Delance reported it! Who's the real winner here?... Send in the OBJs
HellcatV reports that Lensflare 99 has created an .obj to Vegastrike format converter -- meaning that the fan-made game can now display any ship in 3ds (or even Homeworld) format! This shot of the Mid... http://www.EA.Com/doomed
Saw an interesting article over at Lum the Mad -- apparently the current rumor is that EA.Com plans to lay off 200 people... no word as to whether or not this affects Origin, which is apparently part ... Movie Teaser
Sawq asks that we post about a movie trailer he's apparently been working on -- download Wing Commander: Sniper's War here (12 megs). He promises that more information is forthcoming...... Privateer Online Mention at Desslock's RPG News
Last Friday's Desslock's Allegiance Rambling includes a minor Privateer Online mention:It's definitely the first of its kind, but it seems to be aiming to create Warbirds style multiplayer arenas rath... Starlancer Preview at CGO
Someone at CGO must have thought 'six Starlancer previews just isn't enough', because they've just put up their 7th. And, against all odds, this one actually talks about the game, instead of going on ... Help us! Plead The Inhabitants of Hades
Tony Countdown is on the scene. Disaster has struck on Hades. A contamination of the water supply, supposedly linked to Military testing, has given rise to immense shortages of all foodstuffs. Thousan... The Cross I Bear
Here's some rather cool news. The Pilgrim Cross replicas, complete with expanding knife, stand and chain, will be available starting May 5th. Local knife stores should stock them, and if they don't go... I Shall Toy With My Prey...
First of all, let me apologize for not updating sooner... I've been busy with school & work, and sort of sick. That said, my local Babbages got in the Wing Commander Movie figures on Wednesday, and he...
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