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The Art of Wing Commander Arena - Part Six Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Update ID

Taking a brief step back in time on our journey through the incredible development art created for Wing Commander Arena we find... yet another Arrow! This original drawing offers an early, competent sketch of the 'top down' view:

This is part of a series of beautiful Wing Commander Arena concept images graciously provided by Gaia Industries. You can find the original article here. You can thank the guys at Gaia by picking up Street Trace NYC on Xbox Live Arcade!

The Art of Wing Commander Arena - Part Five Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Update ID

Here's another Arrow image - this one shows a concept which did make it into the game, if not in this specific format. These five Arrows show different 'armor upgrades'. The finished game has three different models with less modular updates, but it's clear where that thought came from. You've actually seen this image before - it was one of those posted to Gaia's Arena bulletin board which we studied carefully before the game was released.

This is part of a series of beautiful Wing Commander Arena concept images graciously provided by Gaia Industries. You can find the original article here. You can thank the guys at Gaia by picking up Street Trace NYC on Xbox Live Arcade!

The Art of Wing Commander Arena - Part Four Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Update ID

Today we're showcasing another wonderful Arrow image - this is a mock-up image created to work out what afterburners should look like in Wing Commander Arena. Remember that Arena was originally a completely top-down game - so this art (and many other pieces you will see in the coming weeks) shows the ship from straight above.

This is part of a series of beautiful Wing Commander Arena concept images graciously provided by Gaia Industries. You can find the original article here. You can thank the guys at Gaia by picking up Street Trace NYC on Xbox Live Arcade!

The Art of Wing Commander Arena - Part Three Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Update ID

Another concept explored by the Wing Commander Arena team was the ability to customize your fighter's paint scheme - or at least choose from any number of options. Today's image shows that concept applied to the F-27 Arrow V... in regular, green and stealth - just like Wing Commander IV!

This is part of a series of beautiful Wing Commander Arena concept images graciously provided by Gaia Industries. You can find the original article here. You can thank the guys at Gaia by picking up Street Trace NYC on Xbox Live Arcade!

The Art of Wing Commander Arena - Part Two Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Update ID

The initial concept for Wing Commander Arena had the designers creating an entirely new set of Wing Commander-style ships... and this was what they came up for the Kilrathi! It's sort of a cross between a Dralthi and a pulpy World War 2 jet airplane. Check out the Imperial logos on the twin tails!

This is part of a series of beautiful Wing Commander Arena concept images graciously provided by Gaia Industries. You can find the original article here. You can thank the guys at Gaia by picking up Street Trace NYC on Xbox Live Arcade!

The Art of Wing Commander Arena - Part One Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Update ID

While we were visiting Gaia Industries in New York last month we were treated to an amazing slide show of concept art from Wing Commander Arena - everything from Wing Commander characters to familiar (and new!) ships to space stations. We were so impressed with this cache of previously unseen 'behind the screens' work that we insisted it had to be preserved for the future. Luckily EA Producer Sean Penney agreed and granted permission to release some of this spectacular art! Special thanks to Taino at Gaia, too, for providing it (and, of course, for creating it in the first place).

First up is a beautiful splash screen showing a Rapier II in hot pursuit of an Arrow set against an asteroid field. I'm surprised that this didn't make it i nto the finished game as one of the loading screens somewhere - it's at least as beautiful as the Arrows on a flight deck. It's just a stunning piece of artwork - and it makes a great widescreen Windows background!

Keep watching the news over the next few weeks - future Art of Wing Commander Arena posts will be interspersed with Point of Origin updates... along with a third 'Wing Commander History' series which will be revealed soon! If you would like to thank the guys at Gaia for making the effort get us this art then you should pick up Street Trace NYC on XBLA... it's a fast-paced racing/combat game - some of the guys from #WingNut put it through its paces last weekend and it's a lot of fun! There are plenty of game modes, beautiful graphics similar to those in Arena and a neat future setting that you can lose yourself in. I'll Street Trace with a WingNut any time!


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