Wing Commander III Heart of the Tiger - 1994 Origin classic gets a review by Cola Powered Gamer

After the success that was Wing Commander and Wing Commander II, Origin wanted to create something truly epic, spearing no money in the process. Wing Commander 3 also brought change to the industry and even started several trends. Developed once again by Origin Systems and released in December 1994, Wing Commander was a cutting edge game at the time. While the core gameplay stayed more or less the same, Origin set new standards in the industry, at the time. Wing Commander III switched from previously used sprite-based graphics to software rendered texture-mapped polygonal 3D graphics.

Wing Commander - An incredible space sim gets a BIG Cola Powered Gamer review

When talking about space sims, sooner or later someone will mention Wing Commander. Developed by Origin Systems, Wing Commander can be considered one of the best and influential space sim ever created.

Wing Commander had a different take on the then established space sim formula, bringing the game and space combat to the levels of Hollywood blockbusters. The game is set in 2654 and follows the Terran Confederation and the ongoing war against a predatory feline race called the Kilrathi (they were inspired by Kzinti of Larry Niven’s “Know Space” series). In Chris Roberts words the game is inspired by WW2, especially the Pacific War. When you start a game you have just finished a training sim session, and you must enter your name and callsign. The player character has no name, but internally in Origin, he was nicknamed “BlueHair”, because his hair although black, had highlights of blue (due to a limited color palette), which was what probably the reason they named him Blair in the later games.

GOG's Big Winter Sale - Finale‏! - Last chance for epic gaming deals

After our previous mention for GOG's BIG Winter Sale with 500+ games up to 90% off, we are here to tell you that today - Sunday are the final days for all those awesome gaming deals. Yes indeed, today is GOG's BIG Winter Sale - Finale! that starts now and ends at 13.59 GMT on Sunday 13th December, with all those recent deals appearing in one big ending 23 hours from making this article. Today's bundles include Star Wars Blaster Bundle, Star Wars Sabre Bundle, Lucasfilm Classics, Bundle Quest, City Builder Kit, Best of Bullfrog, Wing Commander Saga, and many others in the 18+ bundle deal.

Wings of Saint Nazaire - Space combat with a Wing Commander and X-Wing vibe gets a demo

When it comes to Wings of Saint Nazaire, It's not often I say this, but WOW! This could be a real contender to the classic Wing Commander games that we remember so well. Developed by a team of people such as Howard Day, Jan Simon, Duncan McPherson and Daniel Hoffman, Wings of Saint Nazaire is an action-orientated space simulation game reminiscent of titles such as Wing Commander™ and the X-Wing™ series. Featuring great graphics, modern lighting effects and cool weaponry, Wings is an easy to play and an enjoyable experience that you really should be keeping a close eye on while it's in development. You'll also be pleased to know that the developers have released a Demo

Wings of Saint Nazaire - Space combat with a Wing Commander and X-Wing vibe

Game Type : Action, Space Combat
Developer Team : Howard Day, Jan Simon, Duncan McPherson and Daniel Hoffman
Game Info Quote : Wings of Saint Nazaire is an action-orientated space simulation game reminiscent of titles such as Wing Commander™ and the X-Wing™ series. Wings is designed to be an easy-to-play but hard-to-master game - that means you can jump in, fly around, kick ass and have a ton of fun as a newbie but the game also offers core players enough gameplay depth to keep even the veterans of the genre interested.
Release : Free Alpha available, Release TBA
Systems : Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Others(?)

Retro EA Fans Rejoice! 28 Classic EA Games For $2.44/£1.57 Each + FREE ULTIMA GAME!

DRM-free games specialist GoG are doing a weekend promotion offering twenty-eight classic EA titles for just $68.52 (£44.02), bought as a package purchase, or individually. Individual titles start at $2.39 (£1.54).

Star Citizen / Squadron 42 - Space Sim/Combat/Trader : (The History Then and Now)

Good morning viewers today we have a big article about Star Citizen/Squadron 42 and the comparisons between the Wing Commander series and now. Star Citizen/Squadron 42 is being developed by the Legendary Chris Roberts the developer of Wing Commander, Strike Commander and the concept behind Privateer. The Wing Commander series were truly Epic games for there time and still highly regarded today, especially when the live action FMV's came into play and far higher graphical possibilities.  I remember playing Wing Commander 1 in the very early 90's on my Amiga 500 it was so involved, you felt very much in the story and a love and respect for all the characters in the game let alone the combat gameplay!.