on >Wing Commander News< was published:

It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day! ITLAPD is an internet favorite, with all sorts of goofy nonsense occuring every September 19th. Of course, this is nothing new for Wing Commander fans: we've been talking like pirates since the 1993 release of the Wing Commander Privateer Speech Accessory Pack.

Before the advent of CD-ROM technology, the single most expensive aspect of manufacturing a computer game was the number of 3.5" or 5.25" diskettes that needed to be included. By 1990, the development of multimedia elements like VGA graphics, recorded speech and even video were pushing ahead of storage and compression. In only one year, the average AAA game doubled in size... and along with it, the production costs to duplicate and pack so many disks increased significantly.

Origin, never a company to shy away from technological innovation, found itself at a crossroads: creative forces were desperate to

on >Star Citizen< was published:

Hard Place

ADVOCACY ARCHIVE
INTRA-AGENCY MESSAGES

2947-08-29_14:27 SET
TO: DIR. THOMAS CARMODY
CC: AD JOSH SHAW, DEP. AD EMMA THORNE
FROM: SC STEFANO CALLIER
SUBJECT: XI’AN MEETING

Director Carmody,

To follow up on our earlier discussion, I just left the meeting with the Xi’an envoys and to say they’re not happy would be a gross understatement. They presented documentation collating evidence of ongoing, weekly attacks targeting Xi’an shipments traveling through Nyx. I’ve attached their document for your records. My staff is currently cross referencing their list against ours to ensure there are no discrepancies.

Thankfully, the Xi’an envoys have agreed not to file an official diplomatic complaint for now, but they made it abundantly clear that they wouldn’t hesitate to do so if we didn’t stop what’s going on. I reiterated that Nyx isn’t under our jurisdiction but to them, it makes no difference

on >Star Trek Online< was published:

Each week we’ll roll out new rewards for the Featured Episode “Beyond the Nexus.” The first week’s rewards is the Trilithium Tricobalt Torpedo Launcher. In addition, the first completion of this mission on an account this week will grant a Featured Episode Weekly Reward Box. This box gives your choice of an Enhanced Universal Tech Upgrade or a Captain Specialization Point Box, which gives the character who opens it a Specialization Point. The Weekly Reward Box, Tech Upgrade, and Specialization Point Box are all Bound to Account, and may be freely traded between your characters. The Specialization Point Box requires the opening character to be level 60 or above. The Trilithium-Laced Weaponry Set harnesses the power of Trilithium to enhance your starship’s offensive abilities while shoring up your ship’s defenses to better protect the somewhat unstable substance. The Trilithium Tricobalt