Display MoreCreative Labs is… back? It looks like the legendary sound card company is preparing to launch a Kickstarter campaign for… something. The description made available so far is incredibly vague: "Sound Blaster RE:Imagine is built for creators, gamers, audiophiles, and tinkerers. It's a bold reimagining of a classic. Designed to adapt, expand, and evolve with you." It's hard to imagine what any of this could be as sound cards are no longer a key separate component of PCs like they were when Creative was powering Wing Commander II's speech accessory pack.
What is interesting, though, is that they are using the original Wing Commander in their ad campaign. A BlueSky post provided a screenshot from an email promoting the project that features a screenshot directly from the Enyo System:
Further search discovered a video version complete with Wing Commander-specific ad copy posted by the project's product manager to Instagram. Apparently we can look forward to our "wingman in sound" returning!
We aren't sure what any of this means but Creative and Wing Commander go way, way back. In fact, the company has previously cited Wing Commander II's speech feature as one of the reasons their sound card became the industry standard in the early 90s. But the partnership actually goes back even earlier: Creative started using Wing Commander screenshots on their packaging in 1991 with the Sound Blaster 2.0. You can find a history of the partnership here… or perhaps just the partnership so far?
You can sign up to be notified when the campaign launches here.
