News from Bot

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    Dec

    alanbaker_art5t.jpgAlan Baker has been working with the Tiger's Claw, and the results have been interesting! He's attempting to make the Claw fit in with the visual style of WC3/4. I love the colorful tones and textures of WC1/2, but this kind of works. I especially like those WC3/4 era turrets. He's also paired the carrier with Klavs' Scimitar and Hornet to make a nifty vertical phone wallpaper.

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    Playing around with a concept for the Tiger's Claw from the first Wing Commander game, aligning it closer to the aesthetic of WCIII/IV.
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    Dec

    Vinman caught a little mention over in a new PC Gamer article. The author spent 2024 deep diving the depths of retro game history and then came up with a list of the top ten winners that are most compelling today. Wing Commander comes up in the category of "First Person Thrills." Check out the full article here!

    If skulking about under the stars doesn't sound appealing, how about looking out of a spaceship's cockpit while flying among them? Wing Commander somehow made combining epic action space battles with impressively sim-like flight control and damage modelling look easy. Then they added an incredibly reactive story that continues on whether I succeed or fail a mission. All this complexity, even though it was designed for hardware with barely double-digit CPU speeds and 1MB of RAM.

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    This is a reminder that we have another fun #Wingnut movie night planned on Discord this evening! The ongoing theme will be movies that inspired Wing Commander in some way. Tonight's film is a big one: the first part of Das Boot, a movie that Chris Roberts… absolutely saw. You can find details on that as well as how to watch along with us in the announcement post here. The movie will start about 7 PM PST/10 PM EST, but feel free to drop by and hang any time!

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    Dec

    oldziey_volume2_14t.jpgOrigin composer George Oldziey has one more update before the year comes to a close! His plans for next month remain on track to partner with expert audio engineer Bruce Botnick to mix the album. After that, the album should be pretty close!

    Greetings all. As we enter the holiday season I think very fondly of how blessed I am that you all supported me in the quest to create volume two of my music from Wing Commander. As I've mentioned before, all the orchestra and choir parts are recorded and awaiting mixing. As I write this I'm sending all the sessions to the legendary recording/mixing engineer Bruce Botnick so that he can gather the enormous amount of tracks involved and do his magic. I will be heading out to LA to mix the music with him during the second week of January. He will be mixing for stereo downloads, vinyl and Dolby Atmos. Once that is accomplished I will return home and begin the
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    originator_tool37t.jpgWe're a little late in calling for nominations, but there's still time before 2024 gets away from us! We're quickly approaching our annual Fan Project of the Year contest, and this year we're adding a twist. We always ask about the community highlights from the prior twelve months, but this time we're adding a Hall of Fame vote where you can separately select from some of your favorite projects from years past. So think back to some of your favorites and let us know what you think! Email nominations to news@wcnews.com and look for the full vote in the near future. Here's some of the past winners to get you thinking:

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    Mac recently got a new Blender tool that adds some gritty lighting effects. It adds a real moody stream of light coming down from the overhead hangars fixtures depicted here. And you get to enjoy it with the Ferret, Rapier and Sabre!

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    I recently bought an addon called Glared from the Blender Market. I've been so in love with it recently that like they say in commercials for Franks Red Hot Sauce: "I put that s*** on everything.
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    Dec

    This is a reminder that we have another fun #Wingnut movie night planned on Discord this evening! The ongoing theme will be movies that inspired Wing Commander in some way. Tonight's film is Starship Troopers, a project which both inspired and haunted the Wing Commander movie's production. You can find details on that as well as how to watch along with us in the announcement post here. The movie will start about 7 PM PST/10 PM EST, but feel free to drop by and hang any time!

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  • 20

    Dec

    The CEO of leading children's toy manufacturer Sandra's Workshop has requested help with parcel deliveries.
    Sandra Corrs, the much-loved philanthropist who provides gifts to children across the core systems each year, made a similar request two years ago. Then, with the Thargoid invasion just beginning, her courier fleet was loaned out to help refugee evacuation efforts.
    This year a different problem has emerged just as the Thargoid Invasion appears to be over, as Sandra explained to Vox Galactica:
    "Our Dolph's Routes transport fleet has been upgraded and fitted to increase delivery capacity. Or, as we like to say in the workshop: 'ferry even more joy', haha! But we've discovered a rather irksome snag: with so many little boys and girls displaced by the nasty alien invasion, it's going to be a challenge finding them all!"
    "Even our fleet won't be able to deliver all our presents on time, given

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