Retro Gamer Interviews Richard Garriott About Origin Systems
Retro Gamer has published an interview with Richard Garriott focused on the history of Origin Systems. Which contains a few amusing errors.
Tagged: Wing Commander
Thus Ends the Transverse Crowdfunding Campaign
Piranha Games have cancelled the crowdfunding campaign for their Star Citizen clone, Transverse.
EA (Sold? Gave? Licensed?) Wing Commander to Piranha Games…And They Didn’t Use It
Piranha Games obtained the Wing Commander license from EA, and then decided not to use it for their otherwise very Star Citizen-like space sim MMO. Because reasons.
GOG.com Is Running an “EA Classics” Sale This Weekend
If for some reason you still don’t have the Ultima games in your GOG.com catalogue, they are all on sale (60% off!) this weekend.
Where the Kilrathi Were in Ultima Forever
Jeff Skalski tipped off the Wing Commander CIC as to the location of the downed Kilrathi fighter in Ultima Forever. Because yes, it had one of those.
So…Sierra Is Back, As Is King’s Quest
Activision has resurrected Sierra as a publishing label, and it has been announced that a new King’s Quest is in development. Also, something about Geometry Wars.
Check out Mike Winterbauer’s Book About Game Box Art (Including Some Wing Commander Art)
Mike Winterbauer, an artist who created the box cover art for (among other things) some of the Wing Commander and Might & Magic games, has written about about his work on these and other...
Aaron Allston: Requiescat in Pacem (Updated)
Sci-fi author and former Origin Systems writer and designer Aaron Allston has passed away.
GOG’s Winter Sale Winds Down: Ultima Titles 50% Off
It’s the final day of GOG’s 2013 DRM-Free Winter Sale!
The Ultima Source Code Offline Archive Project (USCOAP)
Inspired by the Wing Commander CIC’s efforts, the Ultima Codex is launching an attempt to archive — offline, of course — the source code for as many Ultima games as possible.
