Wing Commander confirmed for XBox 360

Author: Brett Thomas
Published: 24th February 2007
Comments (9) Stumble
"Fire when ready" - One of the greatest space combat games of all time is coming to the 360.

"Fire when ready" - One of the greatest space combat games of all time is coming to the 360.

When I originally wrote my piece on Games that should be Remastered, several of you were miffed that I had left certain titles off that list. One of the most popular mentions was the space-combat simulator Wing Commander, a franchise which has been dead for quite some time. Well, good news - it's coming back.

Electronic Arts confirmed on Thursday that the Wing Commander series would indeed live again. Apparently, though, it won't be a full title - instead, a "gamelet" is being released on the XBox 360 Live Arcade. It's being developed by Gaia Industries, a studio that's starting to get noticed for its upcoming XBLA releases.

The game will be entitled Wing Commander Arena and will support up to 16 players. It will focus on the multiplayer arcade aspects of the original series, allowing players to compete their personally designed ships in large-scale dogfights. WCA will have four play-modes: single player, co-op, versus, and all-out deathmatches.

All in all, it looks like a great release for Live Arcade, and Gamasutra has noted that the service could be getting even better soon - Worms is up on the docket for Microsoft approval next, and will hopefully get its green light finally.

Have you got a thought on Wing Commander Arena, or the XBox Live Arcade in general? Drop it in our forums.
Quote Lazarus Dark 24th February 2007, 15:24
Mathew Lilliard rocks. (see SLC Punk)
Quote Tyinsar 24th February 2007, 17:13
:'( bit & pieces only - I was hoping for a full game with an immersive environment, complete storyline, and engaging NPCs. But since they're doing this instead, I wonder how this would work as an MMO. So, still no reason for me to buy an XBox.
Quote Krikkit 24th February 2007, 18:06
Awesome. That's almost worth buying an X360 for, but Worms as well?! Mine tbh. :D
Quote Kevo 24th February 2007, 23:38
Have you seen the video? It's a bloody travesty...
Quote Phil Rhodes 25th February 2007, 02:28
Wing Commander was the first game I ever bought, and the first I ever played on a computer I owned. I had people lined up to come and play it on my Amiga 1200.

Those were the days!

P
Quote Tyinsar 25th February 2007, 05:39
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Originally Posted by Kevo
Have you seen the video? It's a bloody travesty...
did a web search, saw the vid clip, agree totally: It looks someone made an arcade shooter with a space theme and then tagged it with the Wing Commander name.

I wanted the "in the cockpit view" with the hands moving the joystick on the screen - that added touch put me into the cockpit of the original. That plus every ship was different inside.

Those were indeed the days
Quote Djpuk 26th February 2007, 09:57
Idea sounds great, having seen the screenshots, not so sure!
Quote thegoatmaster 26th February 2007, 15:59
Yeah, that's pretty much what I heard. If you want a true "remaster" of sorts for Wing Commander, check this out. It's a stand-alone total conversion mod for the game Freespace 2, based around Wing Commander. They've only released the Prologue, but another release is set for about a month or so from now.

Note: I'm not a part of this mod's development. I'm just a fan spreading the word.
Quote Tyinsar 26th February 2007, 20:29
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Originally Posted by thegoatmaster
Yeah, that's pretty much what I heard. If you want a true "remaster" of sorts for Wing Commander, check this out. It's a stand-alone total conversion mod for the game Freespace 2, based around Wing Commander. They've only released the Prologue, but another release is set for about a month or so from now.

Note: I'm not a part of this mod's development. I'm just a fan spreading the word.
;) That looks much more worthy to carry the name - Thanks.
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