The Future of Wing Commander

1. The Combat Information Center presents… The Future of Wing Commander

2. Fan Projects Keeping the Faith

3. Wing Commander Saga • Wing Commander mod for FreeSpace 2 • Now in Phase Two Beta • www.wcsaga.com • Saga team went above and beyond in getting us some Saga information for this presentation!

4. Wing Commander Saga Saga Stats • Over nine hours of voice dialogue • Approximately 70 cut scenes for a total of about 90 minutes ofpre-rendered footage (not counting in-flight communications and command briefings) • Over 60 voice actors, some of whom are actual professionals. • 221 voice acting roles. • 55 missions • Achievements (mission performance is evaluated and rewarded) • 90 models created for Saga • Download size of 3-4 GB with an installation size of 8-9 GB

5. Wing Commander Saga Saga Status The game is fully playable, and we are currently in beta testing. Our beta testers have access to 60% of the game right now. We areusing an iterationalapproach to the beta test. Every 14-21 days a new beta is released to our testers which incorporates new assets as well as bug fixes and improvements based on the feedback received after the previous beta release.

6. Wing Commander Saga

7. Wing Commander Saga

8. Wing Commander Saga

9. Wing Commander Standoff • Compete mod for Wing Commander: Secret Ops • Episodic release, now finished. • http://standoff.solsector.net

10. Paper Commander • Released five new ships this year • More to come! • Paper models get GREAT gaming press

11. Spinoffs • Mods begat mods! • Hidden Frontier and Enigma 2666 are mods for the Saga Prologue

12. Untitled “Maniac” Project • Introducing the “Maniac Team!” • The minds that brought you Standoff, WCP Multiplayer, Pioneer and WCNews.com are hard at work on a new Wing Commander experience. • … but we can’t tell you what it is yet!

13. WCNews.com Still kicking!

14. WCNews.com • Major redesign in 2012! • Content moving to the WCPedia • Simpler navigation • Archive modernization • Community integration • Can you help? • What do you want to see?

15. WCNews.com • If you are reading this than I forgot to ask Dundradal to make a slide about the WCPedia.

16. WCNews.com Music Completion Project • Planned as a one year project • All MIDIs recorded with original hardware • Highest quality versions of other tracks sourced where possible • Ported versions included (SNES, SegaCD, etc.) • Interviews with composers, paired archive content • Each game’s soundtrack will be published as a “digital album” with art, proper track listings, etc.

17. WCNews.com CIC Archiving Projects • Our 2011 Archiving Project was a success! • Over 3,000 18-mexapixel photographs • Great new partnership with the University of Texas • GREAT finds: WC1 and 2 documents • Great new contacts with Richard Garriott, Billy Cain and more. What’s next? • Exploring future archiving opportunities with EA Redwood Shores and the private collections of three top level Origin employees • Return to University of Texas in 2012 to study David Downing’s collection, currently bug infested

18. WCNews.com What’s in the offline archive? • Wing Commander Academy rips • The Wing Commander IV Budget • The rough cut of the Wing Commander movie • Source code for the following games: • Wing Commander I • Wing Commander III • Wing Commander III PSX • Wing Commander IV • Wing Commander Prophecy • Privateer 2: The Darkening

19. WCNews.com Wing Commander 2 SNES • The “last Holy Grail” of the Wing Commander community • No copies have been discovered, but a prototype exists • The CIC is announcing a $1,000 bounty for a working cartridge or ROM!

20. WCNews.com • We want to support other Origin communities! • UltimaAiera & Echo Sector are amazing sites who share our dedication to their franchises • We have provided copies of the Mythic data to both sides, and officially welcome them to be involved in all future projects

21. Official Releases “... there'll come a day when we'll come back. If it takes a hundred years, we'll come back...” - Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn, 2668

22. Wing Commander Academy on DVD • 29 Days – October 25th, 2011! • $24.95 MSRP • All thirteen episodes on two discs! • Licensed by Visual Entertainment Incorporated. • From ‘cease and desist’ to mutual partners, a WCNews success story!

23. Wing Commander Academy on DVD Disc 1: • Red and Blue • The Last One Left • Most Delicate Instrument • Chain of Command • Lords of The Sky • Word of Honour • Expendable Disc 2: • Invisible Enemy • Recreation • On Both Your Houses • Walking Wounded • Prince of Victory • Glory of Sivar

24. Wing Commander Academy on DVD • Want to support Visual Entertainment? Pick up The Invisible Man on DVD and BD on 10/25! • 1975 science fiction TV series starring Privateer 2: The Darkening’s David McCallum!

25. Wing Commander Academy on DVD What’s Next? • Visual Entertainment retains the rights to Academy for one year (October, 2012) • If the product is a success, there is talk of doing a limited edition BD edition for Wing Commander fans!

26. Wing Commander Movie Rerelease “Wing Commander has had it's time on DVD, there will never be another version.” - Peter Staddon, Executive Vice President, Marketing, Twentieth Century FOX Home Entertainment, 2002

27. Wing Commander Movie Rerelease • 36 Days – November 1st, 2011! • $9.98 MSRP • Will this be a non-anamorphicrelease? • Where is the BD version? • Why now?

28. Wing Commander on GOG • 25-title licensing agreement with EA • Includes Wing Commander, Ultima and Crusader games from Origin’s catalogue • All releases just $5.99

29. Wing Commander on GOG ORIGIN on GOG Sales as of 9/21/11 • 14 - ULTIMA™ 4: QUEST OF THE AVATAR • 107 - WING COMMANDER ®: PRIVATEER ™ • 120 - ULTIMA® UNDERWORLD 1+2 • 138 - CRUSADER: NO REMORSE™ • 157 - WING COMMANDER™ 1+2 • 211 - WING COMMANDER™ 3 HEART OF THE TIGER™ • 259 - ULTIMA™ 4+5+6 • 262 - ULTIMA™ 1+2+3

30. Wing Commander on GOG • Wing Commander III features first WCNews-developed extras package • Includes hint books, novel, deleted scenes, artwork and more. • More to come!

31. Wing Commander on GOG What’s Next? • GOG will launch a third batch of EA Classics this year • One more Wing Commander title in the works; • Securing more Wing Commander is a priority for GOG in their next EA deal • Secret Missions, Special Operations and Righteous Fire are in the works, thanks to Paul Barnett

32. What’s Going on at Bioware? • BiowareMythic’s Jeff Skalski has been named producer for the Ultima franchise • Creative Director Paul Barnett is developing Ultima Forever, a social game based on Ultima IV • Bioware’s archive includes both Ultima and Wing Commander relics

33. What’s Going on at Bioware? • Team at Bioware was instrumental in the GOG deal and made sure to include Wing Commander • EA requested proposals for a social game using the Privateer IP in 2009-10

34. What’s Going on at Bioware? • Paul Barnett recently posed in his office for this photo with boxes from Warhammer, Ultima… and Privateer 2: The Darkening!

35. Wing Commander at Baen? • Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf confirms interest in revisiting Wing Commander • Investigating options regarding republishing classic Wing Commander novels • Baen’s original contract with Origin ended in 2000; would need a new agreement

36. Untitled Chris Roberts Project • No question: Chris is BACK • Ongoing information leak comes from attempt to pursue funding for development in Detroit, Michigan • Game is not being developed by an EA studio

37. Untitled Chris Roberts Project The OFFICIAL WORD from Chris Roberts is… “No comment.”

38. Untitled Chris Roberts Project What do we know? • This is an AAA PROJECT with a clear vision, not a spinoff or a rerelease. • The MOST MAJOR HURDLE has been passed: EA is allowing Chris Roberts to use the Wing Commander rights. • Financing is the next problem: Roberts needs $30 million • Early sketches indicate that the Kilrathi in this game have… fur!

39. Untitled Chris Roberts Project What do we know? • This is an AAA PROJECT with a clear vision, not a spinoff or a rerelease. • The MOST MAJOR HURDLE has been passed: EA is allowing Chris Roberts to use the Wing Commander rights. • Financing is the next problem: Roberts needs $30 million • Chris gets the movie rights back in 2015

40. WCU Map • Thanks to PopsiclePete, who has been doing an amazing job restoring Origin’s Quark files for the CIC and GOG, we’re proud to provide you all with this cool ‘party favor.’