Rumor: EA currently developing new Wing Commander

Rumor blog Surfer Girl Reviews Star Wars reports that Electronic Arts is currently working on a new installment of the Wing Commander franchise.

Surfer Girl originally stated in the blog post in question that the “epic space game” that EA was rumored to be developing was a new WC. The post has since been edited to say that Wing Commander isn’t the “epic space game” after all, but it’s nevertheless still under development, due to someone in the reader comments stating that Surfer Girl is contradicting herself, since she mentioned in an earlier post that the epic space game was another, unrelated title.

She lets onto slightly more information in the comments section too. When asked if EA’s newly acquired Austin division was working on it, she replied in the negative but stated that it was in “good hands.”

It’s amazing news that EA is once again trying to resuscitate its once-premier franchise, which was a killer app for the PC during its golden age. That said, it’s very troubling to hear to it not referred to as “epic,” since the series was at its best when it was trying to be a bombastic, vanguard title. Of course this vague wording could have multiple meanings and, if nothing else, likely means that the likes of Mark Hamill and Tom Wilson will not be found therein.

For now, assuming this is all true, let’s just hope it’s an actual space sim and not a false alarm, like last year’s Wing Commander Arena.

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