I loved the Wing Commander series back in the day.  I think I played through and finished all of them.  So when I heard that an updated Wing Commander was coming to Xbox Live Arcade, I was really excited… until I saw the video above.  A 2d space fighter with 3d graphics??  Where is my 3d cockpit view.  Even WC3 was true 3d I believe, and that was 12 years ago.  So much for “next gen.”

Electronic Arts recently made the game manual available in .pdf format, and I have to say that it’s great.  It harkens back to the awesome manuals that came with the Origin games.  It’s just too bad all that loving retro detail was not put into the actual game.  [Update 7/22:  EA is reporting that Wing Commander Arena will be available on XBLA this Wednesday for $10.]

I bought Project Sylpheed for the Xbox 360 before leaving on vacation, and I can’t wait to try it out when we get back.  It looks like the closest thing available in the forseeable future to get my true Wing Commander fix.