EA's releasing a truckload of classic games on Steam, and 7 of them are remasters

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Last month we got news that Wing Commander 3, the FMV space-combat sim with perhaps the highest concentration of Mark Hamill in any videogame, would be getting a remaster. Producer Jim Vessella is heading up the project, and revealed it during a presentation at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo.

What he did not reveal, it turns out, is that five other Wing Commander games—plus Road Rash—would be getting their own dolled-up re-releases, and that they'd all be dropping on Steam, GOG, and the EA App today as part of a larger bundle of 25 "EA Classics". No, I don't know why you'd buy them on the EA App either. It takes all sorts to make a world.

Here's the full list of games that are dropping. Anything labelled "Anniversary Edition" is an updated, remastered version of the original game. Anything not labelled that is simply a re-release.

  • Road Rash: 30th Anniversary Edition
  • Wing Commander: 35th Anniversary Edition
  • Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi: 35th A...
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