Wing Commander Arena - hands-on   Are you an old-school Wing
Commander fan? Does mention of the Terran Confederation, the
Kilrathi and Colonel Blair bring a nostalgic smile to your face?
And when you heard about the upcoming Wing Commander Arena for
Xbox Live Arcade, were you ecstatic to know one of your favorite
franchises was coming back?  If so, you might want to temper
your expectations. There are no new stories to be told and no
familiar characters to revisit in this entry... heck, from what
we saw, there are no stories or characters whatsoever. Based on
our first impressions and what we've learned from the
developers, this is a Wing Commander game in name only.  Being
an arcade offering, Arena shares more similarities to classic
space shooters like Space Invaders and Galaga. The gameplay is
simple - you fly around a 2D arena, blasting wildly away at all
the other ships. While the graphical layers and effects make the
galaxy around you look three dimensional, as it always has been
in previous Wing Comman