New Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed Interview and Concept Art
By Solo Wing |
Segabits has posted a video interview with Joe Neate, Producer for Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhdZZtfLsL0 It’s over fifteen minutes long, but if you’re looking for the highlight, look no further...
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
By Solo Wing |
Sega has announced a sequel to Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing which will launch on multiple platforms later in the year. Named Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, the great thing about this game is that it will include a whole level based...
Donation Method Change
By Solo Wing |
Due to legal and regulatory constraints, I’ve removed the site’s PayPal Donate button mentioned in the last update. However, if you want to help out with paying the hosting bill, you can still do so by using PayPal’s “Send Money” feature. I’ve...
Donate to Support The Will of the Ancients
By Solo Wing |
I’ve set up a PayPal Donate button (the orange button to the left) where you can now make a donation towards keeping The Will of the Ancients online. I enjoy running this site and helping to keep the Panzer Dragoon spirit alive by maintaining...
Panzer Dragoon Miniatures
By Solo Wing |
I’ve added some photos of miniatures created by Kazutake to The Will of the Ancients. These photos have been online for some time now, but finding them was difficult for English speaking Panzer Dragoon fans who had to navigate their way through...
The Will of the Ancients 4 and New Encyclopaedia
By Solo Wing |
There seems to be something about the number four and the Panzer Dragoon series. Not only are there four games in the main series, but each game title (with the exception of the original) contains a word with four letters (Zwei, Mini, Saga, Orta),...
RIP Moebius 1938-2012
By Solo Wing |
The French comic artist Jean Giraud, also known as Moebius, has passed away at age 73. Moebius was an inspiration for the Panzer Dragoon series, with members of Team Andromeda being big fans of his work. Sega commissioned Moebius to create some...
A Change of Focus
By Solo Wing |
Following the latest news about Crimson Dragon, I have decided to cover the game on The Will of the Ancients alongside the Panzer Dragoon series. Some of you may be displeased by the news, fearing that Crimson Dragon is too different from...
Crimson Dragon
By Draikin |
Andriasang has released a new article with more details about Crimson Dragon (formerly known as Project Draco). The (Kinect-only) game is widely regarded as a spiritual successor to the Panzer Dragoon railshooters, and it’s easy to see why....
Panzer Dragoon Revival
By Draikin |
It’s no secret that the Panzer Dragoon games never reached a wide audience. Panzer Dragoon Zwei and Saga were Saturn exclusives, and Orta was only released on the original Xbox. Even with the arrival of Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation...
Farewell 2011
By Solo Wing |
For this update, we have two new pieces of fan art from Atolm. The first is a picture of the wounded Sky Rider which I’ve called “The Sky Rider Bleeds”. The image shows the dying dragon rider releasing blood, a much more human way of dying than...
Project Draco at Tokyo Game Show
By Solo Wing |
Tokyo Game Show 2011 has come and gone. If you’ve been following this website on Facebook or Twitter you’ll likely be aware of the latest details surrounding Project Draco, the upcoming Kinect title from Panzer Dragoon creator Yukio Futatsugi....
Lots of New Fan Art
By Solo Wing |
This update consists of lots of twenty pieces of art to grace the Fan Art section, as well as a photograph. Firstly, Emma Goodman has contributed a touching picture of Edge petting his faithful steed. You can see more of Emma’s artwork at her...
New and Updated Articles
By Geoffrey |
Who or what were the Ancients? When keeping in mind how lost their identity was with the passage of time, it’s perhaps better to ask not who they were, but what they were. I made an attempt to gather together the few clues in the form of what we...
I Shoot Lasers, Therefore I Am
By Solo Wing |
This year is shaping up to be a great year for fans of 3D rail shooters. Other than Project Draco, the dragon combat game from Grounding Inc (which may or may not be a rail shooter), we also have Child of Eden (the follow up to Rez) and Yars...
More Project Draco Information and Screenshots
By Solo Wing |
Kotaku have updated their website with a couple of Project Draco screenshots, provided to them by the Japanese gaming website Famitsu. The screenshots appear to be taken from the trailer (or are very similar). Also, the Japanese gaming news...
Panzer Dragoon Storyline
By Draikin |
Some of you may remember my own Panzer Dragoon website, Panzer Dragoon Legacy, which focused on the latest game in the Panzer Dragoon series, namely Panzer Dragoon Orta. Earlier this year, Solo and I agreed to merge Panzer Dragoon Legacy into The...
Project Draco "Not a Panzer Dragoon Game"
By Solo Wing |
Microsoft Game Studios VP Phil Spencer has reported to Joystiq that he wouldn’t call the new Kinect game, Project Draco, a Panzer Dragoon game. Joystiq reports: “It’s a Kinect game for one thing, which is going to have its own take on it,”...
New Dragon Combat Game From Panzer Dragoon Creator!
By Solo Wing |
This is huge news for Panzer Dragoon fans. Yukio Futatsugi, the director of the original Panzer Dragoon and a prominent member of Team Andromeda, unveiled his latest creation at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. Project Draco is a dragon riding combat...
New Fan Art, Readded Fan Fiction
By Solo Wing |
Atolm has created a new painting of the Solo Wing. As always, the art is of a high standard. You can find the picture over in the Fan Art section. I’ve also readded an older fanfic that was previously on this website. Daniel Petersen has...
Streaming HTML5 Video
By Solo Wing |
I’ve overhauled the Videos section; it now contains streaming videos that can be viewed directly in your web browser. The videos are not displayed using Flash like most sites, but natively using HTML5 and either the H.264 or Theora codec depending...
The Art of Panzer Dragoon is Back
By Solo Wing |
Many thanks for everyone’s patience. The best Panzer Dragoon art site on the web is now back online and can be found at a new URL: art.thewilloftheamcients.com It is now hosted by The Will of the Ancients. This is an older version of the...
What the Adult Dracolyth Really Looks Like
By Solo Wing |
This update includes a bunch of artwork and photos that I’ve been meaning to add for a while, as well as a new drawing of Azel from Finnish Panzer Dragoon fan, Johannes Rajala. He Who Is The Sky has created a some sketches and excellent...
The Old and the New
By Solo Wing |
I’ll start this update with some older content, dug up from the dreaded vaults of my “To Sort” folder. Back in the days of Die Welt von Panzer Dragoon, Lord Craymen created some screensavers based on credits of Panzer Dragoon II Zwei. All three...