Solo Wing's News Entries

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...

Bonds

By Solo Wing |

Although fan fiction does not add to the established Panzer Dragoon canon, the possibilities introduced by fan fiction are a welcome addition to the Panzer legendarium. Daniel Petersen has submitted a new piece of fan fiction called Bonds. It is...

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...

Lagi's Takeoff

By Solo Wing |

Tyrone Kamran has submitted three new sketches of Edge and his dragon. It’s always nice to see new Panzer art. I’m also pleased to add a new remix of the Panzer Dragoon Zwei track “The Great Ravine” to this site. It’s called “Lagi’s...

New Art From He Who Is The Sky

By Solo Wing |

Happy New Year. I’ve added four new drawings from He Who Is The Sky to the Fan Art section. Be sure to have a look if you haven’t seen them already; he is a great artist. There’s also a Christmas themed picture of Azel, submitted by...

Videos, Artwork, and Emulation News

By Solo Wing |

I’ve added three videos to the site that many of you will be familiar with. These fake trailers were created by Lord Craymen and Senor Kaffee to trick fans into believing that a new Panzer Dragoon game was on the horizon. If you haven’t seen the...

Test Your Panzer Dragoon Knowledge For Real This Time

By Solo Wing |

I couldn’t bring myself to post the 150th update without contributing something to The Will of the Ancients’ collective archive myself. In the Trivia section you’ll find the final test in the series of quizzes that I started back in 2003. Time...

Links Section Overhaul and New Hosted Site

Links Section Overhaul and New Hosted Site

By Solo Wing |

Many of you will be familiar with Stephan’s Dolby’s website The Panzer Place. It was one of the first English Panzer Dragoon websites on the Internet and served (and still serves) as a great resource for content on the Saturn Panzer trilogy. Due...

Art Comes in Various Forms

By Solo Wing |

Unfortunately the official Panzer Dragoon Orta website has been taken offline, however forum member Hein has kindly uploaded an archive of the site to panzer-dragoon.net. The departure of the official site brings back memories of Sega of America’s...

Dedicated Fans Continue to Produce New Art

By Solo Wing |

I’m very pleased to be adding three new pictures to the site’s fan art gallery. Snow Girl has sketched up a nice portrait of the character Azel. There are also two new pieces of art from B-R-E-T. The first is a cartoony sketch of Orta on the...

Going Forward

By Solo Wing |

After a four and a half month break from work, gaming, and a static lifestyle, I’m back. To an extent, anyway, another part of me is still off exploring Veliko Tarnovo’s ancient fortress. It was great to meet some of you in person during my...

An Artistic Update

An Artistic Update

By Solo Wing |

I had planned on adding more to the site for this update, but some of the content was so overdue I didn’t want to leave it any longer. So without further delay, the following has been added: Sketches of Azel and the Eye Wing dragon by...

Panzer Dragoon Prototypes... Released!

Panzer Dragoon Prototypes... Released!

By Solo Wing |

Hidden Palace has been updated with a torrent of the Panzer Dragoon prototypes. The prototypes included in the torrent are listed as follows: Panzer Dragoon Saga - Sep 16, 1997 prototype - Disc 1 (of only 1?) Panzer Dragoon Saga - Nov...

Panzer Dragoon Prototypes

Panzer Dragoon Prototypes

By Solo Wing |

Have you ever wondered what Panzer Dragoon Saga was like before it was completed? What changes were made prior to its release, what bugs were fixed? Well now this question has partially been answered. I recently had the opportunity to play through...

Vote For "The Zoah" to Appear in New Sonic RPG!

Vote For "The Zoah" to Appear in New Sonic RPG!

By Solo Wing |

Sega Europe are hosting a poll on what the name of the new enemy race should be called in the upcoming Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. If you’re going to come up a name for an alien race in a Sonic the Hedgehog RPG, why not name it after a...

A Theory, a Link, and a Rumour

By Solo Wing |

Forum member Heretic Agnostic has submitted his first article to The Will of the Ancients, a theory which serves to put all other theories in their place. Okay, I exaggerate, but his theory does do a great job of offering an alternative...

Game Information Section Updated

Game Information Section Updated

By Solo Wing |

Lance has revamped the game information page for Sega Ages: Panzer Dragoon, the remake of the original Panzer Dragoon which was was released on the Playstation 2 last year. The page previously contained pre-release information about the game, but...

The Second Chapter of A Trial of Endurance

By Solo Wing |

As the title says, Chupacabra has submitted the second chapter of his fanfic, A Trial of Endurance, to the Fan Fiction section of this website. Chapter 2 continues off from where the first chapter concluded, with Flomu’s story colliding with...

A Brand New Story From an Imperial Perspective

By Solo Wing |

Chupacabra has written the first chapter of a new piece of fan fiction called A Trial of Endurance. The story is told from the perspective of an imperial technician aboard the Vermana (the first boss of Panzer Dragoon Orta), and sets the scene for...

Update: Orta Fully Playable on NTSC 360s

By Solo Wing |

It has come to my attention that the issue mentioned in the previous update (of Panzer Dragoon Orta crashing after the third episode when playing it on the Xbox 360) does not exist in the NTSC version of the game. According to a number of American...