Not too many years ago, Steam’s Summer Sale event was the go-to gaming sale of the year. However, with the explosion of digital sales in the last five-ish (or so) years, plenty of other sites have cropped up to compete with Steam in seeing who can slash prices the lowest. Not that I’m complaining since […]
Considering the recent heat wave sweeping across the US, particularly in the Southwest, Steam’s annual summer sale really has come at an opportune time. With some areas of the states reaching temperatures exceeding 120 F (49 C), I’d say it’s definitely time to blast the AC and retreat into your gaming lair as often as […]
DCS World 2.1 Update 1 Eagle Dynamics has released the first of what promises to be many updates to DCS World 2.1. Although decidedly a bug fixing/tweaking patch, it does include fixes to some troublesome CTD (crash-to-desktop) issues with the games spawning system. DCS World 1.5 is likewise going to be receiving some love soon […]
Star Citizen continues its long march towards 3.0, and while the game’s development is, no doubt, taking the lion’s share of developmental resources, the main website is also getting a bit of an update. Spectrum 0.3.5 will soon be released which will hopefully make navigating the website and forums slightly less awkward. As for the […]
Bohemia Interactive has delivered the next anticipated content release for their popular combat sim, Arma 3. Jets gives players access to three new aircraft, an unmanned drone, and a new Showcase scenario. As is usual with DLC releases, the devs have also released a free platform update to the game, tweaking various features and adding […]
Developer 1CGS has released update 2.010 out into the wild, and with it comes a new aircraft, features, and fixes. Prominently, the update releases the IL-2 Sturmovik Mod. 1943 to all Battle of Kuban owners, which has a great deal of improvements over the existing version. The changes to the aircraft necessitated quite a few […]
Eagle Dynamics, the developer behind the combat sim DCS World, is taking a break from fighting with its newest campaign, Mi-8MVT2 Oilfield by Laivynas. Rather than taking to the skies to cause havoc from above, the Oilfield Campaign puts players into the Mi-8MTV2 helicopter for a series of missions as a cargo pilot. The release […]
Bohemia Interactive has revealed some details about their new Jets DLC for the popular military sim Arma 3. Jets will be available on May 16 to all those who purchase it, but the giant Aircraft Carrier, the “USS Freedom,” will be available to everyone, regardless if you buy Jets or not. Without a doubt Arma […]
…And now back to your regularly scheduled program. After some much needed down time for reasons entirely on my end of life, regular posting will be returning to SimHQ as of today! I had hoped to bring you a detailed look at Wings over Flanders Field – Ultimate Edition in this post, but I need […]
DCS World Eagle Dynamics and Belsimtek, as we discussed previously, have released the F-5E Tiger II out into the wild, and it’s been met with fairly positive reviews. Shortly after the Tiger II’s early access announcement, ED released update 2.0.3 for DCS World 2. While mostly a maintenance patch, concerned with bug fixes and tweaks, […]
Today, the folks at 1C released an incremental update for their popular flight/combat sim IL*2 Sturmovik. One of the key features of the update is the inclusion of Virtual Reality support via the HTC Vive. However, the support is very early and seems to be encountering some issues, but we’ll talk more about that after […]
Wings: Over Flanders Fields The ever popular WOFF saw its content upgraded to Version 3 in the past weeks, and naturally the update brought with it many changes and additions to the tried-and-true formula. Developer OBD Software wasted no time in patching and tweaking V3, bringing about another round of rapid updates which has cumulated […]
