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 […]
It’s been a long time coming, but today players will be able to get their hands on the Battle of Moscow campaign beta, Moscow maps, Ju 88 A-4, and the new 64-bit executable. All-in-all… quite a big day for the venerable flight combat sim. Battle of Moscow The next big campaign / map addition to […]
If you enjoy raining down death from above (and who doesn’t?), there have been a few recent developments on the aerial combat front which may put power into your propeller. If that last sentence made you scoff and/or roll your eyes then my opening sentence mission was a success. Wings: Over Flanders Fields, DCS World, […]
The past few days have seen a nice little burst of news on the flight sim front, with 1C and Eagle Dynamics each providing some new information regarding updates and the futures of their respective games. IL*2 Battle of Moscow A few days ago we took a look at 1C’s update 1.107, which continues the […]
Developer 1C is hard at work preparing for the release of Battle of Moscow, the next addition in its IL*2 Sturmovik franchise. While BOM is due out sometime in the next couple months, 1C has its eyes set on more than just the immediate future: “Long term planning requires long discussion, so we’ll be able […]
Developer 1C has released update 1.106, which includes numerous additions and fixes, in time for the Holidays. After the long wait for 1.104, it’s nice to see 1C hard at work pumping out more updates to close the year. The biggest addition to the game in this update, comes in the form of the MiG-3 Soviet […]
Developer 1C has announced that their newest plane, the MiG-3, is currently in its final testing stage. While the anticipated release date for the MiG-3 isn’t until the end of December, 1C recently shed some light on the upcoming release. The MiG-3 (or Mikoyan-Gurevich) was a Soviet fighter which came into its prime during World […]
The long awaited 1.104 update has finally landed for IL-2 Sturmovik: BOS, and it was worth the wait. So, what has been added? Well, for starters, the summer and autumn season maps, coupled with the new campaign (which covers the early days of the battle through to the November winter that ensued) are both fantastic. […]
It’s been a while coming, but 1C Game Studios have finally announced that update 1.104 to Battle of Stalingrad is ready for beta testing. The update brings with it the German fighter Bf 109 E-7, the summer and autumn Stalingrad maps, as well as the first part of the new campaign which is set before […]
1C Game Studios and 777 Studios have announced that update 1.011, a major update for IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad, is now available to download and launch. You can check out the most recent dev blog (#95) here, which briefly touches on update 1.011. The update brings with it a new aircraft and map, as […]
