If you had been wondering what was happening with Polychop Simulations and their planned release of the DCS: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior and updates to the DCS: SA342 Gazelle, you were not a lone. Rumours spread far and wide and relative silence by the developers lead to serious questions. Now we have an update so let’s…
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Flying Iron Simulations show progress on DCS: A-7
One of the more promising Cold War types currently under development for DCS World is FlyingIron Simulations A-7E Corsair II. Over the last few days they have dropped more in development images on their Facebook page and in their Discord community. Night and day attack The first three images show off some of the instruments…
More visual details of the RAZBAM DCS: F-15E revealed
RAZBAM CEO Ron Zambrano posted a short video clip showing the work in progress DCS: F-15E Strike Eagle project with some new visual details of the jet. Let’s have a quick look! Inside and out Advertising the visual quality done by artist Tim Taylor, Ron Zambrano from RAZBAM was on Twitter yesterday with a short…
MSFS Feature Discovery focuses on Reno Air Races
We’ve got our first new Feature Discovery video from the Asobo team in quite some time and the subject matter is fitting as the team is on the cusp of unleashing the first big content update for Microsoft Flight Simulator since it released. The Reno Air Races is part of a bigger update coming tomorrow…
Remembering in 2021
As is my tradition on Stormbirds, I like to stop and take a moment to reflect and remember the brave people who went off to war in our service. In Canada and in many countries around the world, November 11 marks a sombre day where we mark the end of World War I and reflect…
50% off most titles in the IL-2: Great Battles library with promo codes
Looking for a nice 50% discount on your next IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Release? 1CGS is offering promo codes right now through their online store. November promo Starting today and lasting until November 23rd, when you buy through the IL-2 webstore, you can apply a 50% discount code at checkout. The codes can be used…
DCS’ October patch is jam packed with updates for F-14, Forrestal, F-16, more!
We’ve been expecting this patch since August when Heatblur revealed that their Forrestal-class carrier was on the way in a planned October update. But this patch is so much more as its packed full of features and fixes for a wide variety of aircraft. The DCS: Mi-24 Hind, F-14 Tomcat and the F-16 Viper are…
Desert Wings – Tobruk: Update 5.027 brings new ‘Their Finest Hour’ campaign
Fans of IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs Of Dover and Desert Wings – Tobruk will definitely want to check out update 5.027 as it features the title’s newest free single player campaign called ‘Their Finest Hour’ which looks to be a historical and action packed experience. Here’s what’s in the latest patch. Change log The standout feature…
DCS Open Beta 2.7.6 out with updates for The Channel, Hind, Viper, more
A lot of news today for DCS World. In addition to the release of the DCS: Mosquito into open beta, there are also a bunch of other updates that have come to the sim. Here’s some highlights The Channel map Eagle Dynamics are now ready to declare DCS: The Channel as being feature complete. Additional…
A DCS World story in the face of adversity
This is going to be a different story than the typical news or editorials that I post here on Stormbirds.blog. Life can be stressful. A lot of sim pilots, myself included, really appreciate the power that sims have to take you out of reality for a little while and into something that is engrossing, challenging…
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