IL-2 sales are on

If you’re looking for some flight sim related discounts, the IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series is running a sale right now with discounts on most of their products. Here’s what’s on sale. Sale time Some pretty good discounts were announced earlier today for the Great Battles Series. There are offering some pretty deep discounts on…

IL-2 campaign review: Flying over the beaches on the Overlord campaign!

It’s time for another IL-2 campaign review and this time I’m talking about Jay Jaegermeister Yarbrough’s “Overlord” campaign featuring the P-51B Mustang and IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Normandy. This fifteen mission campaign puts you in the cockpit of a 354th Fighter Group P-51 around the time of Operation Overlord fighting some intense battles on the…

IL-2 update 5.203 brings plenty of new features

Today’s update for the IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series comes packaged with some interesting new features together with the usual list of bug fixes. There’s new things to check out so let’s get to it. Dynamic battlefield system adds variety to Career mode The biggest change is something that 1CGS has just revealed today. They…

Flying Circus update talks upgrades, aircraft

Three new aircraft are on display in the latest Flying Circus developer update. The new aircraft together with a summary of some of the work that are being done to improve the accuracy of the aircraft and address any problems as they are transferred from their original Rise of Flight engine over to the Great…

Quick mission builder in the spotlight for new IL-2 dev update

We’ve got a new developer update from the 1C Game Studios team and this one is mostly focused on upcoming feature additions in the next update. These features include some notable and welcome updates to the advanced quick mission builder system and they include some significant new features for Tank Crew operators as well. New…

Translated IL-2 dev video gives us new insights

You may recall last week when the IL-2 team put a podcast video out in Russian without a translation. Well this week they’ve put together a developer update that more or less covers everything that was in the podcast. It talks past, present and future of the series and is worth a read. Here’s a…

IL-2’s Spring Sale is now underway

If you’re looking for discounts, IL-2’s Spring Sale is now underway with discounts on most items in the IL-2 store. Sale underway Discount pricing now in place for IL-2’s Spring Sale. Products such as Battle of Normandy Standard are down to $29.99 USD while recently released products such as Jaegermeister’s Overlord campaign have also seen…

1CGS shows off the Ta 152H

A new developer update for the IL-2 series shows off one of the next up Collector Planes – the Ta 152H. Let’s have a look! Ultimate Focke-Wulf preview We’ve got a new update from the folks at 1CGS and its focused on an upcoming Collector Plane that they say will release in the summer of…

IL-2 update 5.202 comes with new planes, revised old ones

From the new long-fuselage IAR80/81 variant to the release of the Spitfire IXc to revised flight models for some old favourites, plus dozens of other fixes. There’s no doubt about it that IL-2 update 5.202 is a consequential one. Let’s have a look! The newest aircraft on the block We start with the new Spitfire…

IL-2 Spitfire IXc changes, new map editing features

A news update from the folks at 1CGS is here and it comes packed with a few interesting details surrounding the upcoming Spitfire IXc with a slight change in course. There’s also some new map editing features that some mission authors may aid creativity and benefit us all. Let’s have a look! Spitfire IXc to…