A trio of highly anticipated content has just dropped for IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles with the launch of Update 5.003. The C-47A, Western Front map, and StuG III have all been hotly anticipated in some corners of the community and here they are for us to fly, drive, and experience. Let’s have a look at…
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That La-5F render intended for IL-2?
The internet does not forget anything. The La-5F render that was briefly posted to the 1C Game Studios official media thread yesterday has re-emerged on Reddit giving us a nice high resolution render of what appears to be an La-5F. Might this be one of the two Collector Planes mentioned a couple of weeks ago?…
More StuG and vehicle images for IL-2 Great Battles
It seems that it’s ground vehicle week for the IL-2 series as the latest developer diary spends a little more time on the ground with an update on the StuG III Collector Vehicle for IL-2 Great Battles. We also have news about an upcoming patch so let’s dive into the details. Coming up next We…
1CGS releases StuG III dev shots
A brief update from the new ‘1CGS OFFICIAL MEDIA’ section of the IL-2 forum contains some previously unreleased screenshots of the in development StuG III Ausf.G Mobile Assault Gun. Here’s the latest! StuG makes progress Previously seen in early renders, we haven’t yet seen the in-game exterior model for the StuG III Ausf.G but we…
The Korean war for the next gen IL-2? I have thoughts!
Since the live stream a few days ago I’ve been trying to put different pieces of this puzzle that we have together. Thanks to some of my regular readers (shoutout to Blue 5), I have really come around to the idea that the next in the series might be a jump forward to the Korean…
What we now know about the future of the IL-2 series
The team from 1C Game Studios hosted a live stream earlier today answering some questions and talking about the future of the IL-2 series. We’ve learned some things about how the future is going to play out but not quite everything. Let’s dig into it! An announcement but not the announcement Going into the stream…
IL-2 live stream officially scheduled for 11:30 CST
We have a brief update and have learned that the English live stream that 1C Game Studios is now scheduled for 11:30 am CST. Episode 1? We know from the previous announcement that there may be a slight shift in the schedule for the upcoming 1CGS live stream. Now we have an official time of…
A few thoughts ahead of the IL-2 live stream
In two days, 1C Game Studios will be hosting a live stream featuring Albert Zhiltsov (Loft) and Daniil Tuseev (Han). We don’t know much about the stream except that they will be doing back to back streams in both English and Russian. Presumably the future of the series will be discussed and we may even…
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Normandy full review
The English Channel glistens in the morning sun as a flight of four RAF Typhoons, taking off from their English countryside airbase, cruise towards an assigned target. Rockets hang from the wings and cannons are the ready. Then, without warning, a FW190 streaks through the formation an air battle erupts. This is the kind of…
1CGS show off C-47, Snipe, West Front map for Flying Circus
The developers at 1C Game Studios are once again showing off some new materials and updates in their latest developer update. This time around we’re getting our best look at the C-47 that we’ve ever had, a solid update on the Sopwith Snipe, and our first real look at the Western Front map for Flying…
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