First mission with DCS: F/A-18C’s Eastern Friendship campaign

The first campaign for the DCS: F/A-18C is out and its a brilliant four mission mini-campaign by SEDLO available on the Eagle Dynamics user files area of their website. This fictional campaign puts you in the cockpit of a Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 in the skies over Georgia as a complex geopolitical situation takes…

An actual date for DCS World 2.5

A few weeks ago I wrote that Eagle Dynamics were promising that DCS World 2.5 would be out by the end of January. Now, we have confirmation from the Eagle Dynamics DCS Facebook page that there is a release date: January 31st! Down to the wire (with a catch) January 31st is now officially the…

Relax to this DCS: F/A-18C low level river video

Showing off the autumn scenery in DCS World 2.5’s Caucasus map could have been done with a couple of screenshots but instead we got a good look at just how good the map looks at low altitude… from the cockpit of the F/A-18C Hornet. Sit back, relax, watch the world go by at 350 knots…

Recap of the DCS: F/A-18C Hornet Live Stream

Matt “Waggs” Wagner gave us a great update on the DCS: F/A-18C Hornet via a live stream that was later published to YouTube and Facebook and shared around the DCS community. The video previews the latest work on the Hornet module as well as the new Caucasus map. Two parts The first video is actually…

RAZBAM’s AV-8B Harrier enters internal testing

This week’s DCS World Weekend News update focused on third party developer RAZBAM’s AV-8B Harrier Night Attack module. The aircraft has entered internal testing which means the module is now on its way towards release. Bringing the Harrier to life RAZBAM has been releasing nearly daily updates of testing on the AV-8B giving fans of…

DCS map update, Ju88 and the Mi-8 gets a GPS

News is coming in from Eagle Dynamics again this week on the latest updates to the Caucasus and Strait of Hormuz maps, they also showed off their Ju88 model and Belsimtek releases a GPS module for the Mi-8. So lets get into it! The Junkers ubiquitous bomber If you’ve played a WWII sim based in…

Comparing Batumi Airfield in DCS 1.5 vs 2.2

Another Caucasus map update from the Eagle Dynamics team shows a really great side-by-side of the Batumi airfield highlighting the differences between DCS World 1.5 and DCS World 2.2. World 2.2 improvements I’ve talked about this before here and here but this is a really great way to see specifically what is changing in the…

DCS shows off latest Caucasus map update

These days it seems like DCS and IL-2: Battle of Kuban may be going head to head in some respects with the release of Spitfire IX and Spitfire V for each respective title and now with the latest Caucasus map updates for both titles. Today, ED followed up some of the latest IL-2 Kuban map…

DCS World Caucasus and Strait of Hormuz maps update

DCS World Weekend News this week was particularly forthcoming with some significant milestones for the DCS series. It’s been about a year since we’ve seen anything in detail on the Caucasus and Strait of Hormuz maps and now we’ve got some new images of both. DCS World in the background Something that I’ve been learning a…