With 14,000 produced between 1942 and well after World War II was over, the Yak-9 was one of the most mass produced fighters in the Russian arsenal and in history as well. Today we’re getting our first look at this prolific fighter for IL-2: Great Battles with the fully textured and in-engine look at the…
Tag: IL-2: Battle of Kuban
IL-2 Lunar New Year Sale includes 25% off FC, 75% off most other titles
The Chinese New Year or the Lunar New Year is coming up on January 25th and that is occasion enough for 1CGS to offer up some great discounts on the IL-2: Great Battles Series including 25% off for the first time on Flying Circus Vol 1 and 75% off most other titles and content in…
IL-2’s Autumn Sale begins with 75% discounts!
Lots of excitement around the IL-2 series right now as a 75% sale kicks in and a major announcement arrives tomorrow sometime. If you wanted to fill your hangar with some IL-2 content, now is a fantastic time to add some aircraft in! The sale is on (or will be for Steam) Here are all…
New IL-2 trailers for Kuban, Flying Circus are out
1C Game Studios is working to ensure that there are gameplay trailers from all of their IL-2: Great Battles Series titles and that means new trailers for previously and just released titles. Let’s have a look! New for Kuban and Flying Circus The first new trailer is by community member =HH= Paulk. Paulk is a…
Community Q&A with SYN_Haashashin, creator of Achtung Spitfire!
It’s been a little while since I put together the last Community Q&A but I am very pleased to release this next one. This Q&A is with SYN_Haashashin from the IL-2 and Rise of Flight communities. Haashashin and The Syndicate squadron have long been into multiplayer flying but also involved with the single player mission…
Reminder: IL-2 sale ends September 3rd
The ‘Endless Summer’ sale for the IL-2: Great Battles series ends next Tuesday on the website and this Thursday if you wanted to buy from the Steam Store. This is your reminder! A reminder of what’s on sale There’s a lot of good deals going on for IL-2 right now with sale and I always…
End of summer IL-2 sale is on!
Though not officially announced yet, it appears that an end of summer IL-2 sale is now on with various titles in the IL-2: Great Battle Series being offered at a substantial discount. If you were thinking about picking up something from the 1CGS IL-2 store or Steam, now is definitely the time! What’s on sale?…
New screenshots for Achtung Spitfire!
1CGS has released just over a dozen new screenshots for the forthcoming Achtung Spitfire! campaign by IL-2 third party group ‘The Syndicate.’ Let’s check out the new screenshots! Scenes from the upcoming campaign Though Spitfire’s saw limited combat with the Soviet Union, just over a hundred Spitfire’s were used over the Kuban region making the…
Actung Spitfire! campaign announced for IL-2: Battle of Kuban
The team behind Fritz Life and Alberts Life, calling themselves The Syndicate, has collaborated with 1C Game Studios to release a new Scripted Campaign for IL-2: Battle of Kuban featuring the lend-lease Spitfire Vb. Pre-orders are now open and it’s coming very soon! Campaign description, length The announcement makes it clear that this is a…
Legends of the East Part Four: IL-2 Sturmovik
It’s time for part four of my ‘Legends of the East’ series focusing on both the history and the virtual representations of WWII era Soviet aircraft featured in the IL-2: Great Battles Series. The goal as stated in earlier version is to try and shed light on both the history and the use of these…
Stormbirds 