IL-2 dev diary gives us more new clouds, Ar234 cockpit, Ju52 4K skins

This week we’ve got a new IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles developer diary update and it’s packed with some new screenshots of the Ar234’s cockpit as well as some brilliant new images of IL-2’s new upgraded clouds and some nice new Ju52 4K skins which are now already in the sim. Arado cockpit First up, the…

MSFS Ju52 review round-up

I’d very much like to have written my own review for Asobo Studio’s own Junkers Ju52 release. The iconic tri-motor is part of their ‘Local Legends” series and certainly looks stunning inside and out and instead of continuing to fight with a chronic crash to desktop problem in Flight Simulator (an issue that the latest…

Ju52 for Microsoft Flight Simulator is out!

Asobo Studios next aircraft in their aircraft pipeline is out and it’s the first of the ‘local legends series’ that the team has started to produce. The Ju-52 or “Tante Ju” is out and here’s what you need to know! First of the local legends Asobo Studios is aiming to release a series of aircraft…

Flight Simulator Ju52 delayed

A statement by a member of the Microsoft Flight Simulator team made a post tonight on the community forums notifying everyone that the plan to release the Ju52 by the end of this week has been postponed. This is what we know. Still coming but delayed One of the new pieces of content that the…

Flight sim news round-up for June 19th

Another week has passed by and as usual there’s a few news stories that I haven’t had a chance to write about yet so here they are all rounded up. Orbx offers Iceland mesh for free A nice little surprise for Microsoft Flight Simulator fans as Orbx offers their Iceland Mesh product for free. This…

Flight Journal: The Ju 52 paratrooper raid!

I’ve been meaning to take the Ju52 onto a multiplayer server and do a paratrooper raid and finally last night I had the opportunity to take a crack at it in a group of pilots including Requiem from the Air Combat Tutorial Library. This is what happened! To the frontlines Finnish Virtual Pilots Dynamic War’s…

IL-2 Christmas/New Year’s Sale Extended

Announced in a post today, the IL-2 Christmas/New Year’s Sale has been extended until January 9th – only on the IL-2 website store. Sale recap Here’s the breakdown of what’s on sale: 66% OFF Battle of Stalingrad (website). Please note that having at least the base game (Stalingrad) on Steam means you can launch it from the…

‘A Storm in the Sky’ IL-2 cinematic

I’m very pleased to present a few months worth of effort putting together a cinematic video that I wanted to represent as much of the IL-2: Battle of Kuban experience as I could possibly cram into a single video. ‘A Storm in the Sky’ comes from hours of editing 317 different clips comprising 21.3 GB…

IL-2’s Holiday Sale Extended

If you’ve been waffling on purchasing one of the various IL-2 Collector Planes or the IL-2: Battle of Stalingrad or Battle of Moscow title, you have a little more time to waffle. Jason Williams, IL-2’s Lead Producer, announced today that the sale has been extended to January 9. Sale recap Here’s a recap of everything…

The IL-2 and Rise of Flight holiday sale is on!

The holidays approach! Last minute shopping is on and so is the IL-2 and Rise of Flight holiday sale. Here are the details! Collector planes First up, we have collector planes on sale at 40% and 50% off depending on the aircraft. The La-5 Series 8 and FW190A-3 are both on for 50% off. These…