Me410 review: Definitive destroyer?

The last of the flyable aircraft planned for IL-2: Battle of Normandy has arrived. The Messerschmitt Me410 was the offshoot of the much maligned Me210 heavy fighter and it comes with interesting history and capabilities. This review explores the real world history and the virtual companion that 1CGS has built for the Great Battles Series….

Me410, custom control config launches in new IL-2 patch

Great Battles series launches two significant features in the latest 4.707 version of the IL-2 series. Packed in this new update is the release of the Me410 for IL-2: Battle of Normandy along with a new Custom Input Profile across the whole of the series. Let’s have a look! Me410, custom profiles The first big…

Me410 preview in latest IL-2 dev diary

The last flyable aircraft release for IL-2 Battle of Normandy is coming soon and the folks at 1CGS have a new developer diary update that gives us our best look yet at this interesting German warbird. We also hear a little bit more about what’s going on with the rest of the project. Let’s have…

Me410 cockpit and new airfield images portent release of IL-2 Normandy

We’re on the final stretch for the full release of IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Normandy as the latest developer diary points out. This week we’re seeing the nearly finished Me410 cockpit and a bunch of new airfields. Me410 cockpit, airfields Up until know we’ve only see the pre-rendered versions of the Me410 cockpit. Now we’re…

IL-2’s Me410 and Normandy map move towards testing

The final stretch of the road for IL-2: Battle of Normandy is at hand as the 1CGS team move the final pieces of content into place. Among them are the last remaining flyable airplane, the Me410, and the Normandy map. This week we got new looks at both! 410, Normandy map move to testing A…

Modifications for IL-2’s Me410 revealed

The Messerschmidt Me410 had a complex history as the Luftwaffe continued to pile on different requirements and add mission types. That resulted in a wide variety of modifications to the aircraft and I, like many of you, have wondered what IL-2 Battle of Normandy would do to represent at least some of these modifications. Thanks…