It may have slipped past, unnoticed in the patch notes, but I want to make sure to get some attention for a very fun Scripted Campaign for IL-2 Battle of Bodenplatte. ‘Wind of Fury’ is a free Scripted Campaign featuring the Tempest Mark V and after completing a play through I can say that it’s…
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Flight Journal: ‘Wind of Fury,’ the first three missions
Just over a month ago, owners of IL-2: Battle of Boddenplatte received a free Scripted Campaign to help pad out the single player experience. It features the Tempest Mark V (Series 2) introduction on the front-lines following the conclusion of the V-1 interception campaign. If the first three missions are any indication, the following seven…
IL-2 patch 4.501 is out with a massive change to visibility
1CGS is a persistent developer in their efforts to improve the state of the IL-2: Great Battles series and patch 4.501 is a testament to continually responding to issues that the community have brought forward. With patch 4.501 we see some big changes to the way spotting and visibility works in the sim. We also…
IL-2’s detail ‘Wind of Fury,’ visibility updates, tease Hurricane
This latest IL-2: Great Battles developer diary is a juicy one filled with plenty of cool details about things that are coming soon to the IL-2 series. These updates plus some recent news on the forum from the developers and a new spotting video help round out all of the latest that we know about…
RIP fictional RAF No. 3 Squadron Leader Francis Hall
I’ve been playing a bit more IL-2: Battle of Bodenplatte Career mode recently and my very first career pilot for the title was a pilot I created was Francis Hall, Squadron Leader of No. 3 RAF Squadron flying Tempests out of Volkel. Unfortunately, on a sortie I flew this morning, there was a catastrophic crash…
First IL-2 dev update of 2020!
The 1C Game Studios team has been a bit quiet going into early 2020 as their team comes back from vacation and they press on with some new goals for the new year. Here’s a few details from the latest Developer Diary and news on what is coming in the next patch as well. Big…
Intense and sometimes epic battles in IL-2’s TAW, Jasta5 and Combat Box servers
This year I made it a mission to fly more multiplayer. I wanted more of a balance between single and multiplayer and specifically with IL-2: Great Battles Series. In that goal I think I have largely succeeded with plenty of multiplayer fun to be had over the last several months. Here are some recent exploits…
Reviewing the Tempest Mark V in IL-2: Battle of Bodenplatte
The Hawker Tempest was a powerful British fighter that appeared late in World War II. Despite having a short operational life, it left a mark on history as one of the Allies’ best fighters of the war. The Hawker Tempest Mark V is now available for owners of IL-2: Battle of Bodenplatte thanks to patch…
IL-2 dev diary is a love letter to the Tempest V and the community
This week’s IL-2 developer diary focuses on the Hawker Tempest V (Series II) coming soon to IL-2: Battle of Bodenplatte. It’s more than a regular developer diary because its also the story of how Jason got the details on the aircraft, the trials and tribulations of doing that, and the efforts that the team went…
IL-2 update features American trio, map update, new Collector Planes teased
New features and developer insights were revealed today during the latest IL-2 developer update. So many updates in-fact that I devoted a whole article about just one feature – the new pilot physiology system. Meanwhile there are other updates that we should look at and some serious eye candy. We’re also teased about some new…
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