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November 4, 2010

Oleg's Battle of Britain at Igromir 2010 - Day 2
The first public appearance of the Maddox Games successor to the IL-2 Series

by Doug "guod" Atkinson

Oleg and Ilya are presenting some of Storm of War at the "Igromir 2010" exhibition held in Moscow. Day 2 was open to the public and as you will see, was crowded! Oleg's comments are below each of Oleg's images. A thanks to Igor Panuta who took the photos where Oleg is presenting.

"Early morning, bad weather conditions, and a long waiting line for entrance to the exhibition."

"Before the exhibition was open. Some nice girl playing BoB. She really could fly! There were other girls during the day in the booth flying the sim…"

"Just after the exhibition was opened. The booth was running BoB."

"The left side of the booth was running the IL-2 Sturmovik National Championship, pre-final battles."

"A pretty girl at the booth."

"The IL-2 Sturmovik National Championship."

"In the Battle of Britain booth."

"In the Battle of Britain booth."

"In the Battle of Britain booth."

"Somebody taking photos of me."

"In the Battle of Britain booth."

"In the Battle of Britain booth."

"Me with the Battle of Britain booth in the background."

"Presentation of the special Battle of Britain in-game trailer on the main wall of the booth in the center of the exhibition."

"At the same time on another booth, Ilya Shevchenko speaks about Battle of Britain features."

"Here I am before the official presentation for the press."

"Presentation for the press reminding them about IL-2 Sturmovik simulator development and story."

"Ilya speaking during the Battle of Britain trailer presentation."

"I’m speaking about technical features of the Battle of Britain engine and some unique features of the sim itself."

"I’m speaking about photo realistic image in the game."

A new SimHQ interview with Oleg soon

Watch for an extended interview with Oleg about the Storm of War series and Battle of Britain appearing soon on SimHQ! If you would like your question considered for the interview, submit it here. Not every question can be answered, but we will try to get as many as Oleg has time to answer.

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Other "Igromir 2010" photos and commentaries from Oleg Maddox:
Day 1    Day 3    Day 4

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