June has been a busy month for the guys and gals over at Bohemia Interactive. Arma 3, Bohemia’s powerhouse, tactical third-person shooter, is gearing up to drop its next big expansion this July. The venerable franchise also celebrates its 15th anniversary this month – Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (Arma Cold War Assault) was originally […]
Archive | Air Combat
Battlefield 1 – Dice Goes Back To Its Roots
And… we’re back! After a conspicuous, and unfortunately unavoidable absence, SimHQ is returning to its regularly scheduled programming. So, let’s not waste any time and jump right back into the fray. A lot has happened in the previous weeks, including one of the gaming industries largest, and arguably most popular, consumer/developer gatherings: E3. This year’s […]
Wings Over Flanders Fields – Expansion 3
OBD Software, known for their work on Wings Over Flanders Fields, released a third Expansion for the popular flight combat sim this week. This latest content release includes: New Aircraft and Damage models, New Shader and Lighting Effects, New Music, Campaign Changes, as well as numerous additions and tweaks to the game’s mechanics. Aircraft Additions […]
DCS World: P-51D High Stakes Campaign Released
Eagle Dynamics has released DCS World’s newest DLC, and this time you’ll be taking flight in the P-51D Mustang for a full-on story driven campaign. Coupled with the release is an overall update of the game to version 1.5.3.52478, or simply Update 4 of the current iteration. The P-51 Mustang was a long-range fighter that […]
IL*2 Sturmovik – Update 1.201 and Battle of Moscow Campaign
It’s been a long time coming, but today players will be able to get their hands on the Battle of Moscow campaign beta, Moscow maps, Ju 88 A-4, and the new 64-bit executable. All-in-all… quite a big day for the venerable flight combat sim. Battle of Moscow The next big campaign / map addition to […]
DCS: A-10C Warthog BFT Campaign and 1.5.3 Update 2
Eagle Dynamics has released the newest DCS update along with a robust Basic Flight Training Campaign for the A-10C Warthog. The campaign boasts over 2,300 lines of voiced dialogue and has 170+ pages of briefing material (A-10C checklist, maps, data cards, etc) to soak up in your spare time. Everything from your flight plan and […]
Three-In-One Update – WOFF, DCS, and IL*2
If you enjoy raining down death from above (and who doesn’t?), there have been a few recent developments on the aerial combat front which may put power into your propeller. If that last sentence made you scoff and/or roll your eyes then my opening sentence mission was a success. Wings: Over Flanders Fields, DCS World, […]
Combat Air Patrol 2
Ah Combat Air Patrol 2… so we meet again. Developer Sim155 has been teasing their Harrier II flight sim since 2014, and just when I think it’s about to come out, it disappears into the shadows for months. If you’re unfamiliar with Combat Air Patrol 2, I wouldn’t be surprised. While it hasn’t exactly been […]
Arma 3 – Eden Update Almost Here
Bohemia Interactive has been hard at work on the Eden Update since September of last year, when the Eden Editor was released for beta testing. Now, about five months later, the update is almost ready to go live. The Eden Update, which takes its name from the new and improved Eden editor, is scheduled to […]
IL*2 And DCS Make Strong Moves In 2016
The past few days have seen a nice little burst of news on the flight sim front, with 1C and Eagle Dynamics each providing some new information regarding updates and the futures of their respective games. IL*2 Battle of Moscow A few days ago we took a look at 1C’s update 1.107, which continues the […]
IL*2 Sturmovik: Battle of Moscow and Beyond
Developer 1C is hard at work preparing for the release of Battle of Moscow, the next addition in its IL*2 Sturmovik franchise. While BOM is due out sometime in the next couple months, 1C has its eyes set on more than just the immediate future: “Long term planning requires long discussion, so we’ll be able […]
F-15C: 16-2 Red Flag Campaign and DCS World 2 Update 4
Eagle Dynamics and The Fighter Collection have released the 16-2 Red Flag Campaign for the F-15C. The Red Flag Exercise is a typical advanced combat training exercise that happens at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The USAFWC uses the exercise to train pilots and flight crew to deal with real air combat situations. Naturally, this […]