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 […]
Well, it’s a new year. Time to make and break resolutions and prepare for a whole new year of events, news, and goings on. January, and in some ways, the entire first quarter of a new year, is a little bit like the summer for the game’s industry (sans E3). Developers and publishers have usually […]
Every few weeks, Steam has a new flavor-of-the-month game that the Internet collectively praises for a couple days. Afterwards, the game that was so “great,” “unique,” “innovative,” and “the next big thing” usually sinks into its niche and goes mostly unnoticed by players at large. While games fading into obscurity isn’t anything new, it has […]
Developer 1C has released update 1.106, which includes numerous additions and fixes, in time for the Holidays. After the long wait for 1.104, it’s nice to see 1C hard at work pumping out more updates to close the year. The biggest addition to the game in this update, comes in the form of the MiG-3 Soviet […]
As gaming genres, Sim and Strategy have an interesting facet, aside from their own unique mechanics, that other gaming genres can’t really claim to possess: books, and by extension, actual learning potential. Before you start listing out all the Fantasy/Sci-fi books you’ve read which were clear inspirations for all the Fantasy/Sci-fi games you’ve played, let […]
OBD Software have released a new add-on for their well-known World War I combat flight sim, Wings: Over Flanders Fields. The update includes two new flyable aircraft, available to WOFF Expansion users (v2), as well as a secondary update to fix some issues with the initial release. Motley Crew introduces the Nieuport 12 and the […]
Modders are the best. A dedicated community of modders can do things for a game that no developer, constrained by publishing/monetary concerns, can ever do –indefinitely support a game’s development. One of the most well-known modding communities out there revolves around Bethesda’s RPG releases, namely The Elder Scrolls series and the Fallout series. Anytime a […]
Registration is now open for DCS’s first online tournament: MiGs versus Sabers! The registration period is open from now until November 12th. The actual event will take place from November 13th to the 22nd and will be followed by a similar event before the end of the year. Naturally, to take part in the contest, […]
Order of Battle Morning Sun Needs Beta Testers After the successful release of their Battle of Britain update, The Aristocrats, makers of Order of Battle: Pacific, are once again returning to the pacific theatre in their next expansion. This time they’ll be taking on the Second Sino-Japanese War: “Players take control over the Japanese forces […]
It’s been a while coming, but 1C Game Studios have finally announced that update 1.104 to Battle of Stalingrad is ready for beta testing. The update brings with it the German fighter Bf 109 E-7, the summer and autumn Stalingrad maps, as well as the first part of the new campaign which is set before […]
iEntertainment Network is celebrating WarBird’s 20th anniversary with WarBirds 2016, now available on steam. For those of you familiar with WarBirds, you’ll find the same solid, classic gameplay of the original packaged with a plethora of new updates in the 2016 version. For the uninitiated, WarBirds was originally developed by Interactive Creations in 1995. The […]
Eagle Dynamics and The Fighter Collection have released the DCS: L-39 Albatros for pre-purchase on the DCS e-shop for $39.99. Currently the price is 20% off and will remain so until this September when it will sell for $49.99. The L-39 Albatros is a low-wing, high-performance jet aircraft that doubles as a trainer and light […]
