The guys and gals over at DCS World are having a big sale which starts Friday May 29th and lasts until Monday June 8th. During this time many DCS modules will be a whopping 60% off, so if you’ve been wanting to pick something up, chances are it’ll be cheaper next week! Sale items: DCS: […]
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FSX: Manhattan X – Steam Edition
Aerosoft, the well-known developer of the Microsoft Flight simulator games, has released the steam version of their Manhattan X addon for FSX. Created by Andras Kozma, the Manhattan X addon is a follow up to the successful Manhattan Scenery addon for FS2004. One thing that should be noted is that you should certainly read the […]
Quick News – The Round Up
Without much ado, here are some recent news snippets, announcements, and releases you should give a look. War Thunder – Victory Day Update Gaijin Entertainment has launched the “Weapons of Victory” update for War Thunder, their WWII MMO. If you’re part of the nine million player base currently involved in War Thunder, or if you’re […]
Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) – April News Update
Eagle Dynamics, the developers behind Digital Combat Simulator World (DCS World), released a newsletter today showing off and discussing some content that will hopefully be making its way into the game later this year. Although plenty DCS news made its way into the newsletter, a surprising amount of DCS World 2 information was teased. DCS […]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad Patch + Steam Keys
1C Game Studios and 777 Studios have announced that update 1.011, a major update for IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad, is now available to download and launch. You can check out the most recent dev blog (#95) here, which briefly touches on update 1.011. The update brings with it a new aircraft and map, as […]
The Year Ahead – DCS Edition
Well, 2015 is here, and, if you’re like me, you’re probably already looking ahead and trying your hardest not to salivate over the games that are sitting on the horizon. No matter what video game genre you prefer, the start of a New Year stirs up all sorts of excitement; especially for those of us impatiently waiting […]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad Review
“During six days of fighting from 14 October 1942, the Luftwaffe maintained relays of aircraft attacking river crossings and troops. There was hardly a moment when German aircraft were not overhead…by that time, the 8th Air Army was down to fewer than 200 machines of all types, of which only two dozen were fighters.” – Antony […]
Preview of DCS: MiG-21bis
Introduction Some administrative details before we get to the fun stuff: this preview article is based on a limited pre-release beta that is believed to be a fair representative of what may eventually become the retail product. With the understanding that some features may be added, removed, or modified prior to the release, we give […]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad Game Fan Trailer
SimHQ member IIN8II put together an awesome trailer for the upcoming Battle of Stalingrad flight sim due out September 2014. For more information on the game you can read through our IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad Game Preview from last year. IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is the next generation of the legendary IL-2 Sturmovik series that has […]
War Thunder 1.41 Launches. Hit the Ground!
I so, so, so wish I was here to make a “Get in tha choppa!” joke. That is about the level of cleverness that I can bring to the table. Since I am being denied my moment of comedy brilliance, I will instead put my glasses on and go “Clark Kent” all over the article. […]
May SimHQ Calendar
For May, Steve Serdikoff provides this unique angle of the Blue Angels. Steve writes, “I shot this Blue Angels photo down at NAS Kingsville this past March. It is Blue Angels Five (LCDR Dave Tickle) and Six (LT Mark Tedrow). The shot was from a photoshoot I did with Rob Holland. Kevin Coleman piloted the […]
Team Fusion Mod 4.31 Review
A new breath of life for IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover “Keeping the dream alive” is the slogan of the modders Team Fusion, who have just released a major update to their IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover mod. Dreams aside, the reality for those who aren’t already flying Cliffs of Dover is whether or not […]