Quite possibly one of the biggest news stories ever in the history of combat flight simming is now set to take place where a gamer will take on Heron Systems AI Falco in a simulated BFM 1v1 Guns bout. For those not familiar, last month the small AI company Heron AI systems beat its AI contenders in simulated F-16 1 v 1 BFM dogfights including entries from companies such as Lockheed Martin. As a winner it then took on a real life US ANG F-16 pilot (Callsign Banger) and soundly won that also

So......what was happening back in 2011 I wonder? Well there were rumours of a new version of Falcon 4 which was later released by Benchmark Sims (BMS), and in February of that year DCS: A-10C Warthog was released.  The Strike Fighters community was eagerly awaiting the release of Strike Fighters 2: North Atlantic - and it was also the year that Combat Ace member Sophocles bit the bullet and decided to get into 3D modelling. Now many years later, he has now released what certain

Start preparing for take-off.  Xbox Game Studios and Asobo Studio are thrilled to announce that Microsoft Flight Simulator launches on August 18, and you can pre-order on Windows 10* or pre-install with Xbox Game Pass for PC (Beta) today.  We have been thrilled and humbled by the support and dedication that has fueled the Flight Sim community for the past 38 years. Since the launch of the very first Microsoft Flight Simulator in 1982, we knew it was finally the right time to develo

Returning by popular demand! Available for a limited time only until Jul 19, 2020. Strike Fighters 2 Complete Edition is a collection of the entire Strike Fighters 2 series (over $400+ value!) including 5 games, 2 expansion packs, and 29 DLCs all in one single, easy-to-install package! The package includes:     • Strike Fighters 2     • Strike Fighters 2 Vietnam     • Strike Fighters 2 Europe     • Strike Fighters 2 Israel     • Strike Fighters 2 North Atlantic     • Strike

Dear Friends,   Continuing from the previous Dev Diary, this time we'll tell you about the second important addition (well, depending on your personal preference it may be the first important addition actually) coming in our next update - version 4.008. The P-47D-22 "Razorback", the first aircraft of Battle of Normandy, will kick off the Early Access program for this module.     The main difference from the P-47D-28 you have flown in Bodenplatte is the cockpit cano

Hello! Today there will be a very small issue of diaries for the reason that we are preparing a release candidate for version 4.008, which we told you about before, we are doing the final tests so there is a lot of work and little time. However, even if this DD is short, it’s still significant - because for the first time we will show you screenshots of one of the English planes that will be in Battle of Normandy – the Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIVc. In fact, this aircraft will have an a

Hello and welcome to the second Part of a very interesting Interview with the Developers of the IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles Series