The most fun I had playing IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey on consoles several years ago was figuring out all the new and fun ways I could die in a fiery plane crash. My favorite was a two-way tie. One was watching helplessly as my wings were torn off my aircraft when I attempted to pull out of a very steep dive. The second was suffering a punctured fuel tank, then falling thousands of unnoticed feet as I desperately tried to locate the fuel gauge on the indecipherable instrument panel of my Russian fighter suffering from intermittent engine trouble. Looking up to discovered I was literally skimming rooftops was pretty thrilling. I never caught what the tree I slammed into thought, however.
My point is that the IL-2 Sturmovik series is known for brutal realism and difficulty, and this September, the brutality, realism, and difficulty is back with the just announced release of IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad. No specific day in September has been revealed, but it will be finalized later on.
Furthermore, at the official IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad web store is offering gamers the chance to buy a Standard edition and well as a Premium version with both receiving an early-bird discount if you pre-order it before June 18, 2014. For more info, visit www.il2sturmovik.com.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IL-2 STURMOVIK: BATTLE OF STALINGRAD OUT IN SEPTEMBER
MOSCOW, Russia ?? May 27, 2014 ??1C Game Studios announces that IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is due to be released in September 2014. The exact date will be additionally announced. According to the current development plan a public beta-test phase will be held this summer.
??Our team is approaching a very important stage of development ?? we??re almost at the finish line. Before this point we only had a draft, a rough version with basic elements of gameplay. By the time the beta starts we should have the majority of content ready, it will be a full-fledged game at that point,?? said Albert Zhiltsov, producer of IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad. ??We plan to dedicate the remaining months to optimization and bug fixing. The game has been in the early access stage since November 2013. This spring we opened up access 24/7 and we have been producing weekly updates for the past several months, which means releasing a new game every seven days. This is not the most efficient option for a development team, but this gives us a unique and valuable opportunity to get feedback from users before the game hits stores.??
The official IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad web store now offers a Special Deal ?? visitors can now purchase not only the Premium version of the game, but a Standard edition as well. Special early-bird discounts for both versions are valid till June 18th 2014. For additional information please visit www.il2sturmovik.com
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is a combat flight simulation dedicated to the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the most decisive and fierce battles on the Eastern Front in WWII. This new project from 1? Game Studios represents the next generation of combat flight simulations with the latest development technologies ?? from a new higher level of physics modeling, damage modeling and aerodynamics to modern modes of gameplay with detailed, immersive environments.
About 1C Game Studios
1C Game Studios was established in 2012 after 1C Company, the owner of the best-selling IL-2 Sturmovik combat flight simulation franchise and the largest publisher and distributor of computer and video games in Eastern and Central Europe, and 777 Studios, developer of the popular and technologically advanced WWI flight simulator Rise of Flight: The First Great Air war, joined forces to take the next step in flight-simulation history.
