505 Games will be bringing IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey to next-generation consoles next year, a welcomed entrance for the series. The game will be released on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and the PSP, and the console development will be made by Gaijin Entertainment. First images inside, though it's unsure if they are from the PC version or not.
505 Games press release:
Milton Keynes, England - 505 Games will be bringing 1C Publishing’s IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey to the console market for the first time. Developed by Gaijin Entertainment for Xbox 360 and PS3, DiP Interactive for Nintendo DS and DYNAMICSYSTEMS for PSP, the game takes place during the greatest aerial battles of all time (discounting Pterosaurs) and boasts the most realistic landscapes and aircraft seen in any flight sim. IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey will be published by 505 Games under the 1C Label and is due for a 2009 release.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey is based around large-scale aerial combat over the ground-based military operations of World War II. Players participate in the war’s most famous confrontations piloting fighters, battle planes or heavy bombers across a range of thrilling missions. There are five seats of war to engage in – The Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, Berlin, Sicily and Korsun – representing the main airborne battles of World War II in Europe.
As well as advanced environmental visuals enriching the game play, IL-2 also boasts an all new damage effects engine. Players can see real time damage to the aircraft such as holes in the wings and trail lines during dog fights. Hundreds of airplanes taking part in air battles is a distinguishing feature of IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey and the unique environmental engine also produces highly detailed, realistic landscapes that allows players to see a brand new simulation of ground support actions.
Features
• Authentic World War II atmosphere
• Engage in more than 50 thrilling missions from famous historical battles over Eastern and Western Europe and fly historically accurate aircraft
• Completely flexible difficulty level system: from arcade to realistic simulation
• Thrilling multiplayer mode support customisation – from the colour scheme of your plane to your choice of weapons.
• Cutting edge, highly-detailed visuals, realistic sound and original music from Jeremy Soule (composer of Company of Heroes, Dungeon Siege, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Guild Wars, Neverwinter Nights, Prey, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Total Annihilation, Unreal II, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, and many more.)
505 Games will publish IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey on the 1C Label for PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and PSP in 2009.
All comments (21)
but in any case, i played this a long time ago on the PC, will be fun for sure
I don’t like Blazing Angels but who says that this game is following its steps?
Technology wise there is nothing wrong with this game, it all stays or falls with its controls, presentation, mission design and handling and you can’t judge these at this point.
You are not even trying to give it a chance.
I don’t like Blazing Angels but who says that this game is following its steps?
Technology wise there is nothing wrong with this game, it all stays or falls with its controls, presentation, mission design and handling and you can’t judge these at this point.
You are not even trying to give it a chance.
The other good news is you will be able to play with the full simulation on 360 and PS3. The DS version is being made by yet another (different) team.
Graphics look pathetic, they didn't bother to add AA for the console versions I see.
Graphics look pathetic, they didn't bother to add AA for the console versions I see.
Watch the video posted above as well, the game looks WAY better than the PC version. They're using the new engine maddox is developing (and isn't on PC yet).
It will be mine for sure
Graphics look pathetic, they didn't bother to add AA for the console versions I see.