Pete_LeGrant September 2, 2009 Features, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 17 views Comments Print This Post  Email This Post

Between the Xbox 360 and the PS3, the demo for IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey has been downloaded 1 million times.

Here’s what the press release has to say:

In IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, players engage in the most famous confrontations of the European front, piloting fighters or heavy bombers across a range of missions. There are six theatres of war in which to engage – The Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, Berlin, Sicily, the Battle of the Bulge and Korsun – representing the main airborne battles of World War II in Europe.

Taking environmental and landscape visuals to new heights by incorporating satellite technology, IL-2 also boasts a tangible damage effects engine. Players will see real-time damage to the aircraft such as holes in the wings and trail lines during dogfights. IL-2 will support up to 16 players in multiplayer aerial combat set across four scenarios – Dogfight, Team Battle, Strike and Capture the Airfield.

So, download the demo, fire up “Highway to the Danger Zone,” and play this game. (Look, if you don’t understand Top Gun references, the problem is yours, not mine. I refuse to think of myself as a dinosaur because you’re too lazy to watch a classic….)

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