Gaming News - June 2002
San Francisco, CA (June 10, 2002) - Ubi Soft Entertainment today
announced that it has released a free upgrade for its WWII combat flight
simulation title, IL-2 Sturmovik, in conjunction with game developer 1C Maddox
Games. The free IL2-Sturmovik 1.1 Upgrade will include 10 new planes and a
number of other improvements. The upgrade is now available for download at
www.il2sturmovik.com.
"This free upgrade demonstrates the continued commitment from Ubi Soft and 1C
to the IL-2 Sturmovik community as they anxiously await the release of IL-2
Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles this Fall," said Matt Wagner, producer for Ubi
Soft Entertainment. "With the addition of new aircraft and continuing
refinements to the original game, IL-2 Sturmovik continues to set the bar for
quality while delivering an unmatched level of realism and replayability."
From Ubi Soft:
The IL-2 Sturmovik 1.1 Upgrade also adds new features including a game events
log file and notification messages for pilot kills in online games. All of the
new planes in the free upgrade have been modeled in exacting detail to include
3D modeling, textures, flight dynamics, and weapon systems. New flyable aircraft
added in the upgrade include:
- Messerschmitt Bf-109 E-4 German fighter
- Messerschmitt Bf-109 E-4/B German fighter
- Messerschmitt Bf-109 E-7/B German fighter
- Focke-Wulf FW-190 A-8 German fighter
- Polikarpov I-16 type 18 Soviet fighter
- Polikarpov I-16 type 24 Soviet fighter
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 (UB MG variant) Soviet fighter
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 (ShVAK cannon variant) Soviet fighter
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 AM-38 Soviet fighter.
- Yakovlev Yak-1 Soviet fighter
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