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IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Normandy Tutorial - part 2

In this instalment of our new series dedicated to exploring 1C Games Studios’ Battle of Normandy, we will be removing the panels and exploring the ‘Settings’ section to discover how much control and flexibility the developers have given the end-user with every aspect of this simulation.

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Air Combat Simulation - Part 1

Welcome to the start of a new series on aerial combat. Over the next few lessons, we will cover subjects including fighter aircraft types, situational awareness, tactics and aerial gunnery. For this first instalment, we focus on a topic that is seldom discussed: the psychology of air combat.

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IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Normandy tutorial - part 1

Welcome to a new series on the latest addition to the 'IL-2 Great Battles Series' - IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Normandy. In this series, we will be exploring every aspect of the simulation, from the basic layout of the menu to the graphical representation of the aircraft and scenery, as well as the missions on offer and the different ways you can play this simulation.

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DCS: Black Shark 3 interview

We invited Eagle Dynamics’ project manager, Andrey Chizh, to talk to us about the work being done on the third iteration of their highly popular DCS: Black Shark series.

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FlyingIron Simulations’ P-38L Lightning

FlyingIron Simulations has rapidly acquired a reputation for producing exceptionally high-quality add-ons for both X-Plane and Microsoft Flight Simulator. This time we take their P-38L Lightning for a spin and see how it measures up.

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IL-2 Sturmovik interview

Welcome to the start of a new series on the ever-popular IL-2 Sturmovik franchise, now called the IL-2 Great Battles series developed by 1C Game Studios. We begin by interviewing two members of the team: Andrey Dineev and Daniel Tuseyev, to provide some background on their latest addition to the franchise.

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Ant's Airplanes’ Tiger Moth

In this review, we take a detailed look at Ant’s Airplanes rendition of the de Havilland Tiger Moth.

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MicroProse B-17 Flying Fortress

We invited MicroProse to provide us with an update on two major titles currently in development: 'The Mighty Eighth VR' and 'B-17 Flying Fortress 3: The Bloody 100th'.

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PC Pilot - Meet the Author

Welcome to the start of a new series in which we introduce individual members of the PC Pilot team. To kick off this series, we begin with its longest-serving member, Joe Lavery.

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War Thunder Interview

In this PC Pilot Exclusive interview, we talk to Gaijin about their premier online combat simulation - War Thunder, the hugely popular multiplayer and multi-vehicle online simulation.