Video Game Vintage Title: IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey

IL-2 Sturmovik is a series of World War II combat flight simulator video games originally created by the Russian video game developer Maddox Games under the brand name 1C:Maddox Games, following its association with 1C Company. After the 2011 release of one of the titles in the series, IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover, Maddox Games definitely left 1C Company. As of December 2012, 1C's new developer is the brand name 1C Game Studios, formed after association with video game developer 777 Studios, mostly known for developing and releasing in 2009 the Rise of Flight simulator. The first game resulting of this collaboration, and latest title in the IL-2 Sturmovik series, is IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad, released on November 19th, 2013. Along with its sequels, IL-2 Sturmovik is considered one of the leading World War II flight simulators.

The series covers a number of flyable aircraft of Soviet, German, American, British, Japanese, French, Italian, Romanian, Czech and Polish origin. Different games of the series cover different theaters of World War II, including the Pacific theater and the Eastern Front.[2