IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey preview

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IGN has managed to get a sneak preview of the upcoming IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey for the XBox 360 and it looks a real stunner.

As Anatoly Subbotin, 1C’s PR manager, explained to us, almost all the air combat games that appear on consoles are arcade games with a few flight simulation elements added to them. Birds of Prey will differ because it is a flight simulator with a few arcade elements added to it. At the same time, the game will feature variable realism settings, ranging from a very forgiving arcade flight mode (it’s impossible to stall out or get in a spin) to a hardcore realism mode that is comparable to the PC game.

You can read the full preview here.