IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Anounnced with 128 player multiplayer

lol.

Thanks.

It is on the 1C Company forum right?

I see Ubisoft also have links with this, is that still the case?

So 1C are developing, 1C publish as well dont they?
 
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Not quite, 1C are the Russian publishers, much like for Lock On and DCS. Maddox Games is developing SoW and is likely to hold the international rights, with which Oleg may sell to a publisher (like UBI) or self publish.

Nate
 
We can but hope that the lack of any updates via UBI's forums and websites means they no longer have anything to do with it, hopefully Oleg will self publish so we can send our money direct to him and his team.
 
Dano said:
We can but hope that the lack of any updates via UBI's forums and websites means they no longer have anything to do with it, hopefully Oleg will self publish so we can send our money direct to him and his team.
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I personally would pay the premium to have this happen, Oleg and the team deserve the cash upfront without any middle men taking cuts and what not, not often ill say that about game/sim devs.
 
KnightStalker said:
I personally would pay the premium to have this happen, Oleg and the team deserve the cash upfront without any middle men taking cuts and what not, not often ill say that about game/sim devs.
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Agreed, this is the one upcoming release (and pretty much the only upcoming release that has me at all interested in keeping a pc for gaming... ok ok simming!!!) that I'd happily pay over the odds for and put up with whatever DRM Oleg deems fit for it, I'd protest if it's something nasty but it wont stop me buying it on day of release, hell I'll admit it, I'd be sad and queue for a midnight opening if it was to happen :)
 
Dano said:
Agreed, this is the one upcoming release (and pretty much the only upcoming release that has me at all interested in keeping a pc for gaming... ok ok simming!!!) that I'd happily pay over the odds for and put up with whatever DRM Oleg deems fit for it, I'd protest if it's something nasty but it wont stop me buying it on day of release, hell I'll admit it, I'd be sad and queue for a midnight opening if it was to happen :)
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A DRM like Silent Hunter 5 or Rise of Flight, will have me running a mile from this, but I don't think Oleg would be that silly.

If he goes for something like the Wings of Prey/DCS/Lock On System, I'd be happy enough. That said, I'll be getting it on release day too, However I won't be queuing :)

Nate
 
Nate--IRL-- said:
A DRM like Silent Hunter 5 or Rise of Flight, will have me running a mile from this, but I don't think Oleg would be that silly.
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Maybe it'll be something like Rise of Flight has now, offline and online components, just hope that whatever is used doesn't impact sales too badly and that it does sell, used to really annoy me seeing all the pirates in hyperlobby.

If he goes for something like the Wings of Prey/DCS/Lock On System, I'd be happy enough. That said, I'll be getting it on release day too, However I won't be queuing :)

Nate
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I am so going to be having a few days off on release :D
 
I'm also very much looking forward to this. The release has been pushed back for years but as I understand it it's definitely coming out this year as Oleg will run out of money otherwise. I suspect that may mean we'll get a slightly rough-around the edges product at release date. Not a problem though, because this is an Oleg Maddox sim - which means it will be incredibly well supported and will not only be patched up comprehensively (if anything's broken) but will also be considerably expanded in terms of additional maps and aircraft for free. Just like the IL-2 series.

I hope it's a tremendous commercial success, it deserves to be. Though with flightsims being a niche market nowadays I know that's a tad unrealistic.

I really hope Oleg will be able to release this on September 15th or thereabouts. Releasing it right on the 70th anniversary will allow the game to ride a wave of publicity.

I hope there is no DRM at all, it doesn't help anybody but I guess Oleg would be hard pressed to find a publisher with decent "reach" in the marketplace who would let it *not* have DRM. I mean, sure, there are some really nice download-only stores like Impulse that don't use DRM at all but they don't have a wide enough audience by themselves, you still need to go to a publisher that can put copies of games in shops across Europe.

Heh, just realised that most of my paragraphs so far have started with "I hope". I certainly do have high expectations for this sim. There will, on release, be people slamming it for some minor issue or other but I honestly believe it's going to be awesome. I'll be buying this sim on release day. Maybe I'll have worked out a useable Freetrack setup by then, got the Wiimote and bluetooth dongle etc but I need to get/make myself some kind of IR-LED headset attachment.
 
GHarris said:
I'm also very much looking forward to this. The release has been pushed back for years but as I understand it it's definitely coming out this year as Oleg will run out of money otherwise. I suspect that may mean we'll get a slightly rough-around the edges product at release date. Not a problem though, because this is an Oleg Maddox sim - which means it will be incredibly well supported and will not only be patched up comprehensively (if anything's broken) but will also be considerably expanded in terms of additional maps and aircraft for free. Just like the IL-2 series.
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Take that with a pinch of salt though, Oleg also stated he had to release a couple of years ago due to financial isues too, no idea what changed but something obviously did.

I hope it's a tremendous commercial success, it deserves to be. Though with flightsims being a niche market nowadays I know that's a tad unrealistic.
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With the death (by that I mean the fact that there will be no more) of Microsofts FS series Oleg has a great opportunity and I am sure he is very well aware of it, as he keeps saying this is the engine for a whole host of sims, not just BoB.

I really hope Oleg will be able to release this on September 15th or thereabouts. Releasing it right on the 70th anniversary will allow the game to ride a wave of publicity.
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Too right.
 
This weeks update looks pretty awesome, remember folks this is a flight sim :eek:

WIP. Movements, colors of grass, leafs, etc are still not tuned. Was tuned but with the last changes of physics lights laws need to be tuned again. Later.
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This looks awesome and reminds me so much of Battle of Britain Their Finest Hour by Lucas Arts which I had on Amiga about 20 years ago, any one have any news or updates ?
 
Latest update from Oleg, he is still sticking to a pretty much weekly update schedule for us which rocks :)

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachment.php?attachmentid=2478&d=1275637611

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