Sundays are for stealing the Sunday Papers format from under Kieron’s nose, then using it to share simulation news.
- Gaijin forget to invite an evil aunt to the christening of their latest air combat sprog. The old bag retaliates by gatecrashing the ceremony and naming the newborn herself. ‘Henceforth, this IL-2 spin-off previously only available on consoles will be known as… Wings of Prey!’ Not since Microprose’s Ailerons of Adversaries has a flight sim been so grievously monikered.
- Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende rage-quits VSTEP’s Ship Simulator Pro after discovering an immersion-shattering collision-detection bug.
- Still livid the following day, he vows to boycott their next title, a firefighting sim featuring some of the most leisurely fireman ever to wrestle a hose.
- Deutsch busophiles M-R-Software celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by rebuilding a section of it. Fully-modelled SimGDR ‘a logical next step’ says SimErichHonecker.
- Space Shuttle Mission 2007 demo thoroughly modernised by never-satisfied SimSquared.
- Akella explain the thinking behind upcoming MTB sim PT Boats: Knights of the Sea. Naval types appreciate the openness but reach for the rum on reading: “The truly epic Jutland battle was over when just a few ships were destroyed. The demise of HMS Hood after having taken just a couple of shots from the “Bismarck” could hardly be considered a typical example of naval combat. A game that is over so quickly would hardly be fun at all.”
- The latest Battle of Britain: Storm of War screenshot post focuses on the Chianti Raiders. Is Oleg in hock to the Mafia, or is he cunningly preparing the ground for sequel SoW: Murder Over Malta?
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Pleased to see a new IL2 title, the originals were the only flight sims I ever enjoyed.
One word: Mig Alley!!!!
@bill:
Oleg Maddox has already hinted at a Korean air war game on this engine and that it will probably be made by RRG Studios who made Pacific Fighters (and the other expansions) and are working on an undisclosed project called “Project Galba”. Reading between the lines this looks very likely to be a Korean War title. I believe Oleg confirmed this in an interview at some point.
Oleg’s announcement and some shots of Korean age aircraft in the SOW engine (presumably):
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpost.php?p=43174&postcount=7
I dont think JP balkenende rage quit, the video stated he had to be stopped, thats not really rage quitting. Although i may have misunderstood the video.
Did you kill Kieron painlessly? :)
Ooh! That Tim Stone! He’s cheeky, but I like him.
KG
See, he can finish a Sunday Paper without linking to some manner of pop tune.
Where’s the some manner of pop tune?
Oh my god, I hope that Firefighter Simulator turns out good. I loved Emergency 4 (despite it’s faults) and the idea of a game where you actually play firemen sounds great! Though it looks like it needs a lot more work at the moment (which is fair enough for a work in progress).
good stuff! thanks for not linking to some crappy student music!
No you’re correct. Poor guy probably hasn’t enjoyed himself so much in years. Although I bet he now has that set up in his office. ^_^
Hahaha the Balkenende video is great.
Great to hear that the console IL-2 is coming to PC – I just wish it didn’t have such an atrocious title. And GOD can Storm of Europe please hurry the hell up?
Best. Simday. Papers. Ever.
So, a success then?
ice burn
Oooh, I can’t wait to have a go on Wings of Prey. I tried to the console version demo but my clumsy thumbs can’t make xbox controllers work with sufficient dexterity to keep a plane in the air. I look forward to attempting it again as the blood gods intended (with a Saitek Cyborg 3D).
Hahaha, nice round-up. Next time Tim you have to ‘avoid’ posting about a band you’re currently listening to for scene cred points! :p
Crazy Germans and their various simulators.
GET A JOB, GERMANY.
You know, a really good fire-fighter game would be awesome. One where you are making your way through flaming corridors, hacking through doors, barely holding back the flames, vision obscured by smoke, trying to find a civilian.
Eg: Backdraft the game.
Did anybody else read the title as “The Sunday Papers”? Only after Mr Abraham pointed it out did I realise… :-(
I laughed at how hideous that Firefighting Sim was.
And that stock music made it all the better.
KG fails everyweek, but Tim “ironman” Stone succeeds.
I prefer this to Keiron’s article. You should do more of these.
I love the new addition, Tim. Thanks!
Scuba diving sim – does such a thing exist?
ps. Just in case anyone is under the impression that the UK/Ireland only produces incredibly cool “student” music, last night 15 million Brits (25%) were watching this:
John & Edward (X-factor 14th Nov) Queen Under Pressure in HD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjcVmwoJbwA
…while another 8 million (13%) were watching this:
Strictly Come Dancing Ricky Groves Waltzes to ‘Nights In White Satin’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOgSLoIYhGs
Later on the youth of Britain were probably out in nightclubs dancing to stuff like this (prior to covering the town centre in piles of vomit and broken glass): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43DQVDuFZys
Angello, Axwell, Ingrosso — Leave The World Behind
(nb. unofficial video featuring ‘ToonTopia Dance Club’ in ‘Second Life’)
:(
But what about the latest Railworks DLC!?
When will RPS have tags to their posts, so i can pull up things tagged “joystick” ??
Yes, yes, it boggles (even) the (german) mind.
Forklifts, cranes, excavators, public buses, firehose-management… you call it labour, we call it excitement!
^^^ @Kommissar Nicko, of course.
The world needs more Fireman games. Infact, now that I think about it, the world could do with more ‘Emergency people’ games in general. I’m not sure if they should be in the form of a hardcore european-style simulation though. (But I suppose that’s better than the “buggy-but-enjoyable-mess” genre that the emergency games & Fire Chief sat in)
Hooray sim news! :D
Is the article header image from a game? (and can i play it now please?)
:)
Speaking of Jutland, is Koger’s one good? I fiddled about with the demo for a few minutes, but never really gave it a try. I’ve been in the mood for some big guns, though.
If this is the time when we talk about IL-2 as a classic or the only fun simulator someone has played, then I think another something is going wrong :(
Risingson, who never understood the demise of simulator games
I don’t think they’re dead at all. I think they just left the mainstream like elves departing for the West.
The Battle of Jutland was a major naval engagement in World War I. The HMS Hood was sunk by Bismarck in World War II.
Confusing, I know.
So, where is the (already old?) news that xplane (www.x-plane.com) is only $30 now? (All 6 dual-layer dvd’s of it…)