This is great news!!! I can't wait to hop in a Corsair cockpit! Hopefully it flys a little better than the P-51 ;)

Fair point, should have called it Balls of Steel...

You could call it Frank and I'd buy it, so I'm a poor test case anyway..

Truth is, I can't wait for it :)

EDIT.. Surley they'll need an Open Beta to test the MMO properly..hint,hint

Ruhr valley......please tell me that means a Lancaster....My soul sold for the Devil....tooth fairy and all. :)

And if i am very lucky....Very Very Lucky....a Tyhpoon doing "Rubarbs" over Germany.......I will be a Good boy...Promise !!! :)

banzai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks too much for the new hicks-81!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is kn'awesome news! 100 planes! I will see you guys on this the day it releases.

PS i hate waiting................still looking for sim games on 360 most nights...
there is still a strong realistic group going strong during my timezone but I just cant get into it for some reason.

Lets just pray that the scoring and hit detection is improved a bit to not drive away the new players so fast this time around.

Brilliant news. Europe and Pacific theatre and 100 planes? Better than anything could have expected. I can't wait for this to arrive.
Ruhr valley means only one thing to me, Dambuster raid in Lanc. If so then next years PS3 gaming is sorted for me!

So while we wait, why dont we go into the historic of the announced battles of the game.
This is a brief summary.

The battle of Midway:
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq81-1.htm
What to expect:
Mission Bomb/torpedo the Japanese fleet
Allied aircraft: Catalinas with torpedoes, Maurauder, Dauntless, Avenger, Vindicator, Buffalo
Axis aircraft: Zekes, Kates and Zeros
Features: Take off and landings at Carriers


The battle of the Coral sea
http://www.history.navy.mil/history/CoralSea.htm
What to expect:
Mission Bomb/torpedo the Japanese attack fleet and ground forces
Allied aircraft: Dauntlesses and Devastators
Axis aircraft: Zekes, Kates and Zeros
Features: Take off and landings at Carriers


The battle of Guadalcanal
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/e...l/guadlcnl.htm
What to expect:
Mission Bomb/attack the Japanese ground forces
Allied aircraft: Wildcat, Dauntless, Avenger
Axis aircraft: Zekes, bettys and Zeros
Features: Take off and landings at Carriers


The battle of Pearl Harbor
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/e...r/pearlhbr.htm
What to expect:
Mission Attack the Japanese attackforces / Defend the vessels
Allied aircraft: Wildcat, Vindicator, P-36 and P-40
Axis aircraft: Zekes, bettys and Zeros
Features: Take off and landings at airfields and carriers.

The siege of Malta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_o..._(World_War_II)
What to expect:
Mission Attack the German vessels / Groundforces, arial dogfights
Allied aircraft: Spitfires, Hurricanes, p51
Axis aircraft: BF 109, ju-87, ju-88,
Features: Take off and landings at airfields and carriers.

The Battle of the Ruhr:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ruhr
What to expect:
Mission Bomb the Ruhr dam
Allied aircraft: Avro Lancaster, Mosquitoes
Axis aircraft: BF 109,FW 190
Features: Take off from and landing at Airfields in Britain

Feel fre to comment and correct ;)

Ah this is awesome news. Now just watch this forum burst into life once again.

edit: quote from the eurogamer aticle: People are still being tricked by Gaijin's April fools joke. lol

Brilliant job KAV! This is excellent hyping. Love it!

super great kav!!!very good post!!i love too!!