Oleg's dream

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by Slip Ball

I was wondering to myself what the hell happened with the whole SOW dream. I think that the third party interest that Oleg had hoped for did not materialize, causing himself to loose interest and go to pursue other adventures. Without his supervision, perfectionism, I don't see a very bright future for cod...hope I'm wrong

Its way to early for most third parties to become involved, although the Battle for Moscow is a third party addon. COD and the game engine simply aren't finished or fine tuned yet so third parties won't become fully involved for another year or so.

Oleg certainly would never have released COD in the shape its in if he had final word, but the publisher held the purse strings and had final call. It could be one of the many reasons that Oleg has taken a step back from fronting the development.

That said their is still a very strong possiblility the issues will be resolved, and the new series will live even longer than the original IL-2 series. When the mod tools are released there will be much stronger support from the mod community than IL-2 ever had.