The news about RRG from Oleg

[Bobb4]

Originally Posted by CrazySchmidt

I couldn't give a moments thought to online game play quite frankly, apart from a few sessions with my Dad and brother which was quite fun.

CS.

Frankly until you have shot or been shot down online you have not truly experienced IL2 period.
Until you have flown your bomber through waves of slash attacking fighters, all who know how to decimate your bomber in a single burst you have not experienced Il2.
No matter how good the AI, the proof of any pilot is his ability to survive online and the success of Il2 in part is owed significantly to the online community who have kept IL2 alive.
Storm of War Bob will live and die by it's ability to deliver online playability.
Literally thousands of people fly Il2 online every day.
Il2 1946 has 154 servers worldwide with players from Russia, China, Japan and many more countries.

COD4 was released as an online game with a single player game attached. This is a new trend. When Call of Duty was first released way back when, it was a single player game with an online game attatched.
Mods like Il2 commander and its ilk have opened up the Il2 experience to millions.
I would be very surprised if Storm of War is not released with such tools built in and online play a major feature of the game.
Game developers have realised the value of the online market, look at the success of the Battlefield series...
All I pray is that they have the ability to deliver to both markets.