rise-of-flight posts

Last June, US audiences got a chance to check out Rise of Flight, a WWi military flight sim with cool looking biplane battles. Now publisher 777 Studios has announced it will release a new and expanded version of the game, Rise of Flight: Iron Cross Edition, on June 29 for $49.99. The new version will have eight player controlled planes (twice as many as the original) along with 11 AI controlled planes. Look for two new single player campaigns, multiplayer dogfights with support for up to 64 players and more.

in addition a new Rise of Flight demo is scheduled for release on June 11. It will have two player controlled planes, each with a single player mission. It will also have full support for the game's multiplayer modes for 14 days.

[Via email press release]

It's a rare thing nowadays to get a new PC flight simulator title. US publisher CompuExpert has solved that problem with the announcement this week of the US launch of Rise of Flight, a WWI air combat sim title from Russian developers neoqb (yep, that's their name).

The dev team created 125,000 square kilometers in the game from old 20th century maps of the areas depicted. Missions included in the game are "fighter sweeps, bomber escort, bomber interception, balloon attack and ground attack." There's also a editor included for players to create their own mission. Online multiplayer is also a part of Rise of Flight and additional content for the game is promised in the coming months.