IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
Developer(s) 1C:Maddox Games
Publisher(s) Ubisoft
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)
  • EU: December 8, 2006
  • NA: March 13, 2007
Genre(s) Combat flight simulator

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 (also called IL-2: 1946) is a 2006 compilation release of the Combat flight simulation game IL-2 Sturmovik. Created by a Russian games developer 1C:Maddox Games and published by Ubisoft. IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 takes place during World War II. Although technically an expansion of IL-2 Sturmovik, it comes with all of the updates and expansions of the base game before it, up to version 4.07. The License has now expired for IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946.

Current expansion & development

Team Daidalos have been developers for IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 expansions since the closure of All Aircraft Arcade. The expansions created add new World War II aircraft, prototype aircraft, post-war aircraft, new maps and new campaigns. Team Daidalos continue to develop IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946.

There are various modding teams & individuals who continue to further the development of IL-2 Sturmovik 1946. Much of this work produced is added to the Team Daidalos IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 official expansions.

Early development

All Aircraft Arcade or also known as AAA was the primary Website & Forum for IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 modding & development until its closure in 2010. The original All Aircraft Arcade website (allaircraftarcade.com) is now closed. Snapshots for the closed website can be found at https://archive.org/web/ the last being April 7, 2010.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings85.38%[1]
Metacritic86/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
1UP.comA+[3]
GamesRadar[4]
IGN(UK) 8.6/10[5]
(US) 8.1/10[6]
PALGN8/10[7]
PC Format83%[8]
PC Gamer (UK)91%[9]
PC Gamer (US)80%[10]
PC Zone78%[11]

The game was met with positive reception upon release. Review aggregator Metacritic gave IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 a score of 86 out of 100,[2] while another review aggregator, GameRankings, gave it 85.38%.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 for PC". GameRankings.
  2. 1 2 "IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ Peckham, Matt (April 6, 2007). "IL2 Sturmovik 1946". 1UP.com. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ DuLac, Anthony (April 16, 2007). "IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 review". GamesRadar. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  5. ↑ Nolan, Sam (December 15, 2006). "IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 UK Review". IGN. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  6. ↑ Butts, Steve (March 23, 2007). "IL-2 Sturmovik 1946". IGN. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  7. ↑ Kalogeropoulos, Tristan (January 7, 2007). "IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 Review". PALGN. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946". PC Format (197): 65. February 2007.
  9. ↑ "IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946". PC Gamer UK: 70. January 2007.
  10. ↑ "IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946". PC Gamer: 64. July 2007.
  11. ↑ Hogarty, Steve (February 2007). "IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 review". PC Zone: 79. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
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