IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey is based around large-scale aerial combat over the ground-based military operations of World War II. Players participate in the war’s most famous confrontations piloting fighters, battle planes or heavy bombers across a range of thrilling missions. There are five seats of war to engage in – The Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, Berlin, Sicily and Korsun – representing the main airborne battles of World War II in Europe.

As well as advanced environmental visuals enriching the game play, IL-2 also boasts an all new damage effects engine. Players can see real time damage to the aircraft such as holes in the wings and trail lines during dog fights. Hundreds of airplanes taking part in air battles is a distinguishing feature of IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey and the unique environmental engine also produces highly detailed, realistic landscapes that allows players to see a brand new simulation of ground support actions.

• Authentic World War II atmosphere
• Engage in more than 50 thrilling missions from famous historical battles over Eastern and Western Europe and fly historically accurate aircraft
• Completely flexible difficulty level system: from arcade to realistic simulation
• Thrilling multiplayer mode support customisation – from the colour scheme of your plane to your choice of weapons.
• Cutting edge, highly-detailed visuals, realistic sound and original music from Jeremy Soule

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey er basert på de enorme luftkampene og bakkebaserte militæroperasjonene fra andre verdenskrig. Delta i noen av krigens mest berømte kamper. Du kan velge å fly jagerfly, kampfly eller store bombefly i en rekke spennende oppdrag. Det er mulig å ta del i seks krigshendelser - slaget om Storbritannia, Stalingrad, Berlin, Sicilia og Korsun og Ardenneroffensiven. Disse representerer de viktigste luftkampene i Europa under andre verdenskrig.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey inneholder hundrevis av fly som tar del i luftkamper. Spillet lar deg fly 40 av de mest gjenkjennelige flyene fra perioden. Lær hvordan du mestrer Spitfire, Mustang, Messerschmitt og mange flere fly, og opplev skader som hull i vingene og røykutvikling idet du rister, skrangler og ruller i luftkamper.

• Ta del i over 50 spennende oppdrag, og gjenopplev fem kjente slag over Øst- Og Vest-Europa.
• Fly historisk nøyaktige luftfartøy. Du har over 40 varianter du kan velge blant, inkludert jagerfly, kampfly og bombefly.
• Spill som de allierte eller aksemaktene i de fire spennende flerspillermodiene Dogfight, Team Deathmatch, Ground Strike og Capture the Airstrip.