IL-2 Sturmovik (video game)

For the series, see IL-2 Sturmovik (series).
IL-2 Sturmovik
Developer(s)1C:Maddox Games
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: November 20, 2001[1]
  • PAL: November 30, 2001
Genre(s)Combat flight simulator
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

IL-2 Sturmovik (Russian: Ил-2 Штурмовик) is a 2001 World War II combat flight simulator video game and is the first installment in the IL-2 Sturmovik series. The release focused on the air battles of the Eastern Front.[2][3] It was named after the Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack fighter, which played a prominent role in this theatre and is the single most produced military aircraft design to date.[4] Along with its sequels, IL-2 Sturmovik is considered one of the leading World War II flight simulators.[5]

  1. ^ jkdmedia (2012-05-04). "IL-2 Sturmovik Now Available". GameZone. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  2. ^ Osborne, Scott (March 11, 2003). "IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on August 2, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  3. ^ Driver Heaven review Archived 2009-07-01 at the Wayback Machine of the whole series
  4. ^ Goebel, G. (2008). "The Il-2 Shturmovik" Archived 2006-05-26 at the Wayback Machine. Air Vectors, military aviation site
  5. ^ Spotlight: Ilushin IL2 Shtumrovik, Digital age Shturmoviks. Fly Past magazine, pp 54-73. April 2011