IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey Preview

I'm a huge fan of IL-2 Sturmovik on PC. Whenever we get around the water cooler and start talking about flight sims...well, that doesn't really happen. If it did, though, oh man -- I'd be gushing about that game daily. A few years ago, I even bought a couple copies of IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 for my friends so we could all play it online together, and it's one of the few games I've purchased twice for myself. Needless to say, when 1C announced IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey last year as a console game (for 360, PS3, PSP, and DS), I was giddy as a schoolgirl. It took a year, but I finally got my first hands-on time with the 360 version last night at a 1C press event held here in San Francisco. The developers greatly simplified the game's controls from the PC version: You use the left-analog stick for pitching and yawing, while the right stick handles the throttle and rudder -- you don't need to hold the throttle forward to keep ... (link)