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[frogx]

A new Unreal Engine version of WarBirds titled WarBirds 2020 for Windows and macOS is in the works for release this fall.
CEO David Lagettie of MicroProse says, “I am excited to work with iEntertainment Network CEO and Co-Founder of MicroProse, ‘Wild Bill’ Stealey, to produce the next generation of WarBirds 2020 WW II combat flight simulation using new modern technology and promoting worldwide.”
Wild Bill Stealey says, “It will be fun to be working with MicroProse again to do great simulation games! We are very excited to be partnering with David and his team to update our very successful WarBirds 2020 product for WW II combat simulation fans around the world.”
First screenshots:

WarBirds 2020 | COMBATSIM.COM

microprose.com

 

[EightBit Man]

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Dude, this is awesome.

I was wanting a WW2 flight combat game with modern tech.

 

[llien]

Kudos to micropose for legendary XCOM series.

And meh at UE4.

Combat fight sim? Hm. Will it be that much better than IL2?

 

[frogx]

Combat fight sim? Hm. Will it be that much better than IL2?

This will be a MMO, so it will be different to IL-2, they say they will be using some new technology that can render thousands of kilometers wide areas, potentialy even whole world, as David Lagettie the new CEO of Microprose owns also Titanim.net, Titanim renders whole world, it is used by military and never was public.

 

[niveaformen]

Cool, new MS flight simulator and now this. Is it time to pull out the Thrustmaster flight stick again?

 

[frogx]

Is it time to pull out the Thrustmaster flight stick again?

Yep, it is

 

[Bullet Club]

Time to bring back Microprose Soccer.

 

[mcz117chief]

Looks fantastic! I just can't get into War Thunder but I am really itching for some fun WW2 flight sim. Bomber formations, interceptions, night fighters/bombers, CAS etc.

 

[FranXico]

Rejoice! Microprose is back!

 

[frogx]

Rejoice! Microprose is back!

Can't wait for their new sims, they were the top of the top back in the day

 

[Traianvs]

Time to bring back Microprose Soccer.

This 1000 times. Best arcade soccer ever, I spent hundreds of hours with my commodore 64. Let's go Oman!

 

[CeeJay]

Awesome to see flight simulations having a resurgence! I have no interest in VR but a few decent flight sims could push me into getting a headset. Elite Dangerous almost did but I am not spending that much money just for one game.

 

[frogx]

Awesome to see flight simulations having a resurgence!

Return of the golden era of flight sims

 

[MilkyJoe]

I've waited every E13 since 2013

Also
Rogue Sqdn
Jedi Knight 4
It Came From the Desert remake
Rebellion doing a good Alien v Predator game, like the first one on PC
WW2 flight sim, like Battlefield, but in the skys. Lancasters and B17s etc on bombing runs, with BF 109s and Fokke Wulf 190s protecting the target. And vice versa over London

I should do the lottery

 

[frogx]

I should do the lottery

You win this time

 

[Mistershine.]

Geoff Crammond GP5 next please.

 

[frogx]

Geoff Crammond GP5 next please.

So many memories with GP 1 and 2

 

[Traianvs]

So many memories with GP 1 and 2

I have beautiful memory of multiplayer sessions on my amiga with a friend. It wasn't split screen so the game warped to both cars after a while. It was hilarious

 

[frogx]

I have beautiful memory of multiplayer sessions on my amiga with a friend. It wasn't split screen so the game warped to both cars after a while. It was hilarious

If the new MicroProse can bring even half of the magic from the past it will be glorious

 

[stranno]

Air Duel: 80 Years of Dogfighting is still my favourite plane simulator of all time. MP did a great job back in the day, both in arcade and PC.

 

[Traianvs]

oh christ I just realized something that I need in my life and I need it now.
Darklands.
Imagine a remake with updated graphics and interface, a few QOI improvements but all the same complexity and choices.
I'm literally shaking

 

[frogx]

Darklands.
Imagine a remake with updated graphics and interface, a few QOI improvements but all the same complexity and choices.

Would be great

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Are... flight sims coming back? I suppose it was inevitable after space sims caught on again (No Man's Sky, Star Citizen, Elite, etc).

I have many fond memories of Microprose games.

 

[Farawayfromhell]

Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender Remastered!!! Do it!!!

 

[DoctorEkkoUK]

I just want another Korean war era jet fighter sim like Chuck Yeager from back in the day

 

[KlickKlack]

A new Unreal Engine version of WarBirds titled WarBirds 2020 for Windows and macOS is in the works for release this fall.
CEO David Lagettie of MicroProse says, “I am excited to work with iEntertainment Network CEO and Co-Founder of MicroProse, ‘Wild Bill’ Stealey, to produce the next generation of WarBirds 2020 WW II combat flight simulation using new modern technology and promoting worldwide.”
Wild Bill Stealey says, “It will be fun to be working with MicroProse again to do great simulation games! We are very excited to be partnering with David and his team to update our very successful WarBirds 2020 product for WW II combat simulation fans around the world.”
First screenshots:

WarBirds 2020 | COMBATSIM.COM

microprose.com

the Renaissance of flying games,
first MS Flying Simulator and now MicroProse??!

great times

 

[DonF]

that logo brings many memories.

I remember playing their f1 sim, it looked mindblowing back then.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

You know what would be cool? If a WWII dogfighting game actually had a pastel art style look to it.

 

[Havoc2049]

 

[frogx]

Are... flight sims coming back? I suppose it was inevitable after space sims caught on again (No Man's Sky, Star Citizen, Elite, etc).

I have many fond memories of Microprose games.

Legend !

 

[frogx]

 

[frogx]

Ground shot

 

[frogx]

Pitch videos, they got a small tease in there

 

[hariseldon]

So I came to this thread expecting it to be just someone buying a brand name much like the shambling corpse that was once Atari, but the involvement of Bill is hopefully a positive sign.

F-19 Stealth Fighter was amazing on the Atari ST, being both a reasonably good simulation by the standards of the time and also very accessible to 11 year old me. That, plus the Crammond games and Midwinter 2 took up a significant chunk of my childhood gaming and I can honestly say they're among my best loved games of the era. Fingers crossed.

 

[frogx]

So I came to this thread expecting it to be just someone buying a brand name much like the shambling corpse that was once Atari, but the involvement of Bill is hopefully a positive sign.

F-19 Stealth Fighter was amazing on the Atari ST, being both a reasonably good simulation by the standards of the time and also very accessible to 11 year old me. That, plus the Crammond games and Midwinter 2 took up a significant chunk of my childhood gaming and I can honestly say they're among my best loved games of the era. Fingers crossed.

Exactly, Wild Bill is a LEGEND of simulators !

 

[Bogey]

The very first thing when hearing MicroProse was.. the best intro ever made:

 

[frogx]

The very first thing when hearing MicroProse was.. the best intro ever made:

Even today xcom 1 and 2 is still the best out of all xcoms imo

 

[frogx]

Small tease on twitter

 

[Shin]

All this and they still went belly up or whatever happen to them...

 

[Freak]

WOW! Theres a a name i havent heard for a long time. Warbirds... I think that was my 1st online multiplayer experience and eneded up playing it for 10 years from from its release in '95.

 

[Aggelos]

Those vehicle/aircraft simulation games by MicroProse were simply legendary. I mean like the Falcon series.

MicroProse - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

iEntertainment Network - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[frogx]

They've shown first model

 

[Superkewl]

Good news. Used to love Microprose back in the day.

 

[Ailike]

If they can give me the feeling I had playing Air Warrior on AOL, I'll throw my cash at em.

 

[ipukespiders]

 

[frogx]

If they can give me the feeling I had playing Air Warrior on AOL, I'll throw my cash at em.

I think it might be precisely this.

 

[devilNprada]

Bring back og magic the gathering for the switch.... Please

Edit: with local multiplayer

 

[Avasarala]

I’d absolutely adore a remake of Falcon 4.

 

[egocrata]

My god, Microprose was one of the few software houses you could buy any game on their catalog, sight unseen, knowing it would be good, or at least interesting. They had SO many great games.

This looks fantastic, by the way. Between Flight Simulator and this my PC gaming habits are going back straight to 1991.