<s>
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cliffs	I-Application
of	I-Application
Dover	I-Application
is	O
a	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
combat	O
flight	O
simulator	O
released	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
that	O
latter	O
released	O
an	O
improved	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cliffs	I-Application
of	I-Application
Dover	I-Application
-	O
Blitz	O
which	O
started	O
the	O
so	O
called	O
Dover	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
Blitz	O
game	O
represents	O
the	O
Battle	B-Application
of	I-Application
Britain	I-Application
during	O
the	O
Summer	O
of	O
1940	O
while	O
an	O
add-on	O
released	O
in	O
2020	O
represents	O
the	O
air	O
combats	O
during	O
the	O
Western	O
Desert	O
campaign	O
in	O
North	O
Africa	O
in	O
the	O
period	O
of	O
1940-1942	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
inherits	O
the	O
name	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
from	O
the	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
classical	O
simulator	O
(	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
)	O
and	O
is	O
considered	O
as	O
the	O
second	O
generation	O
in	O
the	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
series	O
because	O
it	O
runs	O
its	O
own	O
game	O
engine	O
instead	O
of	O
sharing	O
it	O
with	O
the	O
two	O
other	O
generations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
be	O
run	O
,	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
back	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
2017	O
Blitz	O
rerelease	O
requires	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
service	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
development	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
called	O
Storm	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
:	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
of	I-Application
Britain	I-Application
and	O
scheduled	O
as	O
a	O
November	O
2006	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cliffs	I-Application
of	I-Application
Dover	I-Application
was	O
still	O
under	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
aerobatic	O
Sukhoi	O
Su-26	O
(	O
not	O
a	O
WWII	O
era	O
plane	O
)	O
had	O
been	O
promised	O
as	O
a	O
bonus	O
flyable	O
aircraft	O
for	O
all	O
players	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
upon	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cliffs	O
of	O
Dover	O
was	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
supplemented	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
theater	O
,	O
Moscow	O
,	O
but	O
1C	O
chose	O
not	O
to	O
continue	O
development	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
,	O
instead	O
incorporating	O
a	O
similar	O
,	O
Russian	O
,	O
theatre	O
into	O
the	O
next	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
engine	O
,	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
of	I-Application
Stalingrad	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
latter	O
,	O
the	O
third	O
generation	O
in	O
the	O
IL-2	O
series	O
,	O
is	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
1C	O
Company	O
and	O
777	O
Studios	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
WWI	O
flight	O
simulator	O
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Flight	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
First	I-Application
Great	I-Application
Air	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
makes	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cliffs	I-Application
of	I-Application
Dover	I-Application
the	O
second	O
generation	O
in	O
the	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
series	O
of	O
air	O
combat	O
simulators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
patched	O
and	O
improved	O
version	O
,	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cliffs	I-Application
of	I-Application
Dover	I-Application
-	O
Blitz	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
owners	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
received	O
free	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
6	O
August	O
2020	O
,	O
Team	O
Fusion	O
Simulations	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
official	O
Blitz	O
add-on	O
,	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Desert	O
Wings	O
–	O
Tobruk	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
skies	O
of	O
North	O
Africa	O
during	O
the	O
Western	O
Desert	O
campaign	O
from	O
1940	O
to	O
1942	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
features	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
that	O
can	O
support	O
up	O
to	O
128	O
players	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
AI-controlled	O
aircraft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
included	O
over	O
30	O
aircraft	O
,	O
over	O
15	O
flyable	O
and	O
15	O
AI-controlled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cliffs	I-Application
of	I-Application
Dover	I-Application
was	O
rereleased	O
as	O
an	O
improved	O
version	O
titled	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cliffs	I-Application
of	I-Application
Dover	I-Application
-	O
Blitz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
occasion	O
,	O
Team	O
Fusion	O
Simulations	O
had	O
modelled	O
new	O
flyable	O
airplanes	O
which	O
increased	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
planes	O
up	O
to	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
48	O
player	O
flyable	O
aircraft	O
with	O
16	O
additional	O
planes	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
AI-controlled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Summer	O
of	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Desert	O
Wings	O
-	O
Tobruk	O
add-on	O
(	O
which	O
requires	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cliffs	I-Application
of	I-Application
Dover	I-Application
-	O
Blitz	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
)	O
brought	O
the	O
Western	O
Desert	O
campaign	O
theater	O
of	O
operations	O
(	O
from	O
1940	O
to	O
1942	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
40	O
new	O
flyable	O
types	O
and	O
variants	O
of	O
planes	O
,	O
including	O
Italian	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
and	O
American	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
nine	O
new	O
campaigns	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
flies	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
aircraft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Pilot	O
Magazine	O
rated	O
the	O
add-on	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Desert	O
Wings	O
–	O
Tobruk	O
with	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
85	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
.	O
</s>
