<s>
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
standalone	O
video	O
games	O
and	O
the	O
third	O
generation	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
series	O
of	O
combat	O
flight	O
simulators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
first	O
modules	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
2013	O
(	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
of	I-Application
Stalingrad	I-Application
)	O
and	O
2016	O
(	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Battle	O
of	O
Moscow	O
)	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
before	O
November	O
2017	O
that	O
the	O
series	O
officially	O
received	O
its	O
current	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
World	O
War	O
I	O
and	O
tank	O
modules	O
in	O
the	O
entire	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
series	O
were	O
released	O
(	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Flying	O
Circus	O
and	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Tank	O
Crew	O
,	O
respectively	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
brand	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2001	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
air	O
combat	O
simulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
latter	O
is	O
in	O
the	O
present	O
day	O
officially	O
titled	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
1946	I-Application
as	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
its	O
"	O
Complete	O
Edition	O
"	O
back	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
final	O
compilation	O
of	O
add-ons	B-Application
in	O
the	O
first	O
generation	O
of	O
IL-2	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
generation	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2011	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cliffs	I-Application
of	I-Application
Dover	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
three	O
generations	O
,	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
1946	I-Application
,	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cliffs	I-Application
of	I-Application
Dover	I-Application
,	O
and	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
,	O
are	O
still	O
in	O
use	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
current	O
owner	O
of	O
the	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
label	O
,	O
Russian	O
company	O
1C	O
Company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
brand	O
was	O
coined	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
two	O
"	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Battle	O
of	O
"	O
modules	O
were	O
released	O
:	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
of	I-Application
Stalingrad	I-Application
in	O
2013	O
and	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Battle	O
of	O
Moscow	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Battle	O
of	O
Stalingrad	O
module	O
resulted	O
in	O
2013	O
of	O
a	O
combined	O
effort	O
of	O
1C	O
Company	O
,	O
the	O
publisher	O
of	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cliffs	I-Application
of	I-Application
Dover	I-Application
,	O
and	O
777	O
Studios	O
,	O
developers	O
of	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
who	O
reused	O
the	O
2009	O
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Flight	I-Application
"	O
Digital	O
Nature	O
"	O
game	O
engine	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
Battle	O
of	O
Stalingrad	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
December	O
2012	O
1C	O
Company	O
officially	O
announced	O
they	O
have	O
halted	O
development	O
for	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cliffs	I-Application
of	I-Application
Dover	I-Application
,	O
replacing	O
it	O
with	O
a	O
partnership	O
having	O
been	O
agreed	O
with	O
777	O
Studios	O
to	O
form	O
1C	O
Game	O
Studios	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
of	I-Application
Stalingrad	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
full	O
release	O
date	O
has	O
been	O
marked	O
as	O
October	O
20	O
,	O
2014	O
on	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
digital	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
DirectX	B-Application
11	I-Application
support	O
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2017	O
,	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
support	O
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
of	I-Application
Stalingrad	I-Application
is	O
the	O
13th	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
series	O
,	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
differences	O
between	O
game	O
engines	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
considered	O
to	O
belong	O
to	O
the	O
third	O
generation	O
of	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
simulators	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
exception	O
being	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
which	O
requires	O
the	O
purchase	O
of	O
the	O
Battle	O
of	O
Stalingrad	O
before	O
purchasing	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
22	O
October	O
2014	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
online	O
gaming	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Battle	O
of	O
Moscow	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Battle	O
of	O
Kuban	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Battle	O
of	O
Bodenplatte	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Battle	O
of	O
Normandy	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
November	O
2019	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
7th	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Flying	O
Circus	O
,	O
directly	O
taken	O
from	O
the	O
nickname	O
of	O
Jagdgeschwader	O
I	O
,	O
a	O
famous	O
German	O
aviation	O
combat	O
unit	O
during	O
World	O
War	O
I	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
simulators	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Great	O
War	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	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
2009	O
)	O
within	O
the	O
contemporary	O
game	O
engine	O
of	O
the	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	I-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
volume	O
in	O
the	O
WWI	O
series	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
17	O
November	O
2017	O
and	O
subsequently	O
released	O
on	O
7	O
November	O
2019	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Flying	O
Circus	O
–	O
Volume	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Tank	O
Crew	O
is	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
tank	O
simulation	O
games	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
them	O
set	O
in	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
module	O
in	O
the	O
Tank	O
Crew	O
series	O
,	O
titled	O
IL-2	B-Application
Sturmovik	I-Application
:	O
Tank	O
Crew	O
–	O
Clash	O
at	O
Prokhorovka	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
17	O
November	O
2017	O
and	O
finally	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
