Return to unfriendly skies: The official Combat Flight Simulator 3 site launched

All combat pilots, ready to flex their wings in the soon to be released Combat Flight Simulator 3, can now receive pre-flight instructions on the official Web site www.microsoft.com/games/combatfs3. Included on the site are a list of game-specific features, movies, desktop wallpaper, pilot biographies, news links and a gallery of plane nose art.

"The official site has the cool and intense four-minute intro video as well as rotating screenshots of two of the aircraft you will be able to fly, the Lockheed P - 38 Lightning and P - 47 Thunderbolt," says Belinda Godfrey, home and entertainment manager at Microsoft South Africa.

Built with the Flight Simulator 2002 physics engine, the new Combat Flight Simulator 3 puts players into high-speed, down and dirty combat missions with superbly detailed aircrafts and realistic low-level terrain. There are more than eighteen realistically rendered World War II aircrafts with 3D cockpits and combat missions are created dynamically as tactical objectives change every time the enemy is engaged.

"Co-operative multiplayer missions and free-for-all dogfights on the Internet and LAN will challenge all Combat Flight Simulator pro`s to pit their skills against one another," says Godfrey. "The enhanced 3D modelling, the powerful graphics engine and realistic texturing make this an intense gaming experience."