Jan. 2001

Mar. 2001

February 2001

For fuller details on individual articles, see the appropriate archive sub-department: Departments Index.

Articles

• History: Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
• Feature: Carl Norman of SSI Speaks Out
• Training: Battle of Britain Tutorial I
• Preview: IL-2 Sturmovik Screens
• Training: Battle of Britain Tutorial II: Assign a Squadron
• Training: Battle of Britain Tutorial III: Build Custom Missions
• Feature: Star Trek Armada Revisited
• History: James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson, RAF
• Preview: IL-2 Sturmovik Hands On & Screens
• EXCLUSIVE! Flanker 2.5: First Look, First Kill
• Interview: Joel Billings of 2BY3 Games
• Preview: IL-2 Part II - To Infinity . . . and Beyond!
• Review: Combat Command 2: Danger Forward
• How-To: Create Custom Art in B-17: The Mighty 8th!
• Review: B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th! - 1.05 Patch
• Preview: IL-2 Part III: COMMS, Fighting and Damage Models, Aircraft
• Comment: Tomorrow Now!
• Review: ThrustMaster TopGun AfterBurner
• Preview: IL-2's Contrails: A New Dimension in Immersion
• Preview: IL-2 Part IV: Close Air Ground Support
• Feature: In Search of the Grail in the New Millennium - Part I
• Review: 767 Pilot in Command

News

• B-17 II Patch Update.
  
• Codemasters axes 90 jobs.
  
• Targetware announces new multiplayer sim concept.
  
• Steel Beasts Patch 1.14 Released.
  
• B-17 II Patch Released.
  
• New IL-2 Screenshots.
  
• Talonsoft announces GI Combat.
  
• German Sudden Strike championships.
  
• Talonsoft announces Star Leader.
  
• Flanker 2.5 Upgrade To Be Free.
  
• Two new Fly! II Screenshots.
  
• Armored Task Force Alpha released.
  
• Flanker 2.5 Screenshots.
  
• Eidos Launches Startopia Cam.
  
• Naval Warfare Gets Go Ahead for Fighting Steel Add-ons.
  
• Wilco Publishing Announces Airport 2000 Volume 3.
  
• Age of Sail II patch v1.01 released.
  
• Just Flight announces expansion to Flight Simulator 2000.
  
• Just Flight to Release WWI Add-on For CFS2.
  
• Ubi Soft Acquires Blue Byte Software.
  
• DICE Seeking to Hire Game Developers for Battlefield 1942.
  
• Combat Mission Patch v1.12 Released.
  
• New Jet Combat Simulation in Development.
  
• EA.com Debuts Majestic at Demo 2001.
  
• Expansion Pack To East Front II Announced.
  
• In-Game Video Released Of Target Korea.
  
• "LOCK ON: Modern Combat" SSI's Next Combat Simulation.
  
• IL-2 Sturmovik Beta Test Sign-Up Launched.
  
• IL-2 Sturmovik Live Chat With Oleg Maddox!
  
• Prisoner of War Announced.
  
• IDSA Sues Online Pirates.
  
• Battlefield 1942 Screenshots.
  
• New Sudden Strike Forever Screenshots.
  
• Player Earns Highest Honor for Delta Force: Land Warrior
  
• Future Publishing Restructuring- 90 Staff & 6 titles To Go.
  
• Typhoon in June.
  
• B-17 2 Poll and Petition.
  
• Rage Announces Distribution Agreement With Interplay OEM.
  
• Sudden Strike Patch Released for US Version.
  
• Virus Found in Falcon 4.0 Add-on Downloads.
  
• ATF Alpha Released.
  
• Abacus Announces Dutch Partnership and CFS2 Add-ons.
  
• Targetware Announces Website Affiliate Program.
  
• IL-2 Sturmovik Live Chat Transcripts.
  
• Operation Flashpoint Video Released.
  
• War in Russia: The Matrix Project v3.0 Now Available.
  
• Gary Grigsby Projects in the Works.
  
• Space Empires: IV Patch 1.27 Released.
  
• Eidos To Provide Interactive Entertainment For WAP.
  
• New 3DMark2001 Screenshot.
  
• Academy Announces Game of the Year Nominations.
  
• NVIDIA Introduces GeForce3.
  
• New World War II Online Movie.
  
• IL-2 Friday Update.
  
• Fly! II Update.
  
• No Awards for Combat Simulations This Year.
  
• eSim Games Terminates Agreement With Shrapnel Games.
  
• eTeam Releases Updated eRazor Patch.
  
• Jane's / MicroProse Veterans Form New Company.
  
• Flanker 2.5 Delayed.
  
• Operation Flashpoint Screenshots.
  
• Price Drop On The Matrox Millennium G450.
  
• NVIDIA Introduces GeForce3 For The PC
  
• Hercules Announces 3D Prophet III.
  
• Guillemot Solidifies Its Presence In North America.
  
• MadOnion Releases 3DMark2001 Trailer.
  

• WWII Fighter Pilot Johnson Dies.
  
• JASSM proves deadly accurate in test flight.
  
• X-35C Breaks Sound Barrier.
  
• Lockheed, Northrop win Longbow contract.
  
• IAI Modernises Russian MI-8 and MI-17.
  
• USMC Harrier Down, Two Marines Killed.
  
• F-22 Closer to Production Decision.
  
• F-15e Tests Third-Gen Infrared Targeting Pod.
  
• KFOR soldiers keep peace in Mitrovica.
  
• NAVAIR Orders Inspection Of All F/A-18's.
  
• First Gripen Flight With Helmet Mounted Display
  
• New Book, "One Day In Vietnam".
  
• Gamecenter Shutting Down After 4 1/2 Years.
  
• Lockheed Martin Awarded $60 Million Contract from US Navy.
  
• Urban Blitz Convention Held in Finland.
  
• China Provides World War II U. S. Aircraft Crash Sites.
  
• US Navy Trials BAE SYSTEMS Helicopter TERPROM®.
  
• F-22 Decision Delayed by Bush Administration.
  
• X-35C Flies to Patuxent River for Carrier Testing.
  
• Six Soldiers Die In Blackhawk Helicopter Crash.
  
• Investigation Continues in Submarine, Fishing Vessel Collision.
  
• Blackhawks Crash in Hawaii During Night Exercise.
  
• Nvidia Reaches Critical Xbox Milestone
  
• Civilians Aboard Sub During Collision.
  
• Apache Longbow To Demonstrate Aerobatics In Australia.
  
• Army Identifies Soldiers Killed In Hawaii.
  
• Wind Tunnel Testing Helps New Boeing Engine Design.
  
• Service Marks 10th Anniversary Of Scud Attack.
  
• CH-46 Fleet Undergoing More Frequent Inspections.
  
• Marine Corps Marks 52nd Anniversary Of First Helicopters.
  
• GE Marine Engines begin new engines for US Navy's LHD8.
  
• New Demonstrator Spurs Navy UCAV Development.
  
• Israel to Purchase Nine Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbows.
  
• A-10 Fleet To Get Precision Attack Capability.
  
• The Bombing of Baghdad - Again.
  
• RNZN Super Seasprite Missile Trials A Success.
  
• Raytheon Awarded Stinger FMS Contract.
  
• Comanche Team Completes Mission Equipment Package Test.
  
• US GAO Savages V-22 Test Programme.
  
• Admiral Okays USS Greeneville Inquiry.
  
• Army To Honor World War II Paratroopers.
  
• Aging Aircraft Fleet Tops Concerns For USAF.
  
• Jane's News Briefs
  
• Navy To Christen Destroyer Shoup.
  
• Remains Found of WWII Pilot.
  
• Plane Crash Kills Air Force, Navy pilots.
  
• JSF X-35B Begins Hover-Pit Testing.
  
• Northrop Grumman Unveils Unmanned Aircraft.
  
• X-31 VECTOR Programme Begins.
  
• Predator Missile Launch Test Totally Successful.
  
• Air Force Issues Moratorium On Civilian Visitors Operating Equipment.
  
• Boeing Wins Contract To Support "Top Gun" And Strike Training Centers
  
• BAE SYSTEMS Delivers First Production Radar For Eurofighter