Gaijin Entertainment is happy to announce that Aces of Thunder is out on Steam and PlayStation. Aces of Thunder is a realistic air combat simulation game with unmatched immersion and stunning visuals that look perfect both with and without VR HMDs.

Aces of Thunder Launch Trailer

Aces of Thunder allows the players to fly a selection of legendary aircraft from World War II, including Mustang, Bf 109, Fw 190, Yak‑9T, IL‑2, A6M3 Zero, as well as Great War icons like the Fokker Dr.I and SPAD S.XIII. All these aircraft feature authentic flight and damage models, with highly detailed cockpits and armament, and are available right from the start.

Online battles take the players to key theaters of war, from Western and Eastern Europe to the Pacific across 15 atmospheric maps. Engage in intense online duels against pilots from around the world, play through the “War Tales” campaign, or hone your skills in single player missions, inspecting your aircraft in the hangar between sorties. The battles take place exclusively from the cockpit view to provide ultimate immersion, and the game fully supports a variety of input methods including HOTAS.

There are two editions of Aces of Thunder available for purchase: Standard and Deluxe. If you purchase the Standard edition, you can upgrade to Deluxe later. The Deluxe Edition, in addition to the base game and the core selection of legendary aircraft, gives access to five extra iconic machines: F4U‑4, Spitfire Mk Ia, Hurricane Mk IV, SBD‑3 and P‑40E‑1.

MicroProse has announced that the MicroProse B-17G for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is now available on the official Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace for PC and Xbox.

The B-17G brings the iconic Flying Fortress to the Marketplace ecosystem, making it easier than ever for sim pilots on both platforms to purchase, install, and fly directly through Microsoft’s platform.

If you’ve been following development, you may know the initial plan was to bring the B-17G to a more mature state before releasing an Xbox version. After assessing the aircraft’s current status on console, MicroProse decided it didn’t make sense to delay the release. The B-17G is therefore launching on both PC and Xbox at the same time, with updates delivered to both versions going forward.

To thank the community for its patience, and since the company was unable to release the B-17G in Early Access on the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace, MicroProse is offering a time-limited launch discount during the first week. For one week only, the price will be reduced from USD $39.99 to USD $33.49.

World of Tanks: HEAT comes further into focus with “Foundations”, a new video series exploring the game’s universe, Agents, and vehicles. The first episode, “The Source of HEAT,” is available now, delivering the most detailed look yet at the game’s setting and high-intensity armored warfare.

Set in an alternative post–World War II timeline, World of Tanks: HEAT thrusts players into a world where experimental tech and armored combat keep global conflict in check. Warfare rages across varied landscapes, with elite operators and experimental armored vehicles serving as the last barrier between peace and total war.

Leading the fight are the High Efficiency Armored Teams (HEAT); elite Agents sent to stop conflicts before they ignite. Each Agent commands up to two dedicated tanks that are more than weapons, they are extensions of the Agents themselves. Fully upgradeable and deeply customizable, these machines evolve with your playstyle, defining how your tank looks, fights, and dominates the battlefield.

This trailer also offers a first look at World of Tanks: HEAT’s core game modes, each built around objective-driven combat:

“Foundations: The Source of HEAT” launches an ongoing series of videos exploring the Agents, vehicles, maps, and systems that define World of Tanks: HEAT.

Players can watch the first Foundations episode now and Wishlist World of Tanks: HEAT on Steam to stay up to date on future reveals and announcements.

For more information, please visit the World of Tanks: HEAT page https://wotheat.com.

Task Force Admiral – Vol.1: American Carrier Battles is now available in Early Access on Steam, bringing a new level of realism, immersion, and command depth to World War II naval aviation.

Task Force Admiral Launch Trailer

Set during the pivotal opening year of the Pacific War, Task Force Admiral places players in command of U.S. Navy carrier task forces in 1942. From managing reconnaissance and strike coordination to navigating fog of war, delayed communications, and real-time combat, the game delivers an uncompromising simulation of carrier warfare as it was fought.

With full 3D battles, authentic ships and aircraft, realistic ballistics and damage modeling, and multiple command perspectives — from first-person flag plot to God’s-eye view — Task Force Admiral blends classic naval wargaming with modern simulation technology.

What’s Included at Early Access Launch

Early Access begins with two of the most iconic carrier battles of the Pacific War, fully playable in both historical and variant forms:

Available on Release

These scenarios allow players to experience and experiment with the opening carrier clashes of the Pacific War, from historical outcomes to alternative what-if situations.

Coming Within the First Month of Early Access

Development will continue rapidly following release, expanding both sides of the conflict and deepening historical coverage with:

These additions will significantly broaden fleet composition, scenario variety, and historical depth as Early Access progresses.

A Living Carrier Warfare Simulation

Early Access marks the foundation of a larger series exploring carrier warfare in World War II. As development continues, Task Force Admiral will grow with new scenarios, forces, features, and refinements, guided by player feedback and historical research.

Availability

Task Force Admiral – Vol.1: American Carrier Battles is available now in Early Access on Steam.

Players can take command of history today and help shape the future of this next-generation carrier warfare simulation.

Following on the successful subscription plans for other grand strategy games, like Hearts of Iron IV and Europa Universalis IV, Paradox Interactive is now offering Crusader Kings III and all of its content to players who’d prefer to play for a limited time or in a more budget-conscious manner.

Owners of the Crusader Kings III base game now have the opportunity to pay a monthly fee that opens all of the expanded content for the game – every expansion, every cosmetic or event pack. Everything.

Real strategy requires cunning, and if you’ve been reluctant to test your scheming ways on the grand medieval landscape of Crusader Kings III, this subscription will allow you to experience the many new events and decisions as well as fresh historical flavor and character, with new challenges drawn from the distant past.

Sign up now to enjoy:

• Expansions, adding new major features and dramatically transforming the game experience.
• Flavor packs, which highlight historic struggles in specific regions.
• Event packs with colorful new choices for your characters as they make their mark on history.
• Cosmetic content, including historical clothing styles for some regions and music packs for deeper immersion.
• Every content pack specifically designed for Crusader Kings III by established community modders and creators.
• All “instant unlock” content provided to Chapter owners throughout the life of Crusader Kings III.

Crusader Kings III subscriptions will start at $9.99USD/£8.49/€9.99 per month, with discounts for longer term subscriptions. Purchase the base game here on Steam and sign up for a subscription on the Steam Crusader Kings III subscription page.

Today marks the release of War in Spain 1936–39, a deep and highly detailed grand strategy wargame that recreates the Spanish Civil War across land, sea, and air. Featuring dozens of new mechanics, updated art, and major engine improvements, the game delivers an extensive operational and strategic simulation with historically accurate orders of battle, a 5-nautical-mile hex map, and unit detail down to individual vehicles, aircraft, guns, and squads.

War in Spain 1936-39 Gameplay Trailer

Players can experience the full scope of the conflict through ground operations, naval warfare, and air combat, with nine campaigns and scenarios ranging from focused engagements to a full grand campaign covering the entire war.

War in Spain 1936–39 is out now only on the games official webpage.

Command large-scale armies in this premium deep real-time tactics title

Tactical Boar has announced Veterans: Napoleonic Wars, a premium real-time tactics and strategy game set during the Napoleonic Wars. Coming to Steam, Veterans: Napoleonic Wars places players in command of historical armies, focusing on mastering formations, maintaining morale, and making tactical decisions across authentically recreated battlefields.

Veterans: Napoleonic Wars – Official Teaser Trailer

On the battlefields of the late 1700s, combat is built around accurate formations such as line, column, and square, with morale and unit experience playing a critical role in victory or defeat. As campaigns progress, units gain veterancy, allowing players to shape and customize their armies while adapting to increasingly complex tactical scenarios. Artillery features multiple ammunition types, reinforcing the importance of positioning and timing during engagements.

Blending strategic depth with accessible, fast-paced gameplay, Veterans: Napoleonic Wars delivers a focused single-player experience centered on tactical missions and historically grounded encounters, supported by a realistic visual style that combines 3D terrain and lighting with readable 2D unit rendering.

Key Features:

Veterans: Napoleonic Wars is in development for PC via Steam. Will you too be defeated at Waterloo? Wishlist the game on Steam now and prepare for battle in Veterans: Napoleonic War.

Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. today announced ACE COMBAT™7: SKIES UNKNOWN, the narrative-driven flight combat game, has surpassed 7 million units worldwide. The game is currently available on PlayStation®4 (playable on PlayStation®5 consoles), Xbox One (playable on Xbox Series X|S consoles), Nintendo Switch™, and PC via Steam®. For more information, visit www.bandainamcoent.com/games/ace-combat-7.

To celebrate the milestone, commemorative wallpapers for ACE COMBAT™7: SKIES UNKNOWN are available here: https://acecombat.jp/wallpaper/. In addition, music from ACE COMBAT X and ACE COMBAT X2 has been added to the ACE COMBAT™ Series Soundtracks available at Bandai Namco Game Music here: https://gamemusic.bn-ent.net/en/.

ACE COMBAT™7: SKIES UNKNOWN is an aerial combat game where players take on the role of an ace pilot to experience the exhilaration of intense dogfights in full 360-degree environments. Featuring both a memorable narrative-driven singleplayer experience as well as multiplayer modes, players fly the world’s most advanced fighter jets in a game marked by stunning visual details and effects, with realistic expanses of clouds, finely rendered terrain and landscape, and the added challenge of navigating through inclement weather. The acclaimed sequel captures the fiercest and most intense aerial battles and sense of speed in the series’ 28-year history.

Battlefield Studios announced today an extension of Battlefield 6 and Battlefield REDSEC first season, will include new weekly challenges, a Bonus Path, and a continuation of the Season 1 Battle Pass.

The first season will now run until the launch of Season 2 on February 17, with the Season 1 extension update being released on January 20. This revised launch has been implemented to allow extra time to further develop and refine Season 2 as a result of community feedback.

Available on January 27, the Frostfire Bonus Path gives players the chance to unlock new free and premium customization rewards, including a Weapon Package and a Soldier Skin, as well as XP Boosts, by advancing through the tiers of the Frostfire Bonus Path. Premium Tier Rewards require purchase of the Season 1 Battle Pass.

Free rewards from the Frostfire Bonus Path will include a Hardware XP Boost, a Vehicle Skin and playercard customization items, while Battle Pass owners can grab a new Weapon Package, a Career XP Boost and additional customization items.

The Frostfire Bonus Path can be completed concurrently alongside the Season 1 Battle Pass. Players do not need to choose to make progress between a Season 1 Battle Pass Path – i.e. Rogue Ops, Soldiers Of Fortune – and the Frostfire Bonus Path. Each Bonus Path Tier requires 10 Bonus Path Points to unlock, with a total of 110 Bonus Path points required to fully complete the Bonus Path. Unlike previous Bonus Paths, all Bonus Path Points for the Frostfire Bonus Path are earned through Weekly Challenges; there are no Bonus Challenges associated with this Bonus Path.

Later this update, love is a battlefield as the team will be celebrating Valentine’s Day. Another set of Daily Login Rewards will be introduced, alongside several Double XP Weekends throughout the update period.

The Season 1 extension update also includes various updates and fixes. Full information about what those updates and fixes entail can be found in the “Game Updates” section of our website here.

MicroProse is proud to announce that Task Force Admiral – Vol.1: American Carrier Battles, the long-awaited 3D command simulation of US Navy carrier operations in 1942, will launch in Early Access on Steam on January 27th.

To mark this milestone, a new public demo of Task Force Admiral is available now on Steam, giving players their first opportunity to experience the game’s distinctive approach to carrier warfare and real-time naval command.

This new version of the demo includes the following features:

• Two single scenarios (one historical, one variant with a new guest).

• A functional Battle Generator using the scenarios’ assets.

• Take control of your friendly fighters in 1st- and 3rd-person view to defend the skies over your Task Force!

• Compatibility with Tacview to review and assess your accomplishments.

• Updated gameplay and graphics.

Task Force Admiral Vol.1: American Carrier Battles is a single-player experience centered on the command of an early Pacific War US Navy carrier task force. As the overall commander, you are in charge of seeking the destruction of the enemy naval forces and preventing your opponent, the Japanese Navy, from accomplishing its objectives. To achieve your aims, you have at your disposal the most fearsome sea projection weapon known to Man in 1942: your carrier air groups and the task forces that support them.

As a carrier task force admiral in this pioneering age of air/naval warfare, assume the mantle of retribution in this innovative interpretation of a classic topic, as the first title in a new series that will further explore and develop the genre. Forget about the limitations of the past, and let the best of wargaming and simulation blend and blossom together in this new take on command at sea! Re-live the great battles of the first year of the Pacific War as if you were there yourself. In here there is no dice roll, no artificial skill-tree, no arbitrary stats, selective fog of war or supernatural crystal-clear communications. It is real-time crisis management for you, realism and historicity without concession, as little abstraction as can be, and loads of action, suspense and refreshing gameplay packed in the same single computer software.