Korea. IL-2 Series — Early Access Date Announcement

[LukeFF]

 

[Avimimus]

I'm rather excited - I can't wait to be able to talk about [redacted] and [redacted]! As with anything, there will be things that are imperfect but [redacted] really is surprising to me and should be celebrated! The devs will have definitely earned some positive feedback - at least according to me and my impressions of the [redacted]!

[LuftManu]

A new era begins soon! Can't wait!

[Dash,Polder]

So will the Standard purchase guys get full release second quarter as scheduled?  There's only 5 days remaining of second quarter after the early birds.

[LukeFF]

7 minutes ago, Dash,Polder said:

So will the Standard purchase guys get full release second quarter as scheduled?  There's only 5 days remaining of second quarter after the early birds.

Details about the content of Early Access will be published later in the near future.

We will tell you which aircraft, modes, and features will be available to players at the start of Early Access.

Right now, we are just confirming the start date itself — June 25.

[Avimimus]

23 minutes ago, Dash,Polder said:

So will the Standard purchase guys get full release second quarter as scheduled?  There's only 5 days remaining of second quarter after the early birds.

I suspect that the major difference in experience between people pre-ordering before June 25th and people ordering afterwards will be that those how order later pay the full price (i.e. without the pre-order discount).

[YoYo]

Im ready! 😊

I hope everything is okay with VR.

49 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

Details about the content of Early Access will be published later in the near future.

We will tell you which aircraft, modes, and features will be available to players at the start of Early Access.

Right now, we are just confirming the start date itself — June 25.

Lapino winter plus 2 jets 😁!

[Riderocket]

If I buy the website version and later want it on steam, can I buy it again on steam and link the same account?

[LukeFF]

Just now, Riderocket said:

If I buy the website version and later want it on steam, can I buy it again on steam and link the same account?

No, that's not in the plans.

[jodet]

I was thinking the release 1.0 was this quarter.   Guess I was wrong there.   How very disappointing.   'Early Access' can last for months or years.   

[Avimimus]

24 minutes ago, jodet said:

I was thinking the release 1.0 was this quarter.   Guess I was wrong there.   How very disappointing.   'Early Access' can last for months or years.   

Pure speculation here - but the announced plan has/had the DLC released in Q4 of this year... and the very recent interview stated that they'll begin work on the next module sometime early in 2027... so I would personally guess something more along the lines of months rather than years.

It is also worth noting that the development updates have shown relatively finished artwork for all announced aircraft - so it is likely that there won't be a big gap between their completion.

I suspect that - even if a few features aren't released immediately, what releases will provide quite enough to keep us busy.

[FuriousMeow]

What is the DLC? I saw the tentative release schedule with the DLC listed but definitely missed something somewhere as to what that is. 

[Jade_Monkey]

3 hours ago, YoYo said:

Im ready! 😊

I hope everything is okay with VR.

Lapino winter plus 2 jets 😁!

Well, I can only hope it brings me the same feeling as back in the day when we only had winter Lapino, the Lagg3 and the F4. 

I was pretty new to flight sims and even though objectively there wasn't much to do, it felt so thrilling learning all aspects of flying. One can only hope to feel like that again. 

[Habu]

10 hours ago, LukeFF said:

Details about the content of Early Access will be published later in the near future.

We will tell you which aircraft, modes, and features will be available to players at the start of Early Access.

Right now, we are just confirming the start date itself — June 25.

I can't wait to try it out and see what this early access has to offer.

[Leifr]

10 hours ago, Avimimus said:

Pure speculation here - but the announced plan has/had the DLC released in Q4 of this year... and the very recent interview stated that they'll begin work on the next module sometime early in 2027... so I would personally guess something more along the lines of months rather than years.

It is also worth noting that the development updates have shown relatively finished artwork for all announced aircraft - so it is likely that there won't be a big gap between their completion.

I suspect that - even if a few features aren't released immediately, what releases will provide quite enough to keep us busy.

Did they (1C) say in one of the DDs that the DLC would also be entirely revealed at the release of Korea too? I'm certain that was mentioned.

[AEthelraedUnraed]

8 hours ago, FuriousMeow said:

What is the DLC? I saw the tentative release schedule with the DLC listed but definitely missed something somewhere as to what that is. 

They haven't announced yet, but given the information we have, it's likely it's a carrier module.

[Avimimus]

9 hours ago, FuriousMeow said:

What is the DLC? I saw the tentative release schedule with the DLC listed but definitely missed something somewhere as to what that is. 

1 hour ago, Leifr said:

Did they (1C) say in one of the DDs that the DLC would also be entirely revealed at the release of Korea too? I'm certain that was mentioned.

59 minutes ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

They haven't announced yet, but given the information we have, it's likely it's a carrier module.

 

The 2026 Roadmap mentions that the DLC will be announced at release. However, I suspect that it will be announced at the end of early access, rather than at the beginning - so I'd guess it might take a month or two. I have no idea though.

People assume it is a carrier module because they've mentioned working on carrier tech and we've seen an image of a carrier in the background of one of the development diaries. However, the two aircraft we know they're working on for the DLC were also used by the USMC from land bases... so nothing official yet.

 

[DedVdV]

 Сегодня 31 мая - последний - день весны. Что с ранним доступом?

Edited May 31 by DedVdV

[Avimimus]

11 minutes ago, DedVdV said:

 Today is May 31 - the last day of spring. What about Early Access?

This is answered in the first post - Early Access begins on June 25  (which is still in Q2)

[DedVdV]

А как насчет раннего доступа весной для сделавших предзаказ в 2025 году? Это я что, выдумал?

[LuftManu]

16 minutes ago, DedVdV said:

А как насчет раннего доступа весной для сделавших предзаказ в 2025 году? Это я что, выдумал?

Здравствуйте!

В официальной дорожной карте был указан второй квартал (Q2).

Сейчас объявлена дата начала раннего доступа (Early Access) — 25 июня. Команда отдельно поделится информацией о полном релизе, контенте раннего доступа и следующих этапах запуска игры в официальных новостях. Пожалуйста, следите за нашими каналами и страницей игры.

 

[JaMz]

Yess

 

[FuriousMeow]

@AEthelraedUnraed @Avimimus

Thanks! I thought I missed an announcement or that the DLC was somehow Korea itself even though iit's clearly marked differently on the tentative release schedule.

So the DLC is the release that should have the F4U-4?

Edited May 31 by FuriousMeow

[Aapje]

7 hours ago, DedVdV said:

What about early access in the spring for pre-orders in 2025? Am I making this up?

They did change the release date from Spring to Q2.

[Kareem]

1 час назад, Aapje сказал:

They did change the release date from Spring to Q2.

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