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SPONTANEOUS DEVBLOG

We’ll sporadically post updates and preview imagery of games in development in this section.

RADIO CONTROLLED

January 31, 2022 — Radio controlled. Powered by electrical-petrol hybrid. And wheels. Big f***ing wheels!

FLAX ENGINE 1.0: FIRST IMPRESSIONS

January 23, 2021 — Flax Engine 1.0 is a game engine created by two Polish developers. The project was originally conceived by Wojciech Figat in 2012, and now almost 10 years later, version 1.0 is finally available! As is always the case with game engines, the main idea of the project is to enable developers to more easily create beautiful, fun, and impressive games — and to do it quickly. The main rationale behind Flax Engine is to boost the game development process, hence its tools are designed for efficiency to speed up workflow. Our Unreal Engine 4 expert Michal Janczewski took Flax Engine 1.0 for a spin. READ MORE →

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THAMMER 1.1 UPDATE GOES LIVE ON STEAM

As many of you have noticed already, we’ve recently updated Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China (FTSOC) to version “THAMMER 1.1”. The new patch includes not only new Steam-achievements but also multiple gameplay enhancements and fixes across subtitles, rendering, and audio. READ MORE →

P-40B/E TOMAHAWK

While Warhawk was the official US designation for the P-40 fighter, the Soviets and the British Commonwealth used other names. The RAF used Tomahawk for models equivalent to the P-40B and P-40C, and Kittyhawk for models equivalent to the P-40D and E, all of which would play a key role in the CBI where they were piloted by the Flying Tigers. The shark-faced nose art of their P-40s remains among the most recognizable image of any individual combat aircraft or combat unit of World War 2.

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KI-201 FIREDRAGON (ME-262A-1)

February 20, 2017 — The Nakajima Ki-201 Karyū was the Japanese Army’s attempt to produce a jet plane based on the German Messerschmitt Me-262. the Army Air Force was trying to perfect their design at the same time the Japanese Navy Air Force was working on the Nakajima Kikka attack plane, taking what was being learned about jet aircraft from the Kikka and applying it to a fighter design. And although both were designed by Nakajima there is no evidence of cooperation between the two teams. READ MORE →

MARINE SPITFIRE MK. V

February 20, 2017 — The Supermarine Spitfire was designed as the British equivalent of the Messerschmitt 109. It was produced by Supermarine, a company that had previously built racing seaplanes, and it was this seaplane design that was used as a basis for the fighter. It had a particular elliptical wing design that gave it an added advance in maneuverability and drastically decreased air drag. READ MORE →

FLYING TIGERS: SHADOWS OVER CHINA

Air-combat action based on the historical events of America’s secret volunteer squadrons that defended China against Japan in the China-Burma-India theatre of World War 2.

RCMX: REVOLT

In the 90s, console racing games for the Super Nintendo and SEGA Mega Drive were all the rage. Titles like Rock ’n Roll Racing, Micro Machines, and Super Off Road became highly popular, sold millions, and left an unforgettable cultural mark in the process.

PROJECT FUMEAX

In early 1948, a group of US Air Force officers was working on a secret research project in the California desert codenamed MX981. The purpose of MX981 was to test how extreme gravitational forces from fast-moving fighter jets would impact the human body.

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