With the likes of Skies of Fury DX and Rogue Aces shooting up a storm on Nintendo Switch, its clear Ninty's hybrid machine is the new home for all things dogfighting related. A fact reaffirmed even more by the new that Polish developer Atomic Jelly is planning to bring its historical aerial fight sim 303 Squadron: Battle of Britain to consoles.
Originally Kickstarted into life at the start of the year, 303 Squadron was originally slated for PC (you can currently access it via Early Access on Steam), with the console version being co-developed in partnership with fellow Polish studio SimFabric. The title aims to be a historically accurate recreation of WW2 fighter aces, with an intense first-person mode for added in-cockpit realism.
No word on a release date just yet, but considering the game is still in Early Access on PC we'd imagine we're in for a bit of wait. Share your thoughts on the news in the comments section below...
[source twitter.com]
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A proper WW2 flight sim! On the Switch! Exciting stuff, I like the ability to walk around the airfield and pop the odd of your plane and mess about with its components. Will keep an eye out for this.
Project Aces, you taking notes?
Looks awesome very excited
Nice! Hope its gameplay is as stunning as those pictures, then count me in!
WOW!! and a big wow!!! maybe after all I won't throw my Switch away, this endless waiting for proper AAA games drive me crazy!!!
Nice. I used to have a WWII flight sim (I say sim, might have been more arcadey) on the Amiga but can't for the life of me remember its name. Loved it at the time though and would definitely be interested in checking this out if it's any good.
Just watched footage on youtube of PC version - if that is coming to switch it a day one purchase for me... looks amazing.
@admwllms Wings on the amiga was one of my fave games... superb but to be fair that might not be the one you mean as that was arcade and there were a load of flight sims on amiga.
@admwllms If it was WW1, it might have ben Cinemaware Wings who even got itself a proper SNES suequel, a GBA remake that let you fly for the Luftstreitkräfte and a proper remake for mobile a few years ago.
@Shiryu that's the one! I must have got my World Wars mixed up – probably why I never found it. Will definitely check out the GBA and SNES games, thanks
edit: and thanks @Stocksy too.
@admwllms Here are a couple of samples from yours truly:
I would not mind to have that iOS reboot on the Switch...
This one is very promising !!!
@Shiryu nice, I really fancy that GBA one especially
Yaaaaaasss
@Shiryu Not only that, it's about Squadron 303! Though with it being made by a Polish studio it shouldn't be too surprising.
Wow, I'd be really interested in this. Warbirds for the Atari Lynx was one of my favorite games!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-PKq21SIE
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
Not a fan of this genre but very much welcome!!
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