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Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII

Simulator

Time to beat: about 7.6 hours

Overview

Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII is a flight combat video game for Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. It was developed by Ubisoft Bucharest during the second fiscal quarter of 2006 for both the North American and European regions. The game features 46 different World War II fighter planes and allows the player or players to take part in several World War II events as a fictional squadron. Online support allows 16 players to take part in head-to-head and co-operative battles.

The Wii version was released in March 2007. The PlayStation 3 version came as a launch title in December 2006 for North America and March in 2007 for other markets, while Japanese version came in July. This version features all-new missions, a 16-player online mode and support for PS3 controller's motion sensing functions. In line with other online-enabled games on the original Xbox version, multiplayer on Xbox Live was available to players until 15 April 2010. Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII is now playable online again on the replacement original Xbox Live servers called Insignia.

The European Windows version is protected by StarForce. At least one published American Windows version also uses StarForce.