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Heroes Over Europe coming 2009.

Atari has revealed Heroes Over Europe, a sequel to World War II flight-sim Heroes of the Pacific.

Transmission Games, formerly IR Gurus and responsible for the first game, returns to the development cockpit. The target is to launch on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 sometime next year.

Heroes Over Europe, unsurprisingly, once more takes to the skies of World War II. This time the German aerial attacks on London - presumably the Battle of Britain - are the focus, as are the ramifications: the Allies bombing the snot out of Berlin.

Spitfires, Messerschmitts, London and Berlin will all be faithfully recreated, with the onus on realism rather than arcade action.

Everything should look nicer thanks to a new engine, plus there are more game modes and 16-player online dog-fights to get involved with. Transmission also plans DLC to be available at launch.

Heroes of the Pacific showed up on PC, Xbox, and PS2 back in 2005, and took home solid if unspectacular scores.

Head to our Heroes Over Europe gallery for the very first screenshots.

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SBfistfun #1 4 years ago

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"Atari unveils new shit game"

Would probably be a more accurate title...
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sickpuppysoftware #2 4 years ago

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"Atari unveils new, shit, buggy game"

Would probably be an even more accurate title...
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SBfistfun #3 4 years ago

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Touche!
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General_Zod #4 4 years ago

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Errr think I will wait for what the IL-2 guys produce.
Sorry to be PC elitist but I cannot see how they want to produce a realistic game but still have it on the 360 and PS3. Most flight sim manuals are usually heavy enough to kill a small child.
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BBIAJ #5 4 years ago

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Actually, they'd already been working on it for 18 months as of December last year, so by the time this gets released sometime next year, they'll have spent quite a bit of time on it, and given the quality of the original title, I see no reason as to why the sequel shouldn't be just as polished.
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