IL-2 Sturmovik demo on XBL this week

Sample two single-player scenarios.

505 Games in collaboration with 1C Company have announced that a single-player demo for its flight combat title IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey will be released for Xbox 360 tomorrow.

The demo will give players the chance to sample two of the game's conflict scenarios: The Battle of Britain and the Battle of the Bulge.

Battle of Britain: Red Skies Over Dover
Players are given the role of an RAF pilot commanding the legendary Mk. II Spitfire with B wing armament (two canons, four machine guns). What starts off as a routine ‘mopping up’ mission on a few stray He-111 German bombers soon develops into a fracas in which the RAF faced their finest hour.

Battle of the Bulge: Tiger Hunt
The US Air Force P-51D Mustang is the weapon of choice as players are invited to pick off some German armour ploughing through the Ardennes. Defending FW-190 fighters will also have to be dispatched; although the Tigers are the primary target as US forces aim to stem the German advance and defend the front line. The mission will allow players to try rocket attacks on ground targets as well as sample the snow capped vistas of the December Belgian landscape.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey is scheduled to arrive on UK shelves on September 4 for Xbox 360, PS3, PSP and DS.