IL-2 Sturmovik (PC)

In IL-2 Sturmovik you will be able to fly the IL-2 and it's derivatives as well as many other Russian and German aircraft. When you fly the IL-2, you will attack German tank columns at treetop level, dodge deadly flak and avoid the covering Bf-109s. 1C:Maddox Games put expressive focus on creating an extremely detailed low-level environment. Unlike other flight sims, IL-2 Sturmovik models forests and buildings with incredible detail. Flying at 30m and 500 Km/h over a tree-covered hill couldn't be more realistic. Can you say: "ground-rush"?

In IL-2 Sturmovik you will be able to fly the IL-2 and it's derivatives as well as many other Russian and German aircraft. When you fly the IL-2, you will attack German tank columns at treetop level, dodge deadly flak and avoid the covering Bf-109s. 1C:Maddox Games put expressive focus on creating an extremely detailed low-level environment. Unlike other flight sims, IL-2 Sturmovik models forests and buildings with incredible detail. Flying at 30m and 500 Km/h over a tree-covered hill couldn't be more realistic. Can you say: "ground-rush"?

In IL-2 Sturmovik you will be able to fly the IL-2 and it's derivatives as well as many other Russian and German aircraft. When you fly the IL-2, you will attack German tank columns at treetop level, dodge deadly flak and avoid the covering Bf-109s. 1C:Maddox Games put expressive focus on creating an extremely detailed low-level environment. Unlike other flight sims, IL-2 Sturmovik models forests and buildings with incredible detail. Flying at 30m and 500 Km/h over a tree-covered hill couldn't be more realistic. Can you say: "ground-rush"?

In IL-2 Sturmovik you will be able to fly the IL-2 and it's derivatives as well as many other Russian and German aircraft. When you fly the IL-2, you will attack German tank columns at treetop level, dodge deadly flak and avoid the covering Bf-109s. 1C:Maddox Games put expressive focus on creating an extremely detailed low-level environment. Unlike other flight sims, IL-2 Sturmovik models forests and buildings with incredible detail. Flying at 30m and 500 Km/h over a tree-covered hill couldn't be more realistic. Can you say: "ground-rush"?

 

 

 

Il Divo are back refreshed, reinvigorated and ready to remind the world in 2008 just what they have been missing. Four of the greatest operatic voices in the world come together again to create their unique signature sound to re-interpret popular romantic songs. The Promise features 12 songs once again produced by Steve Mac (Il Divo, The Christmas Collection, Ancora, Siempre). The Promise is Il Divo's first release in two years. Il Divo have become an international sensation bringing the sound of opera to the world of popular music since their debut in 2002. Il Divo has sold over 22 million albums worldwide.

While not exactly classical crossover's take on The Monkees, this international quartet of young male vocalists from America, France, Spain, and Switzerland shares a similar genesis. Assembled after a long talent search and audition process, they were teamed with pop producers Per Magnusson and David Krueger (Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys) and Steve Mac (Charlotte Church, Kelly Clarkson) and turned loose on a slate of classical-pop favorites, with a dramatic, dynamically nuanced read of Toni Braxton's signature "Unbreak My Heart" setting the standard. While the deceptive ease of their harmonies belie the group's disparate nationalities and talent search roots on the melodramatic "Hoy Que Ya No Estas Aqui," Morricone's glorious Mission theme, "Nella Fantasia" and the cascading "Passera," the album's pop-oriented material is a decidedly more mixed bag ."Everytime I Look at You" and "Feelings" (not Morris Albert's) soar gracefully, while "The Man You Love" seems more a throwback to the producers' boy band roots. The standard "My Way" and a lovely, bonus cut Italian version of "Unchained Melody" close the album out on a high note, even if their safe familiarity doesn't offer the promising quartet a sufficient musical challenge.

Siempre, Il Divo's third swipe at the snobs who aim to relegate classical crossover to retirement community socials and suburban dentist offices, is as apt to snare listeners as either of its first two multimillion-selling discs: the singing is as rich and romantic, and the material as warm and enveloping. If there's anything missing, it's an overdue sense of adventure--tracks like "Nights in White Satin" and "Somewhere," like "Unbreak My Heart" and "All by Myself" before them, provide enough adult-contemporary swagger to keep anyone who has owned a couple of Streisand CDs in his or her day happy, but they come at the expense of a full-on exploration of classical no man's land; which may be this prefab, Simon Cowell-helmed act's ticket to getting out from under critics' boot heels. "La Vida Sin Amor," "Un Regalo Que Te Dio La Vida," and "Una Noche"--Siempre's three boldest tracks--provide a taste, but for now Il Divo seems content to follow a safe-bet formula. Fans won't be disappointed--overall, this is a lush, wholly unblemished disc. But those who have been taken to task by high-minded music bullies before shouldn't be surprised if they feel the need to keep the mute button handy once again.