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Pilot WWII fighters, attack aircraft, and bombers in historical European battles, with flight handling adjustable from arcade to simulation.
Released 08 Jan 2010
Pilot WWII Warplanes
Fight Across Six Theatres
Fly 50+ Missions
Wings of Prey is based around large-scale aerial combat in World War II. Players can participate in some of the most famous battles piloting fighters, attack aircraft and bombers across a range of thrilling missions.
Developed by Gaijin Entertainment Corporation · Published by Gaijin Entertainment
Take the controls of WWII fighters, attack aircraft, and bombers in missions based on major battles over Europe. The game features six theatres, including the Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, and Berlin.
Fly more than 40 historically modeled aircraft across over 50 missions, taking part in large-scale aerial combat. The Special Edition includes the original game and the Wings of Luftwaffe add-on.
Adjust flight handling between arcade-style and more realistic simulation settings. The game is focused on single-player missions; its listing notes that multiplayer is no longer supported.
In the supplied reviews, players who enjoy the game often value its approachable flying, adjustable realism, period atmosphere, and visuals. Opinions are mixed: other reviewers report launch, control, and add-on access problems, so the positive experiences are not universal.
Special Edition includes original Wings of Prey game and Wings of Luftwaffe add-on.
Wings of Prey is based around large-scale aerial combat in World War II. Players can participate in some of the most famous battles piloting fighters, attack aircraft and bombers across a range of thrilling missions. There are six theatres of war to engage in: The Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, the Ardennes, Berlin, Sicily and Korsun' representing some of the main airborne battles from World War II in Europe. Wings of Prey also boasts a sophisticated damage effects engine as well as advanced environmental visuals enriching the game play. It also features hundreds of aircraft taking part in air battles.
Key Features:
Authentic World War atmosphere: Cutting edge technologies with highly detailed visuals bring the epic battles to life;
Engage in more than 50 missions from famous historical battles over Eastern and Western Europe;
Historically accurate aircraft: Experience over 40 models including fighters, attack aircraft and bombers. Learn to master a Spitfire, the Mustang, Messerschmitts and many more;
Flexible difficulty level system: from arcade to realistic simulation;
Support of 6-DOF TrackIR, TripleHead2Go, Saitek and Thrustmaster joysticks, mouse and voice headsets;
Realistic sound effects and an original musical score from Jeremy Soule.
Note! Multiplayer for Wings of Prey is no longer supported!
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 45 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| Content notices |
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| Metacritic | 78/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
