B-17 The Mighty 8th Sequel Announced

[iambecomelife]

First off moderators apologies for posting outside the flight sim thread but General Topics is much more active.

This is excellent news - Microprose is an icon of the golden age of simulation - I've been really impressed with their work since they were resurrected not long ago. Nothing's certain, but with a little luck we could have a worthy successor to B-17: the Mighty 8th.

Key Points:

-Current roster is the B-17, B-24, & Avro Lancaster. Possible additions include the Halifax, Wellington, & Mosquito

-This will be one of the first Microprose "Flagship Title" resurrections by new CEO David Lagettie

-They have joined forces with another small dev who was creating his own UK/Canadian/Commonwealth night bombing WWII sim

-Project will feature VR (but VR will not be required for play)

-Multiplayer crewing of individual bombers is confirmed

-Veteran(s) will be participating; one 97 year old Lancaster gunner is an advisor

-Campaign structure (if any) is not known but the Canadian module was to have a campaign/Tour of Duty before it was acquired by Microprose - hopefully it will be a complete dynamic campaign



https://www.microprose.com/games/the-mighty-eighth/

No news in recent months but I hope they are just busy!