is a

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created by

Gaijin Entertainment Gaijin Entertainment is a Hungarian video game developer and publisher headquartered in Budapest. The company is mostly known for ''War Thunder, Crossout'', '' Star Conflict'', '' CRSED: F.O.A.D.'' (formerly known as ''Cuisine Royale'') and '' ...

and published by

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. It was released on March 13, 2012 for

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and

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. The game includes more than one hundred non-fictional planes, twenty historical missions, and hundreds of procedural missions over sixteen different locations, including

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and

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. It has single player, four player cooperative, and online multiplayer modes. ''Birds of Steel'' provided the base work for Gaijin Entertainment's MMO game ''

War Thunder ''War Thunder'' is a free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer video game developed and published by Gaijin Entertainment. Announced in 2011, it was first released in November 2012 as an open beta with a worldwide release in January 2013; it had ...

''.

Reception

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rated the Xbox 360 version of the game an 8.5 out of 10, praising the graphics, sound, gameplay and lasting appeal but saying that the presentation lacked a little spark. '' Official PlayStation Magazine'' rated the PS3 version of the game 7 out of 10. The game consists of three difficulty settings, which change the way planes are flown: Simplified, an arcade play style, Realistic, a mix between an arcade play style and a simulation play style, and lastly Simulator, in which the planes handle as closely to real life as possible. A.I. difficulty is not affected by the selected play style.

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