MONSTER WARGAME DEVELOPER ATTRACTIVE TO US MILITARY: Lock On makers sell to Air National Guard
Eagle Dynamics, the Russian game company responsible for Lock On, an air combat flight simulator, announced its commercial products were being delayed by contracts with the US military.
On the developer's forum, a designer commented on delays facing Black Shark, an add-on module to Lock On designed around the KA-50 Russian attack helicopter.
"While in years past [Eage Dynamics] has been primarily focused on the entertainment market, this has changed over the past year," writes one of the company's developers. "Much of our work now is also focused on supporting military simulation contracts. Some of you may have heard about the A-10C PE Desk Top Simulation (DTS) for the [US Air National Guard] that we're just finishing up. Due to the demands of this project and others, the bulk of our engineering resources had to be shifted away from Black Shark this year. Thankfully, these resources are now being shifted back.
"As other projects come up and we have to reprioritize resources, it's possible that Black Shark resources will once again need to be shifted, we just don't know right now."
Lock On, while an unusually buggy monster wargame notable for its complete lack of usable documentation and towering cliff of a learning curve in original release, appears to have impressed the US military in its potential as much as DD and others.
See the original notification at Lock On forum in Russia, here.
Last week: Return to the steppes of the monster wargame with Lock On.
Eagle Dynamics, the Russian game company responsible for Lock On, an air combat flight simulator, announced its commercial products were being delayed by contracts with the US military.
On the developer's forum, a designer commented on delays facing Black Shark, an add-on module to Lock On designed around the KA-50 Russian attack helicopter.
"While in years past [Eage Dynamics] has been primarily focused on the entertainment market, this has changed over the past year," writes one of the company's developers. "Much of our work now is also focused on supporting military simulation contracts. Some of you may have heard about the A-10C PE Desk Top Simulation (DTS) for the [US Air National Guard] that we're just finishing up. Due to the demands of this project and others, the bulk of our engineering resources had to be shifted away from Black Shark this year. Thankfully, these resources are now being shifted back.
"As other projects come up and we have to reprioritize resources, it's possible that Black Shark resources will once again need to be shifted, we just don't know right now."
Lock On, while an unusually buggy monster wargame notable for its complete lack of usable documentation and towering cliff of a learning curve in original release, appears to have impressed the US military in its potential as much as DD and others.
See the original notification at Lock On forum in Russia, here.
Last week: Return to the steppes of the monster wargame with Lock On.
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