Dear friends, First of all, we want to sincerely thank everyone who is taking part in the ongoing beta testing. The time, effort, and passion you invest into testing the game mean a great deal to our entire team. Every report, comment, suggestion, and discussion is incredibly valuable to us, and we truly appreciate how actively the community continues to participate throughout the beta. Throughout the beta, we are receiving a huge amount of thoughtful and detailed feedback from players all around the world. Many of you are taking the time not only to report issues, but also to share ideas, point out areas that can be improved, and tell us what you enjoy most. Your involvement helps us better understand the experience from the players' perspective and gives us clear direction on what we can improve, adjust, and polish before release.
We want you to know that your contribution is not being overlooked. The beta is an extremely important stage of development for us, and the feedback we are receiving is already having a significant impact on our plans and priorities moving forward. Community support and honest feedback are helping us shape the game into something stronger and more enjoyable for everyone.
After careful consideration, we’ve made the difficult decision to delay the release of Korea. IL-2 Series. The good news is that the release will take place very soon – on August 4, 2026.
We understand that waiting a little longer may be disappointing, and we truly appreciate your patience and understanding. Please know that this decision wasn’t made lightly. However, we strongly believe that it will allow us to polish core gameplay, fix critical bugs, improve performance, and deliver a better, more complete, and more enjoyable experience for everyone at launch.
At the same time, we understand how strongly many of you want to start playing Korea and experience the game for yourselves. For that reason, we are preparing to open Early Access on June 25, 2026, allowing players to begin exploring the game while we continue working on its full release.
Early Access will not represent the final version of the game, but it will already offer a meaningful first experience with Korea, its aircraft, core systems, missions, and multiplayer features.
What will be available to the players at the start of Early Access
- Museum
Players will be able to explore aircraft and other in-game objects, learn about their history and characteristics, view cockpit equipment diagrams, aircraft variants, paint schemes, piloting tips, animations, sounds, and use quick "FLY NOW" access with a selected aircraft. - Single Missions
A selected set of story missions with briefings will be available, based on existing game content and pre-configured scenarios involving in-game AI. - Mission Planner
The Mission Planner will include three basic mission types at the start of Early Access: Free Flight, Duel, and Dogfight. - Multiplayer
Multiplayer will be available with a large Team Death Match mission and several official 24/7 servers with different difficulty settings. Players will also be able to host their own Dogfight and Cooperative servers directly from the game, or use the dedicated server application. - Exams
For four of the eight aircraft, four special exam missions will be available, during which the player receives the first significant challenge to their skills. For the other four aircraft, such missions will be made available upon release. - Settings and Controls
We are preparing a more accessible setup experience, including detailed explanations for game options, a device mapping wizard for unrecognized controllers, and more than 70 control mapping templates with layout diagrams for different devices. - Graphics and Performance Options
Supported technologies will include FSR, DLSS, OpenVR, OpenXR, Indirect Ray Tracing lighting, and other available options.
During Early Access, we will continue improving, expanding, and polishing the game based on our development plan and the feedback we receive from the community. Our goal is to let players begin their journey with Korea while we keep working toward the full release.
We’ll be sharing more development updates and behind-the-scenes looks between now and the new release date.
Thank you once again for your incredible support, enthusiasm, and dedication. Your feedback and passion play a huge role in helping us make the flight sim of our dreams, and we are very grateful to have such an engaged community by our side.
Sincerely yours,
IL-2 development team