1C Game Studios announces plans to release IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad in September of this year, saying public beta testing of the aerial combat game should begin during the summer. Early Access to the game is now available for those who preorder the game, and preorders of the $59.99 (not counting the 8% preorder discount) Standard Edition are now offered alongside the $99.99 (not counting the 5% preorder discount) Premium Edition. "We plan to dedicate the remaining months to optimization and bug fixing," said Albert Zhiltsov, the game's producer. "The game has been in the early access stage since November 2013. This spring we opened up access 24/7 and we have been producing weekly updates for the past several months, which means releasing a new game every seven days. This is not the most efficient option for a development team, but this gives us a unique and valuable opportunity to get feedback from users before the game hits stores."