Released in the eye of the silly season storm, and crucially getting in there before the bigger, noisier World War Twos of Wolfenstein and COD arrived, Runner Duck Games' airborne "strategic survival sim" Bomber Crew has done the business. Its success has far outstripped the expectations of this two-person Brighton studio; as such, its co-designer and artist Dave Miller tells me, "we've got plans for the franchise which we will now definitely be able to do."

In the far future, there'll be another game that is "not just the obvious thing", but ahead of that, a bunch of free updates followed by three clumps of DLC - one of which is something the game's audience has been clamouring for. Bomber Crew will quite likely continue to be the Memphis Belle of the ball.

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