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Calling back to genres near forgotten, Birds of Steel seeks to soar.

The video game industry, much like any entertainment provider, has gone through many different trends and phases.  Genres spike in popularity and then peter down, sometimes even fading into obscurity and out of the communities conscious.  There was a time when flight sims were all the rage, now most retailers would look at you funny if you asked their opinion on which flight stick you should buy.  At times an arcade-style flight game like Ace Combat rears its head to remind the masses that the genre still exists, but we all know that the pure sim has been relegated to niche for quite some time.  Just don’t tell Konami that.

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