Originally posted by Tuomio:
Ill promise to eat my words if somebody can show even a piece of acceptable evidence, that Il-2 game actually exists. I actually would be delighted, since i like flightsims very much and i regurlaly fly AH h2h mode.

Eat them

Normal procedure in the game industry, especially if your team does not have a history of successful projects (and Madox Gamed does not have it) -- you shall bring to your publisher a) Design documentation b) Prototype. There are other requirments, but these two are most usual. It is very unlikely that publisher will risk its money with a fresh team which even can not develop a prototype.
Also, many publishers require milestones versions of a game as a prove that team is within squedule and to make some corrections in design which, as publisher think, will increase sales.
Fariz