industry interactive entertainment headquarters simsbury ct united states of america key people scott gentile ceo website a2a website air to air simulations a2a specializes in the development and publication of flight simulations strategy games visual effects and sound . the company is based in simsbury connecticut . formerly known as shockwave productions inc. see history below the company built its reputation for designing high quality flight simulation products . a2a also has designed its own proprietary air combat computer game engine called the merlin air combat engine which is used in a2a s 2005 release battle of britain ii wings of victory . the release was met with many favorable reviews and won several awards including the simhq best of 2006 award . 1 contents 1 history 2 games 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit a2a simulations was formerly known as shockwave productions inc. . on may 14 2008 shockwave rebranded its corporate name to air to air simulations inc a2a . 2 air to air simulations states that its name change was triggered by reports of customer confusion between shockwave productions and a popular online gaming website known as shockwave . in effort to better serve their customers and avoid any further confusion a company name change was in order . games edit battle of britain ii wings of victory released september 2005 see also edit microsoft flight simulator battle of britain ii wings of victory wings of power ii wwii fighters wings of power wwii heavy bombers and jets references edit geiger frank ba dart january 25 2007 . simhq s best of 2006 . simhq . a2a simulations may 14 2008 . for immediate release . a2a simulations . retrieved 2008 06 27 . external links edit a2a s public site this video game corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title a2a simulations & oldid 670123863 categories video game publishersworld war ii video gamesvideo game company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 july 2015 at 00 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view