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Online dogfighting game Ace Combat Infinity has reached one million downloads worldwide. The Project Aces-developed and Bandai Namco-published title was released as a free-to-play PS3 exclusive a month and a half ago. To celebrate the one million download mark, users will be able to receive the Mirage 2000-5 White Tiger …
Read More »What’s Out Today? w/e October 14th, 2011
Activision brings the worlds of toys and video games together with today’s release of Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. This ambitious title lets players use special figurines to activate characters in game by placing them on the Portal of Power. These figures will then remember their progress, regardless of what platform they …
Read More »Where’s cheapest? Forza 4 for £4.99, Ace Combat for 99p
Leading UK retailer GAME has unveiled trade-in offers for two of the biggest releases this week – Microsoft’s Forza Motorsport 4 and Namco Bandai’s Ace Combat: Assault Horizon. Forza 4 will be available for just 4.99 for any consumer willing to trade in one of the following titles – F1 …
Read More »GAME offers Ace Combat pre-order perks
Namco Bandai has revealed a host of extras available to those who pre-order Ace Combat: Assault Horizon from the UK’s leading High Street retailer GAME. Buyers will get three free multiplayer perks – Enhanced Dog Fight Mode, Enhanced Air Strike Mode and a Plus version of Machine Gun Cool Down. …
Read More »Namco targets Western triumph with Ace Combat
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon can do for the dogfighting genre what Call of Duty did for shooters, says Namco Bandai. UK marketing director Lee Kirton told MCV he believes the game can establish the Japanese firm as a Western publishing force when it lands on October 14th. We want to …
Read More »Ace Combat and Dark Souls set for October
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon will be released in the UK on Friday, October 14th. The US version is set to arrive a little early on Tuesday, October 11th. The promising new air combat game is a bit of a reboot for the series, and is scheduled for launch on Xbox …
Read More »Namco Bandai buys jet fighter
Forget TV ads – Namco Bandai Partners has splashed the cash on a MiG-21Bis jet fighter to promote its new Ace Combat game. The publisher said it spent most of its budget for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon on the aircraft in a bid to win the war on wishy washy …
Read More »New Ace Combat cleared for landing
The Ace Combat series will be ‘reborn’ on Xbox 360 and PS3 next year, Namco Bandai has told MCV. Ace Combat Assault Horizon marks the first time the franchise has appeared on PlayStation 3. Developed once again by Project Aces, the team has set about creating a more destructive air …
Read More »Namco Bandai reveals killer Q3 line-up
A Pre-E3 ‘Level Up’ event in Barcelona showcased some major new releases from Namco Bandai for Q3 this year.The third in the publisher’s popular Family Trainer series will launch for Nintendo’s Wii this autumn. Entitled Family Trainer: Treasure Island, the game features 70 missions, a party mode for up to eight …
Read More »Namco Bandais exclusive 360 duo confirmed
After a prolonged period of uncertainty concerning possible format exclusivity, Gamespot reports that Namco Bandai will release both Ace Combat 6 and Beautiful Katamari exclusively on Xbox 360 later this month in North America. Both are titles that, bar for one outing on Game Boy Advance for Ace Combat, were …
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