October 23, 2007
NAMCO BANDAI GAMES SHIPS ACE COMBAT® 6: FIRES
OF LIBERATION™ FOR XBOX 360™
Next-Generation Debut for Best Selling
Flight-Action Series Lands on Store Shelves
Leading video games developer and publisher NAMCO
BANDAI Games America Inc. announced today that Ace Combat® 6: Fires of
Liberation™ has shipped to North American retailers for the Xbox 360™ video game
and entertainment system from Microsoft. Ace Combat 6 re-ignites the
flight-action genre with a hangar full of photorealistic licensed aircraft,
all-new gameplay mechanics that deliver an adrenaline-soaked combat experience
and four captivating online multiplayer modes.
Thrusting players into massive living
battlefields, Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation gives players all-new freedom
and flexibility in completing each of the game’s 15 single-player missions.
Using the new Allied Support and Dynamic Operations Systems, players can call
for land, sea and air reinforcements to tackle different objectives across
far-flung locales as they take on screaming enemy fighter jets, ground-based
anti-air emplacements and hulking naval vessels. Players will be able to
purchase real-world aircraft and weaponry as they advance through the game
including the F-15E Strike Eagle multipurpose aircraft, F-22A Raptor air
superiority fighter and A-10A Thunderbolt “flying tank.”
For the first time in the history of the
franchise, Ace Combat 6 lets players engage in massive adversarial and
team-based dogfights via Xbox LIVE®. Up to 16 players can fight high above
cities, deep within canyons and through the clouds as they take part in
fast-paced strategic battles across four unique online game modes. Go for a high
score in the winner-take-all Battle Royale Mode, assemble an online team to
dominate the skies in Team Battle Mode, take turns protecting and assaulting
strategic land, sea and air targets in Siege Battle Mode and team up with up to
three wingmen to compete against the computer in Cooperative Mode. Players can
track their progress through a series of online leaderboards and also acquire
special one of a kind titles by achieving special ranking milestones.
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is rated “T”
for Teen by the ESRB and carries a suggested retail price of $59.99. The limited
edition Ace Combat® 6 Flightstick Bundle includes HORI’s exclusive ACE-EDGE™
flightstick and a custom Ace Combat 6 Xbox 360 faceplate for a suggested retail
price of $149.99. For more information about Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation,
please visit
www.acecombatsix.com.
