Tom Clancy’s HAWX promises to deliver an intense and authentic aerial combat experience set in the year 2012.
As the era of the nation-state draws quickly to a close, the rules of warfare evolve rapidly, and more and more nations become increasingly dependent on private military companies and elite mercenaries with a lax view of the law.
The consequences are a game which immerses players in out of this world flight stylings and high definition graphics that will overwhelm the senses and leave you wanting more.
A new air combat game set in the near future when a private military force attacks the U.S. using technologically advanced jet fighters.
Ubisoft has announced "H.A.W.X.," an upcoming flight combat game that is being developed by Ubisoft Bucharest and is set in the Tom Clancy game universe."Scheduled for release in Fall 2008, Tom Clancy's HAWX turns consumers into elite pilots of the future. The game will appear on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and on Windows-based PC
Coming this September to PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, HAWX offers up intense and often deadly dogfights and a true challenge for those wishing to prove themselves to be Top Gun material. Using GOI satellite data, Ubisoft is able to ensure the areas you fly over are the real deal. When we took to the skies to battle an onslaught of MIGs in Rio De Janeiro, the entire topography was exact to the real life locale. And yes, even the famed statue of Jesus was standing, arms outstretched, at the mountain top.And no, we did not try and shoot it down. Ubisoft describes the use of GOI data as "flying over Google Earth on crack." We're inclined to agree.
Tom Clancy's HAWX delivers an intense and authentic aerial combat experience by fully leveraging the benefits of the next-generation platforms. The story begins in the year 2012. As the era of the nation-state draws quickly to a close, the rules of warfare evolve even more rapidly. More and more nations become increasingly dependent on private military companies (PMCs), elite mercenaries with a lax view of the law. The Reykjavik Accords further legitimize their existence by authorizing their right to serve in every aspect of military operations. While the benefits of such PMCs are apparent, growing concerns surrounding giving them too much power begin to mount.
Tom Clancy’s HAWX is the first air combat game set in the world-renowned Tom Clancy’s video game universe. Cutting-edge technology, devastating firepower, and intense dogfights bestow this new title a deserving place in the prestigious Tom Clancy franchise. Soon, flying at Mach 3 becomes a right, not a privilege.
Players can ease into their flight missions and gain a level of comfort with the use of the assistance mode. Once employed, players can take full advantage of their technological support through the E.R.S and gain maximum piloting security. If the situation calls for the player to unleash the full potential of the aircraft, the assistance mode can be switched off and all safety features will be deactivated.If you target an enemy, you can tap the ERS button and an intercept path will illuminate. Follow the path and you will connect with your target. This can also be used to get out of the way of trailing missiles, but isn't as effective as just turning off assistance and then doing a sly maneuver to lose the heat on your ass.
Players have the opportunity to take the throttle of over 50 of the world’s famous aircrafts, as well as being able to dogfight over realistic modern landscapes that have endured years of post-war trauma.
HAWX will include squadron commands, but for the purposes of this first hands-on demo, Ubisoft didn't want to overcomplicate things. Commands will likely be placed on the d-pad and will allow you to have an effective wingman, something that will be needed considering how hectic the skies get in HAWX. You can also look forward to jump in/out co-op online play.In PVP mode, players can challenge up to 15 friends in intense dogfighting sessions and find out who's the top gun. Winning players are rewarded with experience points and money to unlock more weapons.
This is certainly a more serious endeavor than Ace Combat. You probably won't fight any giant floating battle stations. Instead, you'll have to worry about a sky full of planes piloted by aggressive AI. We can't wait to take them on.
HAWX demo barrel rolls onto Xbox 
The demo, which tracks experience and includes three unlockable fighters to test drive fly, allow up to four Mavericks to play cooperatively. It sports two missions for the upcoming air-combat game: Operation - Off Certification, one of the game's training missions that showcases maneuvers and tactics used throughout the adventure, and Operation - Glass Hammer, another training mission that teaches pilots how to blow stuff up in the air and on land. Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. lands in stores this March.
Rumor: Ubisoft's HAWX flies over to Wii
First of all, there isn't much on the listing -- box art, a release window, some key features, and a link to the game's official site. Secondly, those features listed look identical to the PS3/360 versions of the game. Drop-in and drop-out gameplay doesn't really sound like a Wii game, seeing as how we've not really heard of any game incorporating that feature (unless you want to count Animal Crossing: City Folk ). Finally, there's no mention of the Wiimote. Usually, when a publisher is putting a game on the Wii (especially in the case of multiplatform games), it tends to boast about the Wiimote's power and how it affects the game. Nothing like that here.
But, you know, if it turns out to be true, then consider us pumped.
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