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Ace Combat: Assault Horizon will be released on PC through download and at retail during in Q1 2013, according to Namco Bandai. The game was released on PS3 and Xbox 360 in October last year, and will be available for download on PSN in the UK tomorrow, and through XBL Marketplace on December 18. Thanks, Eurogamer.

Namco has released information pertaining to the second batch of DLC for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, which comes with two new jet skins and the ASF-X Shinden II.

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Namco has released no fewer than 70 screenshots for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, which is set for launch on PS3 and Xbox 360 on October 14. So, go grab a cup of whatever it is you drink, and then come back and peruse the pretty pictures of planes and jets in the gallery below.

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The evening edition of shorts for Wednesday is rather dense, so we will skip failing at wit and just get to it.

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Namco has released 30 screens, 15 new artworks and a trailer celebrating Ace Combat: Assault Horizon’s 104th Task Force.

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Someone get me my glow sticks; the latest trailer for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon packs in plenty of high-octane action with a pumping soundtrack of… look, I’m not going to pretend I know what that genre’s called.

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Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. lead designer Thomas Simon told MTV that although the team respects Namco’s Ace Combat, they feel the gameplay is too closed and promise the H.A.W.X. will rectify that.

“What ‘Ace Combat’ did to the air combat genre is really great,” Simon said. “They [Namco Bandai] really set the basics of that [genre].

“But we felt, in general, it was a bit closed…the frame was too tight and people are getting used to that; we wanted to refresh it a bit, so we opened it via new gameplay features.”

In order to do that, Simon reckons you need to feel part of the world you’re flying around in:

“We wanted to put it in the real world, so you’re not fighting in places that have no emotion,” he explained. “If I’m fighting above Washington, it means something more to me. That was a real choice.”

Ubisoft announced today that Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. is to be released for PC, 360 and PS3 in March.

By Mike Bowden

Namco’s announced that the Ace Combat series has now passed 10 million sales, as you can see here.

Also confirmed is that Ace Combat 5 has now sold more than 1 million units.

“For more than a decade, the Ace Combat series has delighted gamers around the globe with its incredible depictions of aerial warfare and undeniably fun gameplay,” said Todd Thorson, Director of Marketing and Public Relations with NAMCO BANDAI Games America, Inc. “This remarkable sales accomplishment is a testament to the series’ consistently high quality, enduring appeal to a worldwide audience and incredibly passionate fans.”

Official, then. Namco’s piloted Ace Combat to soar-away success. We’re very sorry.