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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Game's Opening Cinematic Video Streamed
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Bandai Namco Entertainment America began streaming the opening cinematic on Wednesday for its Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown game.
The company is also streaming two new aircraft profile videos for the Su-34 and F-22A. Previous videos highlighted the F-15C, A-10C, MiG-31B, F-14D, A-10C, MiG-31B, Gripen E, MiG-29A, and F-35C aircraft.
Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe is streaming a "target locked" video for the game, and PlayStation Europe is streaming a commercial for the game.
Bandai Namco Entertainment will release the game on January 18, 2019 (January 17 in Japan) for PlayStation 4 (with PlayStation VR support) and Xbox One, and on February 1, 2019 for PC via Steam. The game was originally slated for 2017, but was delayed to 2018 before this latest delay to 2019. The game will have a season pass that will include three missions, three aircraft, and a music player mode.
Namco released the first Ace Combat game in 1992. The last numbered title, Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, shipped for the Xbox 360 in 2007. Bandai Namco Games released Ace Combat Infinity as the first free-to-play Ace Combat game for the PlayStation 3 in May 2014. The most recent game in the series, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy Plus, shipped for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan in January 2015 and in February 2015 in North America and Europe.
Sources: Bandai Namco Entertainment America's YouTube channel, Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe's YouTube channel, PlayStation Europe's YouTube channel
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