In Real Life

This Is The Greatest Button-Press In All Of Video Gaming

QTEs, or Quick Time Events, are a way for video games to let the player feel like they’re interacting during a mostly cinematic sequence.


PlayStation

Ace Combat’s QTE: Grip A Fist!

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A lot of quick-time events can often be tedious interruptions that lead to failure — tap a button too slowly and your sword may go through a wall instead of a boss; miss a button and your character might fail to revive itself. As a refreshing change, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon will see you using QTEs for less perilous tasks… such as gripping a fist.


News

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Devs Discuss The Series’ Reinvention

After we ran our “Yes” Gut Check for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, I noticed a lot of scepticism about the game. Is it really any good? It seems weird, and cold, and soulless.


October 13, 2011
PlayStation

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Review Scores Steadily Gain Altitude

For nearly two decades fans of arcade-simulation jet combat have found safe haven in Namco Bandai’s Ace Combat series, so the developers decided to change everything. Yay?


September 15, 2011
PC

10 Minutes Of Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Helicopter Action

After being sorely disappointed by the helicopter combat of Apache Air Assault last year, it’s nice to see there’s still some hope for the well-armed whirlybird enthusiast in Ace Combat: Assault Horizon.


September 13, 2011
News

How About Some Plane Porn? Helicopter Porn?

Whenever a racing game like Forza or Gran Turismo is released, the internet is flooded with car porn. Ace Combat isn’t a car game. It’s got jets and helicopters. Bring on the flying vehicle screens!


September 10, 2011
PlayStation

The Helicopters, Bombers And Gunships Of Ace Combat: Assault Horizon

It’s Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Friday once again, and this week Project Aces gives us a detailed look at what we’ll be flying when the fighter jets are grounded.


September 3, 2011
PlayStation

Fresh Fighter Jet Porn For Ace Combat Fans

It’s Ace Combat Assault Horizon Friday, boys and girls, and you know what that means: Project Aces is parading four sexy fighter craft players will be slipping inside when the game drops October 11.


August 27, 2011
News

The Stealth, Speed And Devastation Of Ace Combat Assault Horizon

Do you know what today is? It’s Ace Combat Assault Horizon Friday, that’s what day it is! Starting this week, Namco Bandai promises to show off a different set of their game’s mighty list of aircraft every Friday.


June 29, 2011
PlayStation

It Takes 10 Minutes To Explain Ace Combat: Assault Horizon

Namco has released a 10-minute tutorial video for their upcoming Ace Combat: Assault Horizon game. The video gives an in-depth look at what to expect from the Close-Range Assault Mode in this fall’s air-combat game.