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Ubisoft’s upcoming air-combat game isn’t just about the fancy fixed-wing fighter aircraft. The latest trailer for Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 shows you’ll be in charge of helicopters and the massive AC-130 gunship too. The demo’s already out on both consoles.
Never mind, for a moment, how this game plays — though I will tell you. Check out how it looks.
Imagine, if you will, a flying game called Sky Crawlers controlled by Wii remote and nunchuck. Guess the control scheme. You probably guessed wrong.
Back when they were popular, flight sims needed some pretty hefty hardware to get them running. But I can’t remember any of them ever needing 120 dedicated graphics cards just to get off the ground.
Had Logitech’s G940 “Flight System” been released in the mid-90s, it would have been the most desirable thing on the planet. Now, though, in 2009, it just feels a little… wasted.
Europe has had their go, and now it’s America’s turn as Ubisoft prepares to release to U.S. Eagles Pack for Tom Clancy’s HAWX.