Fans of the Ace Combat series rejoice as Namco Bandai have announced the next iteration of the arcade style flight sim. Ace Combat: Assualt Horizon is heading to Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 next year.
"For us, this is a rebirth of the Ace Combat series, and a chance for us to take the series in a completely new direction," said Kazutoki Kono, Producer at Project Aces, Namco Bandai Games Inc. "We're confident that we're going to create a new kind of action shooting (high-speed and destruction) experience with Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, and we're pouring passion, vision and skill into making a game like no other. We want to bring players closer than ever to the action so they feel the energy surge through them with every shot fired."
Have a look at the first imagery from the game below.