Tom Clancy takes to the skies @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on April 03, 2008

News: Tom Clancy's HAWX get in a dogfight.

Previously announced under the title Tom Clancy's Air Combat, Ubisoft today announced the first details of Tom Clancy's HAWX for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. In case you were curious, HAWX stands for "high altitude warfare." Where the X goes is a mystery. As Xs often are.

Tom Clancy's HAWX will be developed by Ubisoft Romania (the team who created the Blazing Angels series) and will take place in the year 2012 with the world relying more and more on private military companies to do their fighting for them. But now the world has begun to realize that these comapanies are becoming a bit too powerful and something needs to be done about them.

Here's what Ubisoft had to say about some of the features Tom Clancy's HAWX will feature:

Enhanced Reality System (E.R.S.) - E.R.S. is in-game technology that helps turn novice aviators into elite pilots of the future. The Enhanced Reality System is the backbone of the HAWX flight experience: radars and incoming missile detection, anti-crash system, damage control system, tactical map and information relay, and weapons trajectory control. E.R.S. also allows players to issue orders to their squadron, making this system as iconic to HAWX as the Cross-Com system is to Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter!

Assistance Mode ? Players can ease into their flight missions and gain a level of comfort with the use of the assistance mode. Once employed, players can take full advantage of their technological support through the E.R.S and gain maximum piloting security. If the situation calls for the player to unleash the full potential of the aircraft, the assistance mode can be switched off and all safety features will be deactivated. This comes with increased risks, but allows the player advanced dogfighting maneuvers and stunning third-person views.

Revolutionary Multiplayer - For the first time ever in the air-combat genre, players will be able to experience the entire solo campaign in four-player "Jump In" co-op mode. In PVP mode, players can challenge up to 15 friends in intense dogfighting sessions and find out who's the top gun. Winning players are rewarded with experience points and money to unlock more weapons.

Realism and Authenticity ? Players have the opportunity to take the throttle of over 50 of the world's famous aircrafts, as well as being able to dogfight over realistic modern landscapes that have endured years of post-war trauma.