Strangereal, here we come!
It took them a while, but Project Aces and Bandai Namco are finally ready to tell joystick-grippers when they can break out their flight controllers for anotherAce Combatgame: July 19, 2025 is the confirmed worldwide release date forAce Combat 7: Skies Unknown.
Skies Unknownwill be the firstAce Combatentry for the current console generation. Its PC release, second after the misfire that wasAce Combat: Assault Horizon,will be available on February 1st. The narrative, as shown in the extremely on-brand cinematic trailer below, is set in “Strangereal”, the weird alternate timeline housing most of the settings forAce Combatgames. The plot follows the Second Usean Continental War (the first Continental War formed the narrative ofAce Combat 04: Shattered Skies), and puts players in the role of a nameless pilot in a penal squadron, the Penitentiary Unit, as it gets thrown against a new aggressor armed with advanced drone aircraft.
No word was given as to the status of the game’s announced support for PS VR, but as far as I’m aware it’s still happening.
Now, all they need to do is announced the inevitableIdolm@sterorTekkentie-in skins and I’ll be sold.
