We're rapidly approaching yet another big PlayStation press conference, so the rumour mill has entered overdrive yet again. This tasty little morsel comes courtesy of DualShockers, and pertains to the possibility of an impending Ace Combat 7 announcement. The site cites source code extracted from the latest Ace Combat Infinity update, which makes various references to the next numbered entry in the flight combat sim series in conjunction with PlayStation Experience 2015.
This could all be a hoax from hopeful fans, of course, but it does make some semblance of sense. There's no doubt that cockpit type titles excel in virtual reality, and Bandai Namco has been a big proponent of PlayStation VR since its unveiling, supporting the peripheral with titles such as Summer Lesson and Tekken 7. A popular property like Ace Combat, if it's exclusive to PlayStation VR, would be a huge win for Sony – and it's definitely something that it would want to announce on stage.
Is this the kind of reveal that would get you high? Pilot your way into the comments section below.
[source dualshockers.com]
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This built exclusively for PlayStation VR is too much to ask, right? It could be absolutely amazing.
I want!! I've been dying for an Ace Combat game for so long.
Nice. Can't wait for PSE. Although It's not going to be fun reading the word "presser" in every article. God I hate that word..
@get2sammyb
Please no!, not all of us want to wear a restrictive headset in order to game.
@kyleforrester87 You realise I'm going to write it more now?
@get2sammyb I'm still confused as how tekken 7 will work with psvr
@get2sammyb you wouldn't dare!
I tried the Samsung vr games today.
Needless to say it was terrible. Absolutely zero reason to use your phone this way. I cant see VR taking off at all it just plasters a cumbersome piece of equipment to your face.
Ace combat has always been a bit pants, glad its coming but hopefully its got better gameplay - throw missiles at dots over there, spin to next objective. Missiles at dots over that way, spin to your next objective, chaff to avoid missiles, use a bomb over there on a dot, fire some missles... At dots. The best way to build a game of this ilk is what rogue leader did well, I just don't see how a modern jet fighter can be built into a good game. The skill is in the obtaining locks from hundreds of miles away, not really a good basis for a game. Maybe going back in time to world war 1 would help this genre.
@themcnoisy Did you ever play Ace Combat? Did you fight against gigant flying fortresses and fly through underground bases?
I would be very much down for this. This would be something my dad would actually like to play!
@themcnoisy You've obviously not tried PSVR or the Rift. Using the Samsung device does zero justice for Virtual Reality. It does alot more than "strap a cumbersome piece of equipment to your face" as you suggest. When done right it transports into your game in ways a television cannot. It has to be experienced to be understood. I have tried multiple devices over the years and its only now and with PSVR and the Rift that we are finally getting the hardware that actually works.
@WARDIE
Your still strapping an anti-social, cumbersome piece of equipment to your face, lol.
If it's anything like the PS2/P titles, then take my money now; if it's like AH or Infinity, then I hope they reconsider Very exciting business!
@sub12 I don't have people over to my house to play video games. I chill in my games room and socialize online. I understand that not everyone does that so, maybe they shouldn't purchase PSVR. But only if they see it as anti-social.
You know, one could also call smart phones and MP3 players anti-social too, but it hasn't stopped people from using them and ignoring partners/friends lol
I'd want to play it but not buying a VR headset to do so. So if it's VR exclusive I'll be disappointed but still, interesting none the less.
@Gemuarto what games am I thinking of?
I'm sure its ace combat 4 or 5.
Bring back the old style Ace Combat, none of this COD nonsense, more Japanese nonsense please....
This could be enough to make me take PS VR seriously!
Having said that the last few in the series have been quite poor imo...
@Dodoo
I wasn't too big a fan of 6, but eventhough I never played it, I had some friends tell me the free-to-play game was pretty decent.
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