After a morning of frustrating countdowns we realize why our questions about the upcoming Ubisoft announcement went unanswered as IGN exclusively revealed the first title to be announced since the acquisition of the Tom Clancy name. Introducing the flight-combat title, Tom Clancy's HAWX. That's right spelling and grammar police it's called HAWX.
Developed by Ubisoft's Bucharest Studio, HAWX lets players control over 50 planes in dogfights across the sky. Set in 2012, HAWX includes your standard political storyline where private military companies are becoming increasingly more important in the fight for ... freedom, we guess.
Featuring an Enhanced Reality System (ERS) HAWX features in-game assists made to keep the experience as fun and intuitive as possible. The innovative ERS allows gamers to turn on tactical maps, read damage control systems and do pretty much everything else a heads-up display (HUD) has been doing since the dawn of the gaming age it seems. OK, it actually does cooler things like weapons trajectory control too.
HAWX supports four-player jump in and jump out co-op throughout the entire campaign and also includes a Vs. mode for up to 16 players. Tom Clancy's HAWX releases this fall on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Reader Comments (40)
Posted: Apr 2nd 2008 7:36PM (Unverified) said
agreed. never really like flight based games, i wanted GRAW3, or another new game to go along side in a similar vein to rainbow 6 and GR
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Posted: Apr 3rd 2008 1:13AM (Unverified) said
And Ace Combat's been through more of a "refining" process than this game.
And BowserUSC, do you use dope in every sentence?
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And BowserUSC, do you use dope in every sentence?
Posted: Apr 2nd 2008 7:32PM ZEBRA NINER said
neato.
I like the title. It saves me so much time typing HAWX instead of HAWKS. w00t for less letters.
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I like the title. It saves me so much time typing HAWX instead of HAWKS. w00t for less letters.
Posted: Apr 2nd 2008 7:35PM (Unverified) said
looks pretty nice, hopefully they put a demo out for it when they are ready to release it.
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Posted: Apr 2nd 2008 8:04PM (Unverified) said
the graphics aren't anything special a lot of straight lines. Plus its not gameplay its all cutscenes. All games nowadays have decent cut scenes even vegas (laughs).
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Posted: Apr 2nd 2008 9:00PM (Unverified) said
What I think is amazing is that they finally are making an action flight game on the PC. You flight simmers out there, who like me, bought a Saitek x52, know this is what we been waiting for. The acecombat 6 stick is very similar in looks but i haven't used it.
I love how the stories are all being integrated in the Tom Clancy series, it feels like an episode of 24 when all the random events start coming together. I wonder if end war takes place at the end of this game. Plus missions in this game may also act as leads towards the next GRAW sort like those flash forwards in LOST!
This could trump Ace Combat, I mean who really gives a crap about GRACEMERIA/San Francisco.
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I love how the stories are all being integrated in the Tom Clancy series, it feels like an episode of 24 when all the random events start coming together. I wonder if end war takes place at the end of this game. Plus missions in this game may also act as leads towards the next GRAW sort like those flash forwards in LOST!
This could trump Ace Combat, I mean who really gives a crap about GRACEMERIA/San Francisco.
Posted: Apr 2nd 2008 8:05PM (Unverified) said
Cool, the end of that video was the same opening sequence from GRAW2, with Mitchell calling in the strike on the tanks. Nice to see things from a different perspective. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.
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Posted: Apr 2nd 2008 8:13PM (Unverified) said
I am actually disappointed. I really wanted another Ghost Recon. :(
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Posted: Apr 2nd 2008 9:35PM (Unverified) said
uhhh...it's in production, but don't get too excited, it's a different production team, the one that made the earlier version
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Posted: Apr 3rd 2008 2:44AM Demon G Sides said
Thank god for that. The earlier games were so much better.
The first Ghost Recon was my first Live game....
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The first Ghost Recon was my first Live game....
Posted: Apr 2nd 2008 8:14PM (Unverified) said
I think it looks pretty tight the graphics are amazing and pretty much all of the other flight games are garbage, so i hope this one will be better!!
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Posted: Apr 2nd 2008 8:38PM (Unverified) said
Come on I wanted GRAW 3 I already played top gun in 1987
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Posted: Apr 2nd 2008 8:58PM gk128 said
Is it just me or have the Tom Clancy games gotten boring and stale? I mean I have barely played R6V2 since buying it and GRAW2 had a short shelf life as well.
This could be a refreshing change, but Ubi also did Blazing Angels so I'm not holding my breath.
Also to the dude who keeps saying "dope" about everything, I think I speak for us all when I say stop calling things "dope".
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This could be a refreshing change, but Ubi also did Blazing Angels so I'm not holding my breath.
Also to the dude who keeps saying "dope" about everything, I think I speak for us all when I say stop calling things "dope".
Posted: Apr 2nd 2008 9:10PM (Unverified) said
Is it just me or have the Tom Clancy games gotten boring and stale? I mean I have barely played R6V2 since buying it and GRAW2 had a short shelf life as well.
I can see what your saying but in the long run, I'm really interested in seeing where all the series are going. I personally see each game as a chapter of a story, a love the gameplay style in these games.
Could a R6/GRAW/SC/HAWX/ENDWAR crossover MMO game come out in the future? Ala Planetside but not suck? (I realize I'm dreaming).
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I can see what your saying but in the long run, I'm really interested in seeing where all the series are going. I personally see each game as a chapter of a story, a love the gameplay style in these games.
Could a R6/GRAW/SC/HAWX/ENDWAR crossover MMO game come out in the future? Ala Planetside but not suck? (I realize I'm dreaming).
Posted: Apr 2nd 2008 9:00PM TonyRockyHorror said
finally something different than another damn tactical shooter from the Tom Clancy name.
excited about this one.
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excited about this one.
Posted: Apr 3rd 2008 1:02AM (Unverified) said
wait a minute.... somone thought that was gameplay? Every Tom Clancy game premieres with a CG trailer. Anyways, if it controls like Crimson Skies and is at least half as good it'll be worth a buy.
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Posted: Apr 3rd 2008 2:44AM Anticrawl said
I can't believe anyone thought this was something other than a flight game. I thought the videos/audio clips were more than a slap in the fucking face. They were screaming, "FLIGHT GAME FLIGHT GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH YOU'RE A FUCKING MORON ITS NOT GRAW3!!!!!!!!!!!."
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Posted: Apr 3rd 2008 7:41AM (Unverified) said
i thought it WAS going to be a flight game, i just hoped it wasn't
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Posted: Apr 3rd 2008 9:14AM (Unverified) said
They already have two sequels in the works:
Tom Clancy's HAWX Underground and HAWX American Wasteland!
I'll get my coat.
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Tom Clancy's HAWX Underground and HAWX American Wasteland!
I'll get my coat.
Posted: Apr 3rd 2008 10:14AM (Unverified) said
SovietSpartan, don't make me sing the Gracemarian anthem for you.
Go dance with the angels, Mister!
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Go dance with the angels, Mister!
Posted: Apr 3rd 2008 11:47PM (Unverified) said
Do it. lol
I don't care for the story in that game, but I love just flying and blowing things up no matter how unrealistic my "back" button weapons are.
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I don't care for the story in that game, but I love just flying and blowing things up no matter how unrealistic my "back" button weapons are.
Posted: Apr 3rd 2008 2:13PM (Unverified) said
looks insane i love flight games and if you dont why are you looking at this????????????? but i really hope they dont mess this one up like they did blazing angels coz that was really really bad tho i thought ace combat 6 was immense so i hope they follow that route
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