Project Aces has announced a new expansion to its long-running Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown that will feature Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick, the long-awaited sequel to the movie that was all the rage in the 1980s. its premiere on April 28 in Las Vegas after many years of delays and other inconveniences.
Through the title’s official account, Bandai Namco has shared information about the DLC that will arrive in the Northern Hemisphere Spring, most likely with additional Microsoft Flight Simulator content, agreed to see the light with the film.
The future of the saga after Ace Combat 7
This spring, #ACECOMBAT 7: UNKNOWN SKY and the film #TopGunMaverick will release collaborative airplane DLC!
Co-op planes are coming #ACE7! Please wait for more details. pic.twitter.com/pRYoGtDBSC
— Bandai Namco US (@BandaiNamcoUS) April 27, 2022
The support work Project Aces has provided for the game’s seventh installment is remarkable, considering that it debuted in January 2019 on Xbox One and PS4 and PC a month later, and the title received many free and paid content updates after that date which added missions, planes, skins and some other details.
The title managed to sell 3 million copies and the brand manager Kazutoki Kono is looking to repeat the success with what will be the IP’s next installment, which we have learned will be developed with Unreal Engine 5 and studio ICLA will join in supporting the developers’ crusade.