Over G Fighters rides onto the Xbox 360 @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on March 09, 2006

News: Ubisoft plans to bring another dogfighter to the next-gen system.

While Ubisoft's World War II dogfighter Blazing Angels was pushed back to the fall, they've managed to fill the gap with the announcement of the June release of Over G Fighters for the Xbox 360.

Featuring modern planes instead of WWII fighters and coming from Ubisoft's publishing deal with Taito, Over G Fighters puts players in the cockpit of a "world air force" fighting against terrorist factions.

"With Over G Fighters, Ubisoft is delivering one of the most comprehensive and accurate flight titles ever created," said Tony Key, vice president of marketing at Ubisoft. "Harnessing the power of the Xbox 360, Over G Fighters depicts a precise recreation of the world's most distinguished jet fighters in battle and further demonstrates Ubisoft's strength in the next-generation air combat genre."

Features

Fly the world's most powerful fighters: Fly every modern jet fighter in the Western arsenal including the F-22A Raptor, the US air superiority fighter of the 21st century. Face more than 90 Western and former Soviet enemies and get in the cockpit of the F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16C Fighting Falcon, F/A-18C Hornet, Su-27 Flanker, MiG-29A Fulcrum, and F-117A Nighthawk.

Attempt more than 80 intense missions in a modern-day global conflict: Players take the fight to the enemy in aerial battles all over the world and face massive, challenging missions with interlocking sub-missions. After successfully completing the sub-missions, players will attack the most challenging primary mission objective.

Check six: With 360-degree cockpit views from realistic, highly detailed and functional instrumentation. Players will feel the G-forces and hear the roar of jet engines in 5.1 channel stereo as they ignite the after burner.

Get right into the action: Kick the tires and light the fires! Players can jump right into the action and instantly engage in dogfights either one-on-one or in massive dogfighting "furballs."

Flight data recorder: Players can save their combat triumphs and learn from their defeats by recording and replaying their aerial exploits.

Xbox Live online gaming service for up to eight players online: Engage in head-to-head dogfights or cooperative team play between squadrons on huge detailed maps with varied geographies.

We'll have more on Over G Fighters soon.