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“Though I fly through the Valley of Death, I shall fear no evil. For I am at 80,000 feet and climbing.”

The year is 2012, as the era of the nation-state draws quickly to a close, the rules of warfare evolve even more rabidly. More and more nations are becoming increasingly dependent on Private Military Companies (PMCs)- elite mercenaries with a lax view of the law. The Reykjavik Accords further legitimize their existence by authorizing their right to serve in every aspect of military operations.

Tom Clancy’s HAWX allows players to become a part of the mayhem, by becoming an elite pilot of the future.  Utilizing cutting edge technology, devastating firepower, and intense dogfights will just be the tip of the tomahawk. Players will be able to jump in the cockpit of over 50 of the world’s most famous aircraft and take flight over super realistic terrain that has been thrown together using advanced satellite mapping technology that is commercially available, providing an authentic look and amazing views.

“High-resolution satellite imaging is moving from the black world of intelligence to the white world of commerce and Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X will bring that reality to gamers,” said Mark Brender, vice president, corporate communications and marketing at GeoEye. “With video game graphics becoming more realistic, the use of high-quality photographic ground textures in H.A.W.X adds true photo-realism to the air combat experience.”

HAWX will also utilize the Enhanced Reality System (ERS). ERS is in-game technology that helps turn novice aviators into elite pilots of the future and will be the backbone of players flight experience, allowing players to use radars and incoming missile detection, damage control systems, a tactical map, information relay, and weapons trajectory control. ERS will also allow players to issue commands to your squadron. Just think, the airborne version of the Cross-Com system that was implemented in Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter.

Also jumping on the Co-op bandwagon, HAWX will allow the entire solo campaign to be experienced in 4 player “Jump-in/Jump-out” co-op mode. This marks the first time ever for the air combat genre, officially placing HAWX in the running for the coolest air combat game around. There will also be an 8-player Team Deathmatch that can be played online, to see who’s truly the top gun.

This is Tom Clancy’s first stab at air combat, and from the looks of it, he’s got it down pretty good. We’ll be keeping a very close eye on this as we near take-off.

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