Blazing Angels Descending in March
Ubisoft's Xbox 360 WWII flyer gets dated. New vertigo- inducing screens inside.
World War II games were all the rage for a while but even then those that leaned towards more aerial manoeuvres were rare. Ubisoft has seen this hole and is aiming to plug it, next-gen style, with Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII.
Whether it's the retaliation to the sneak-attack at Pearl Harbor or the frenzied Battle of Britain, Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII aims to cover all the major conflicts of the Great War.
As the name suggests, you'll not only commandeer your own craft through the highly trafficked and perilous skies, blackening them with your aerial might, you'll also be able to dole out orders to your squadron to see off whatever baddies you're up against in no time.
Realism is key to the experience and the developers have gone to lengths to bring you historically accurate skirmishes and also to capture some of what it must have been like to fly through those dangerous skies. This sense of accuracy extends to the more than 30 craft you'll pilot.
The singleplayer unfurls over 18 missions. There's also heavy dogfighting to keep you occupied in multiplayer mode, which lets up to 16 players vie for supremacy in the skies over Xbox Live.
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII will be out for PC, Xbox and Xbox 360 on 31 March.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games
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