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Have you downloaded the demo of Tom Clancy’s HAWX? If not, get yourself over to the Playstation Store and download it, it’s pretty good.

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. Team DeathMatch Trailer

Below is the full list of Trophies that will be in Tom Clancy’s HAWX.

There are 51 in total.

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Thats right folks, the Tom Clancy’s HAWX demo has been delayed and won’t be released in todays Playstation Store update. Thanks to TheSixthAxis for spotting this on the Ubisoft Twitter Feed.

HAWX PS3 demo delayed to Feb 26th, due to the late discovery of an unexpected issue. We apologize for the situation.

So yes, the demo will be available a day before Killzone 2 is released.

Ubisoft have announced that a demo for it’s Jet sim game Tom Clancy’s HAWX will be released this Thursday the 12th of Feb.

The details are below.

• cooperative mode for up to 4 players
• Ability to gain experience points and unlock three aircraft shown on license:
  o F-16A Fighting Falcon or F-16A Fighting Falcon
  o SU-35 Super Flanker or SU-35 Super Flanker
  o AV-8B Harrier II or AV-8B Harrier II
• Two game modes:
  o Normal – standard controls
  o Expert – allows full control over the plane with the “Help” disabled
  
• Two exciting missions:
  o Operation: Off Certification (training mode)
  o Become an ace of the skies and perform maneuvers increasingly extreme
• Operation: Glass Hammer (Rio De Janeiro)
  o Fly in spectacular scenarios thanks to technology played GeoEye and admire from a beautiful Brazil!
• training in enhanced Reality System with the “assistance” enabled. The plane of your computer automatically calculates the best route to attack an enemy, to avoid a missile or a target to hit land

Thanks to coplanet.it for this information.

Ubisoft’s Jet-fighter has been given a release date. Confirmed for March 6th 2009 Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. will appear on the both the PlayStation 3 as the Xbox 360. The PC version will follow a week later.

In the same updated release schedule Tenchu Shadow Assassins for the PlayStation Portable also got dated. On April 2nd it will appear from the shadows.

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For those waiting for Ubisoft’s attempt at a jet fighter game will be left dissapointed. The game was originally scheduled for a September release but has now been delayed until 2009. No reason was given for the delay.

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Ubisoft have announced that their jet fighter sim wil be released sometime in September. So for those of you that are waiting for this game will have to wait a little longer due to previous statements saying that the game had been expected this holiday.

Click here to view gameplay video of Hawx.

Click here to view some screenshots of Hawx.

Here is a video of Ubisoft’s upcoming jet sim Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. In this video you will witness graphics, dog fights and more. Check out the video.

“Get a guided tour through the new thrilling acrobatic experience of the Clancy family.”

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. Ubidays 2008: Conference Demo

Here are 3 new screenshots of Ubisoft’s attempt at an air combat game. Take a look at the Tom Clancy’s Hawx preview we posted a while back.

“Tom Clancy’s HAWX is the first air combat game set in the world-renowned Tom Clancy video game universe. Cutting-edge technology, devastating firepower and intense dogfights bestow upon this new title a deserving place in the prestigious Tom Clancy franchise. Soon, flying at Mach 3 becomes a right, not a privilege.”

The Official Playstation Magazine featured a Tom Clancy’s Hawx preview, Ubisoft’s attempt at creating an Ace Combat competitor.

There is some sort of drifting involved in Hawx, and drifting is the jet term for handbrake turns. So what does this mean? It means that you can skid the plane through the air, point it in the direction you want and then whack the afterburner on to send you plane in that direction. So imagine this, an enemy is chasing you and you want to do something about it, do a drift, point your plane towards the enemy and simply turn the afterburners on and send a rocket his way. Or even better go nose down towards the ground, drift and put the plane upright, and after burn away inches from touching the ground. The possibilities are endless.

You can only do this when you have turned electronic flying aids off and it puts you into an external cinematic view mode. It sounds very tricky but after pulling off a few stunts it starts to make sense and you will get used to it.

While turning off the assistance looks fantastic, it does limit your use of features you would find playing with flying aids switched on. The Official Playstation magazine says hitting things is one.

Cockpit view limits you from pulling off such stunts but will warn you when you’re about to hit something or stall.

Now onto the HUD. The HUD is very much like that found in Ghost Recon 2 (GRAW2) that displays plenty of information such as the enemies’ location and targets.

You have team mates that help you, in the sky and on the ground. Just like in GRAW2, you can select units using the left and right on the D-PAD and to give orders to the selected units you use up and down.

You can order bombers to take out a ground target, a fighter to dogfight and radar planes to utilise some sort of UAV similar to GRAW2’s UAV’s. Talk into the headset to issue commands, select units and switch weapons as seen in Endwar.

On completion of each mission you are awarded with XP and depending on how well you did on the mission determines how much XP you get. XP is used to enhance skills and unlock new abilities. You can also earn money in the game through the PMC and you can spend the money on new planes and weapons.

So there you have it, the Hawx preview. Purchase the Official Playstation Magazine – UK May edition to find out more information as they have a Q&A with the lead designer and also 5 big questions regarding the game.

Are you going to buy Hawx when it’s released?

Ubisoft are famous for their massive Tom Clancy series. They have secured the rights to all of the Tom Clancy properties and they are already showing us what they have in the pipe line for aerial combat lovers.

If your a PS3 owner and want to play some Ace Combat (which will probably come out for the PS3 eventually) look no further than Ubisoft’s new jet sim, Tom Clancy’s HAWX. In HAWX you get to pilot a lot of planes, 50 in fact, and that’s a lot of planes for a pilot game. HAWK will be set in the future, in 2012 to be exact, in a world dependant on private military companies (PMCs).

Planes in HAWX will come equipped with ERS (Enhanced Reality System), which is basically auto pilot. What ERS does is detects incoming missiles, prevents you from crashing with an anti-crash system, controls your damage, includes radar and tactical maps, and gives you commands to send to your AI squadron. You don’t have to play with ERS turned on, you can turn it off. This way you will have greater control over your plane and more freedom.

Ubisoft have always been great in terms of enabling co-op features in their games. HAWX offers four player jump in co-op through the story mode (as seen in Vegas 2). 16 players can battle it out online for EXP points and in-game cash which are used to unlock new things such as weapons.

Here are some in-game screenshots of HAWX:

And here’s a trailer: