Pokémon BDSP Studio Making New Ace Combat Game

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ILCA, the developers of Pokémon Brillant Diamondand Shining Pearl, will be making a new entry to the Ace Combat series in partnership with Bandai Namco. ILCA previously worked with Bandai Namco on environments and cutscenes for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, playing a part in making it the best-selling entry in the series.

Ace Combat combines the breakneck arcade style of After Burner with combat flight simulators to deliver what could be considered one of the best dogfight experiences on the market. The series first hit critical and commercial acclaim in 2001 with its PlayStation 2 debut, Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies, making it a stand-out in an already loaded year for the console. Sadly, despite well-received future entries overall, the series hasn't had a breakout title in many years, making the success of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown particularly exciting. Despite a ten-year gap between numbered entries, reviews for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown found it to be worth the wait.

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According to a publication from Video Game Chronicle (VGC), Bandai Namco has announced a partnership with developer ILCA (I Love Computer Art) to establish a brand new company. The Tokyo-based developer will be known as Bandai Namco Aces, and will commit itself to «next-generation projects using Unreal Engine 5.» VGC further reported Takuya Iwasaki, the previous leader of ILCA, will act as president and CEO of Bandai Namco Aces. Iwasaki had this to say about the future of his team and for all involved with Ace Combat: “With the cooperation of Bandai Namco, we would like to pass on the knowledge we have cultivated so far to a new generation in order to further evolve this series that