Aces of Thunder

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Aces of Thunder

Can't find a thread for this so apologies if there is already one.

Seems to be an odd kind of running joke re it's release date (on social media).

It looks fanatsic and has gone up for sale today on the Playstation store for £24.99 (release date 02/09).

So here's hoping for a soonish Steam release :cool:

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Aces of Thunder on Steam

Experience the thrill of aerial combat like never before with Aces of Thunder, the upcoming VR flight simulation game with high fidelity graphics made specifically with capabilities of latest generation VR helmets in mind.
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Aces of Thunder

Experience the thrill of aerial combat like never before with Aces of Thunder, the upcoming flight simulation game with high fidelity graphics and unmatched immersion. The game was made specifically with capabilities of latest generation VR helmets in mind. The games physically accurate flight...
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Had a read about this today.
Visuals look OK, but beyond that, looks to me like Gaijin have just packaged up a bunch of WT aircraft.
Apparently it shares the flight model with WT, and doesn't have clickable cockpits.

To me, looks like a potential competitor to IL2, which has some slightly dated visuals, but runs well, has a LOT of existing content available, has a pretty good flight model and is a typically on sale VERY cheap.
 
Ok, so the PlayStation release date has been changed to 2025 with "system issues" (re the store!) being cited for the Sept release...

Anyways!

In the meantime a new video has been released and yeh, looking forward to this!!

 
Fianlly what looks like a decent WW2 simulator again, hope its as fun as World of Warplanes, but more realistic
 
An actual release date now (Feb)

store.steampowered.com

Aces of Thunder on Steam

Experience the thrill of aerial combat like never before with Aces of Thunder, the upcoming VR flight simulation game with high fidelity graphics made specifically with capabilities of latest generation VR helmets in mind.
store.steampowered.com store.steampowered.com

If it is as good as the videos suggest, this is going to be great!
 
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Nate75 said:
An actual release date now (Feb)

store.steampowered.com

Aces of Thunder on Steam

Experience the thrill of aerial combat like never before with Aces of Thunder, the upcoming VR flight simulation game with high fidelity graphics made specifically with capabilities of latest generation VR helmets in mind.
store.steampowered.com store.steampowered.com

If it is as good as the videos suggest, this is going to be great!
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Definitely going to give this a shot. Unsure whether to buy it on PSVR or Steam. I normally buy my games on Meta/Quest but haven't really used my Quest with my PC. I should really as my PC is fairly new and has a spec (9800X3D / 5070Ti) which should provide a decent experience.

I'm honestly finding it hard to tolerate the Fresnel lenses/optics on the PSVR2 after using the pancake ones on Quest3 so think I might just sell the playstation headset (as I haven't really used it this year). Given it's a seated/cockpit game I guess using a USB cable for game streaming is an option if my WiFi signal isn't strong enough. I'd only been hangng onto the PSVR2 headset in the hope that Sony might release a new Wipeout game, or some exclusives, but it feels like Sony have pretty much abandoned support for it at this point.
 
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Out on Tuesday (on PC / PSVR2) so videos are starting to appear now. I guess the reviews will be out at the start of the week. Been following the progress of this for a while now so hopefully it turns out good as it could be one of the big name VR releases of 2026.

With it being on PSVR2 and also supporting flat screen gaming there should hopeully be a decent online player base for it.

 
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Was going to post about this in the week...

I can't think of any other game I am genuinley looking forward to (or have done).

Just hope it's as good as it looks!

Re pricing.. no word yet. When it was up for release previously ahead of being taken down on the PS store it was priced at £24.99.

In any case, eagerly awaiting! :)
 
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Re pricing.. no word yet. When it was up for release previously ahead of being taken down on the PS store it was priced at £24.99.
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I don't know if it's official but the guy in the video mentioned pricing at £30/$30 IIRC.

I liked that in multiplayer battles each team has their own air base with a limited number respawn planes/bombers/etc stored there. So you have to simultanously defend you own base whilst attacking the enemy's with your own bombers/escorts. Sounded like a more interesting scanario than a pure deathmatch based on kill count.
 
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Been following the FB page also.

Lots on here if you want further looks (probably all on the Steam page tbf (https://steamcommunity.com/app/2754090), but there in anycase)

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oooo, could be a good little game, not sure about that soundtrack though...
 
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