Ace of Combat 6 Flightstick Bundle Announced for Xbox 360

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Namco Bandai announced on Friday that it will release a limited edition flight stick bundle with its upcoming flight action title Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation for Xbox 360.

The flight stick will be manufactured by Japanese-based HORI, and the bundle will also include a collectible Ace Combat 6 faceplate. The price tag for all this? Only $149.99.

You'll find more in the press release below:

Santa Clara, Calif., (June 15, 2007) – Leading video games developer and publisher NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced today that it has partnered with HORI Co. Ltd., a Japan-based peripherals manufacturer, to offer a limited edition Ace Combat® 6 ACE-EDGE™Flightstick Bundle. The bundle set, retailing for $149.99 and shipping this holiday season will include a copy of the highly anticipated new flight action game, Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, its newly advanced peripheral from HORI, the Ace Combat 6 ACE-EDGE Flightstick, and an exclusive Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation collectible faceplate for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

The ACE-EDGE Flightstick is the first and only flightstick for the Xbox 360. Taking advantage of Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation’s ultra-realistic and immersive flight combat experience, the unique peripheral offers an analog throttle to control speed and a layout that fully utilizes the game’s excellent pad controls. The ACE-EDGE Flightstick will give gamers the ultimate Ace Combat experience as they live the war zone feeling the intensity of being right there in the cockpit as they face the most action-packed aerial combat to date.

“HORI’s long history of quality peripherals for NAMCO BANDAI games can assure gamers that the ACE-EDGE Flightstick will truly live up to its predecessors and enhance the already incredible and intensely realistic Ace Combat gameplay experience,” Makoto Iwai, Executive Vice President and COO at NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., said. “We are confident that this bundle set offers gamers the most complete and compelling Ace Combat experience ever.”

The Ace Combat 6 ACE-EDGE Flightstick Bundle will be available in a limited edition quantity at Electronics Boutique, GameStop and Gamecrazy outlets nationwide as well as online at Amazon.com this holiday season. Consumers who purchase the premium set will also receive a custom-made Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Xbox 360 faceplate that will not be available anywhere else.

“In the crowded peripheral market, a HORI product is always unique and well-known for its quality,” said Yuuki Mizutani at HORI Co. Ltd. “The ACE-EDGE Flightstick was designed specifically with Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation in mind. Our totally unique and technologically advanced flight stick and NAMCO BANDAI’s newest flight-action game, will be a killer combination and a must-buy bundle for Ace Combat fans when it hits stores this holiday season along with the game.”

About Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation:

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation brings together the intensity of large scale aerial warfare with extensive squadron command and photorealistic graphics to offer the most power-packed, realistic experience to date in the renowned Ace Combat franchise. Feel the G’s as Ace Combat soars into the next generation of gaming. Experience expansive and dynamic battlefields full of enemies and allies clashing against each other. Call into action aerial, naval and ground ally units with the innovative Allied Support System, freely tackle missions in any order to cripple different aspects of the enemy’s fleet through the Dynamic Operations System and take the fight online for the first time through Xbox Live™.

ACE Combat 6: Fires of Liberation ships exclusively for the Xbox 360 this holiday season for an estimated retail price of $59.99. The exclusive limited edition Ace Combat 6 ACE-EDGE Flightstick Bundle has an estimated retail price of $149.99. For more information about Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, please visit http://acecombat6.namcobandaigames.com/