In this episode of Strangereal News:
Project Aces is hiring new staff for the development of Ace Combat 8 including a new idol to work
on the promotional campaign.
Kotobukiya will release it’s CFA-44 Nosferatu plastic model kit in the next few months.
Tiny Combat Arena is coming on steam next week.
Project Wingman developer teases new update.
Dawn Aerowar gets funded on Kickstarter and ACF gets demonetized - AGAIN!
We know that after the huge success of Ace Combat 7 with over 3 million copies sold,
Project Aces has been working on a new Ace Combat game.
In the November issue of the Famitsu magazine, Kono and Shimomoto have said and I quote:
“We’re gathering human resources not just for the next game but also for the next 2
- 3 Ace Combat games.”
“Right now things are moving more than everyone had thought.”
Of course the partnership between Project Aces and Ilca has been known for a while,
but it was only this week that Aozora Sorano was announced as the official brand ambassador
to Ace Combat.
If you follow Japanese music you might have seen her as part of ARCANA PROJECT or the
Dempagumi idol group.
The latter is known to hire otaku girls and according to Aozora’s profile she has watched
a bunch of Gundam and has built Gunpla.
There was a hint of her involvement with the franchise beforehand as she was the host of
the Ace Combat 25th Anniversary show in August of 2021.
Also she’s the perfect choice for Ace Combat ambassador because her name literally means
“Blue Sky”.
Moving on, to those of you who like building model kits you should know that the CFA-44
Nosferatu kits will become available in July of this year and there’s new lore based
on them!
We had pictures since the model was teased last year, but the new shots that came out
show the Nosferatu carrying 12 UAV-45 Malgebolds underneath its wings.
A whole 12 of them!
This is such a good deal no Raven salesmen can match!
The Nosferatu model will come on a 1/144 scale and it will come in two options: the pre-painted
Strigon model and the for modelers edition where it comes unpainted.
Cost will be roughly $50 (American) and doesn’t include shipping.
If you want to pre-order the links are in the description.
Tiny Combat Arena, the indie game developed by Why485 and published by MicroProse is being
released February 22 on Steam.
It’s an easy-to-get-into combat flight simulator set in the Cold War with a retro look.
The single player mode includes quick action and a mission builder.
You have the ability of selecting multiple weapons and can engage aerial, ground and
naval targets.
I’ve only played the early access and will make a more detailed review in another video.
The development team of Project Wingman issued an update with a few interesting news.
First, the team showed up a few pages of the artbook that is being made to cover the game’s
lore.
They also mentioned tweaking the conquest mode as part of version 1.5 by adding new
aircraft and weapons.
Also due to the success of the game and the funds available from the Kickstarter, soundtrack
composer Jose Pavli is going to London to have the game’s soundtrack by a live orchestra.
The recording files will be available for free for download or you can listen to them
on Pavli’s YouTube channel.
And speaking of Pavli’s work, Dawn Aerowar has been funded successfully on Kickstater.
Pavli thanked the 600 backers and in his letter said that the team will start working right
away and the physical rewards will be sent to the backers.
The project funding passed the initial threshold and even reached the secondary goal of recording
a live orchestra as well.
Definitely a lot of things to look forward to!
And lastly my YouTube channel got demonetized once more.
I lost my ability to even post videos on YouTube for a week.
All of this because one meme video that I posted YEARS ago got flagged for allegedly
“advocating for criminal activities or organization”.
Of course the allegations are BS and it doesn’t matter that I tried to appeal to YouTube:
they don’t care.
This is yet another example on a long list of YouTube being out of touch with creators.
That being said, I created new channels on Odysee and Rumble so my content will be available
there as well.
It would mean a lot to me if you guys could follow me there because I don’t trust YouTube
and my channel could be hit or deleted at any time and for any reason.
Like how about 3 years ago my channel almost got deleted and I only survived because some
of you voiced your complaints and Bandai stepped in to help when YouTube didn’t.
Links for my new channels are in the description, I really appreciate your support and hope
you’ve enjoyed the video.
Until next time!