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Aces of the Luftwaffe: Squadron

The Aces of the Luftwaffe have returned! Dodge a hail of bullets and face their fearsome war machines in bombastic air battles and boss fights! Aces of the Luftwaffe: Squadron is an action-packed, vertically…

65 17 November 2017 ESRB E10+

Aces of the Luftwaffe: Squadron is an arcade developed by HandyGames, released 17 November 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android.

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What Aces of the Luftwaffe: Squadron is

Aces of the Luftwaffe: Squadron is an arcade game developed by HandyGames and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Every end is a new beginning! When Europe seemed to be freed, a secret German commando called The Aces of the Luftwaffe took their chance to strike back and invade the USA! It’s your duty to restore peace and liberty by climbing aboard deadly wings of steel and fight against their fearsome war machines in bombastic air battles! Experience an epic storyline and survive the bullet hail above US coasts and cities! Command your wingmen, fight as a team, fight as a squadron!
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Aces of the Luftwaffe: Squadron holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 26% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Aces of the Luftwaffe: Squadron launched on 17 November 2017, within three weeks of Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins and Star Wars Battlefront II. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins, Star Wars Battlefront II.

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When did Aces of the Luftwaffe: Squadron come out?
Aces of the Luftwaffe: Squadron was released on 17 November 2017 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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