A brand new CGI trailer for Ubisoft’s futuristic aerial combat title, Tom Clancy’s HAWX 2, has been released.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o31HyrM9f6U

Ubisoft Romania also took this opportunity to answer a few questions for us regarding what’s new in this sequel, their vision, and what they plan to do from now on. So without much further ado, here’s the Q&A.

GM: What are the new gameplay elements in HAWX 2?

Ubisoft: The key idea driving the development was the idea of offering the true feel of modern air conflict, with all of its various experiences, like watching a wall of anti-air guns through night vision, using a precision bomb on a target, refueling your plane in mid-air, take off and landing, using carriers and so on. It was important for us not just to include these new features, but to integrate them into a convincing world and to improve the look and feel of it, to render more authentically what aerial warfare in the modern era is like.

So we have built a complete experience that includes the iconic moments present in the collective memory and also the trends in the military development.

GM: Have you done any improvements concerning the graphics?

Ubisoft: We are using the top solution available, GeoEye hi-res satellite imagery. Our environments are huge – 130km x 130km – which is what you need when you give players the freedom to sprint around at Mach 2. They offer some spectacular and diverse vistas, including mountains, deserts, mountainous coastal regions and some well known cities, like Cape Town. We also manage to add a great deal of detail where it matters – for instance you will be able to see people going about their jobs in the bases where you take off.

GM: Are you planning to release DLC after release?

Ubisoft: We can’t confirm this info at this point. For sure we’d like to offer interesting content after release

GM: Will HAWX 2 support Playstation Move or Microsoft Kinect?

Ubisoft: It will not support these features.

GM: HAWX 2 is coming for PC too. Will this game also use the Ubi Launcher for copy protection?

Ubisoft: It’s too early to confirm this information but the general policy is to use copy protection at this point.

GM: The first HAWX took place between the events of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 and EndWar. Does HAWX 2 have plot connections with other Tom Clancy’s games too?

Ubisoft: The storyline in HAWX 2 starts in the Middle East, in the near future. The HAWX squadron is deployed in the Middle East, where insurgent activity is showing a rise both in the level of activity and in the violence of it. With new insurgent leaders rising in several hotspots of the world and a number of nuclear weapons belonging to Russia being mysteriously stolen, a storm is brewing and the HAWX are sent to the center of it. There are connections with other events in the Tom Clancy universe, but revealing them now would spoil our surprises.

GM: What is the involvement of Tom Clancy in the storylines of the HAWX series?

Ubisoft: Tom Clancy is not directly involved at this point in the HAWX series. However, we are creating an experience that is very much Clancy, because we have access to all that past experiences and his long-term vision. This means first and foremost a realistic and thought provoking scenario involving elite military teams and operations to solve a near future conflict

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