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Interview with Ace Combat Brand Director Kazutoki Kono at PAX South 2019 (日本語)
Our interview with Ace Combat Brand Director Kazutoki Kono at PAX South 2019 was originally scheduled for Tokyo Game Show in 2018, but under went a rescheduling due to unforeseen circumstances. The questions presented in this interview were gathered from various members and staff from Project: Lighthouse during the lead up to the convention, along with questions that were created onsite at PAX South. We give our special thanks to Bandai-Namco US community specialist Dmitryi

Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
Feb 18, 20199 min read


Interview with Ace Combat Brand Director Kazutoki Kono at PAX South 2019
Our interview with Ace Combat Brand Director Kazutoki Kono at PAX South 2019 was originally scheduled for Tokyo Game Show in 2018, but under went a rescheduling due to unforeseen circumstances. We give our special thanks to Bandai-Namco US community specialist Dmitryi Khlynin for assisting with the rescheduling of this interview. This interview is available in English and 日本語 thanks to TaskForce23 who also assisted Ace Combat Fan in his interview with Kazutoki Kono. Con

Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
Feb 18, 20198 min read


Beginning of the 5th Generation of Competitive Ace Combat Events
An overview of the early Ace Combat 7 competitive scene.

Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
Feb 16, 20194 min read


Strangereal Study: Pilgrim 1
The following could be considered a spoiler to the story of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
Feb 4, 20195 min read


PAX South 2019: Ribbon-Blue Report
This report is written by Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza who attended PAX South 2019 and experienced it all first hand. Written from his point of view, he describes some of the day by day events not mentioned in the Summary: PAX South 2019 article. Launch weekend of the long-awaited newest game from Project Aces with the brand director of the series in attendance and a live competition sponsored by the United States Air Force? It was undeniably a once in a lifetime event. In

Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
Feb 3, 20198 min read


Ace Combat: Ikaros in the Sky
The story within this book takes place in the same version of Earth seen in Ace Combat: Assault Horizon. Ensign Kei Nagase of the Japan...

TaskForce23
Jan 31, 20191 min read


PAX South 2019: Covering the Launch Weekend of Ace Combat 7
The third weekend of January 2019 was undoubtedly an important weekend for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown and the series as a whole.

Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
Jan 26, 20196 min read


"Righteous", the Gen 5+ Testbed Ace Combat Barely Knew
The most underused and now forgotten aircraft from Ace Combat: Assault Horizon may be a testbed aircraft nicknamed Righteous.

Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
Jan 8, 20195 min read


Hardpoint: Countermeasures in Ace Combat
Inclusion of countermeasures in Ace Combat came late but is now an option for players to rely more on technology to evade missiles.

Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
Dec 25, 20186 min read


Hardpoint: QAAM in Ace Combat
These highly advanced missiles possess superb tracking thanks to their advanced seeker head that features off-boresight capabilities.

Santiago "Cubeboy" Cuberos
Dec 15, 20185 min read


Strangereal Study: The Prototype Strangereal Map
Its source image is from one of the most unexpected places, it shares certain similarities with Strangereal.

Aaron "Ribbon-Blue" Mendoza
Nov 16, 20183 min read


Interview: Tomcat 171, The First Large-Scale Ace Combat Video Content Producer
Today's interview is with a very special guest. He is a video content creator on YouTube and has been active for quite a while now. He...

Santiago "Cubeboy" Cuberos
Oct 11, 201810 min read
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