Project Aces

Official Project Aces logo as of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

"Nothing Else Comes Close."

― Project Aces motto in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War

Project Aces (プロジェクト・エイセス Purojekuto eisesu), often stylized as PROJECT ACES, is an internal development team of Bandai Namco Entertainment employees who have been directly responsible for developing Ace Combat games since 2001. Prior to that, development for Ace Combat games was simply credited to Namco.

History

Project Aces was founded between 1999 and 2001 as The AC04 Project, the development team for Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies. After the release of Ace Combat 04 in September of 2001, the team was rebranded as Project Aces, signifying that its core members would be chiefly responsible for the development of the Ace Combat franchise from that point on. Project Aces' first official game was thus Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, and since then they have assisted with the development of every game in the series, with very few exceptions (including Ace Combat Advance, Ace Combat Assault Horizon: Trigger Finger, and Ace Combat: Northern Wings).

On June 1, 2022, Bandai Namco founded Bandai Namco Aces, a joint studio owned by both Bandai Namco and ILCA. The existence of Bandai Namco Aces was subsequently revealed to the public on June 30, 2022. The company is helmed by executives from both ILCA and Project Aces, and will be responsible for developing future Ace Combat titles.

List of Games

Project Aces is credited for developing the following games:

• Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies (as The AC04 Project)
• Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
• Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
• Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
• Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
• Ace Combat Infinity
• Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

Project Aces also assisted in the development of the following games:

• Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception (with Access Games)
• Ace Combat Xi: Skies of Incursion (with CRIWARE Mobile)
• Ace Combat: Joint Assault (with Access Games)
• Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy (with Access Games)
• Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy + (with Access Games)
• The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces (with Access Games)
• Next Ace Combat (with ILCA)

Key Members

Listed below are some key members of the Project Aces team.

• Kazutoki Kono (founder and head of Project Aces)
• Masato Kanno
• Kosuke Itomi
• Manabu Shimomoto
• Hiroyuki Ichiyanagi
• Naoto Maeda
• Masanori Kato
• Natsuki Isaki
• Tetsukazu Nakanishi

Logo Gallery

Wallpapers

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  Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
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  Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
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  Ace Combat 20th Anniversary
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  Ace Combat Infinity
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  Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
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  Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
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  Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
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  Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies (AC04 Project)

Icons

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  Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown logo
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  Ace Combat Infinity Elite Pack icon
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  Ace Combat: Assault Horizon avatar

External links

• Official Twitter