Press release:
Košice, Slovak Republic – 17th September, 2020. Publisher Grindstone and developers Games Farm and 3Division are thrilled to announce that following a successful retail launch on Nintendo Switch in Japan, the action combat flight simulator game “Air Missions: HIND” is now available for European players.
North American players will be able to play the game from 24th of September, 2020.
Air Missions: HIND puts players in the hot seat of the heavily armed Mi-24 Hind assault helicopter as they take to the skies in devastating air assault missions. Before each mission, the formidable Mi-24 Hind (also known as the ‘flying tank’) can be customised with different skins and weapon sets depending on the mission parameters and goals.
Two weapons can be equipped on the wings, in addition to a machine gun mounted on the front of the helicopter, and players can choose from an arsenal of deadly weaponry including UPK 23 machine guns, GUV gun pods, FAB bombs and various rockets and missiles.
When piloting the helicopter, players can switch between a simulation style first person cockpit view, gunners seat view or external third person view depending on your play style or mission goals. Combined with three helicopter difficulty levels to master, Air Missions: HIND offers lots of replayability options across the various missions.
Fly single player campaign missions based on fictional conflicts in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, the Arctic Ocean and Southeast Asia. Buddy up with a friend and take the fight to the enemy in the action packed online co-op mode or test your mettle in thrilling multiplayer matches including deathmatch and instant action modes.
Nintendo Switch players will also receive three bonus Russian built helicopters to pilot in Air Missions: HIND including the Mi-28 Havok two seater anti-armour attack helicopter, the Mi-8 Hip medium twin-turbine helicopter and the Ka-50 Hokum single-seat attack helicopter.
Features:
Take control of the Mi-24 assault helicopter, a.k.a the flying tank.
Campaign mode with fifteen missions based on fictional conflicts.
Customise and equip your helicopter with an arsenal of missiles, machine guns and rockets.
Four different environments to master: Central Asia, Eastern Europe, The Arctic Ocean and Southeast Asia.
Fly combat missions in single and multiplayer modes including Deathmatch, Instant Action and Online Co-op.
Master three different helicopter control difficulty levels.
Three bonus Russian built attack helicopters to pilot.
Air Missions HIND is developed by Games Farm and 3Division and published by Grindstone and is available to buy now from the European Nintendo eShop for £22.99/€24.99 and from 24th September in the North American Nintendo eShop for $24.99.
For more information about the game please visit the official game website at www.airmissions.net and Grindstone at http://www.grindstone.sk
About Grindstone
Grindstone is the new age publisher from Slovakia founded by industry veteran Peter Nagy in 2015. Despite starting low profile, projects produced and supported by Grindstone stand out of the crowd with their unique concept, ideas and production quality.
Beyond the production of games, Grindstone leads the growth of the regional game development ecosystem, organizes the international game conference, Game Days Kosice, and aims to become a major global publishing and production company. www.grindstone.sk
About Games Farm
Games Farm is an internationally awarded development studio founded in 2001. Company is focused on the development of games for PC and consoles market. Games Farm developed more than 20 full crossplatform games of various genres up to date and cooperated on dozens of other titles for various clients.
Company is headquartered in Kosice with a headcount of almost 50 people. Company is primarily focused on the development of RPG projects and console porting for 3rd parties.
Games Farm currently works with Funcom on yet-to-be announced project https://investors.funcom.com/funcom-announces-new-game/
Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
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Tags: Air Missions, Combat flight sim, Games Farm, Grindstone, HIND, Nintendo Switch, Simulators