Fri. Apr 19th, 2024


Microsoft Flight Simulator isn’t the only game that’s collaborating with Top Gun: Maverick. Fellow flying game Ace Combat 7 has also gotten its own DLC based on the film, and it’s out now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC for $19.99.

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Bandai Namco released a trailer of the DLC in action. The DLC itself will have six aircrafts (although two appear to be a similar model), 10 emblems, 38 skins, 12 nicknames, and two music tracks for its multiplayer.

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown – Top Gun: Maverick Edition also contains the Top Gun DLC, as well as the base game. That bundle is currently on sale on both Xbox One and PS4 for $29.99, but is full price ($74.99) on PC. There’s also the Maverick Ultimate Edition that comes with the base game’s season pass and the Top Gun DLC that normally costs $99.99, but is also currently on sale for $39.99 (it is also still full price on PC). The base game without the DLC, however, is also on a deep discount ($11.99) right now on all three platforms.

Here are all of the items included in the base Top Gun: Maverick DLC:

  • Playable Aircraft: F-14A Tomcat
    • A large carrier-based fighter that replaced the F-4 in handling fleet defense. Its striking twin engines and variable-sweep wings set it apart from other aircraft.
    • Its nickname is Tomcat.
    • This aircraft can equip the LAAM, SAAM, or SFFS as its special weapon.
    • Includes six skins (including specials).
  •  Playable Aircraft: F-14A Tomcat | Top Gun: Maverick
    • A special aircraft based on the F-14A. Deadly at any range.
    • This aircraft can equip the LAAM, SAAM, or HPAA as its special weapon.
    • Features eight skins from Top Gun, including Maverick and Iceman skins.
    • This special aircraft is part of a collaboration with the movie Top Gun: Maverick.
  • Playable Aircraft: F/A-18E Super Hornet
    • The latest single-seat variant in the F/A-18 series. Like the F-type, its nickname is Super Hornet.
    • This aircraft can equip the HCAA, 4AGM, or LAGM as its special weapon.
    • Includes six skins (including specials).
  • Playable Aircraft: F/A-18E Super Hornet | Top Gun: Maverick
    • A special Aircraft based on the F/A-18E. Possesses well-balanced maneuverability.
    • This aircraft can equip the HCAA, HVAA, or GPB as its special weapon.
    • Includes 6 skins (including specials).
    • This special aircraft is part of a collaboration with the movie Top Gun: Maverick.
  • Playable Aircraft: 5th Gen Fighter | Top Gun: Maverick
    • A 5th-generation fighter with superb versatility. It is highly maneuverable, and can be fitted with a variety of parts.
    • This aircraft can equip the 4AAM, HCAA, or LACM as its special weapon.
    • Includes 6 skins (including specials)
    • This special aircraft is part of a collaboration with the movie Top Gun: Maverick.
  • Playable Aircraft: DarkStar
    • A supersonic stealth fighter with extraordinary high-speed flight capabilities that set it apart from other aircraft.
    • This aircraft can equip the SASM, XSDB, or PLSL as its special weapon.
    • Includes six skins (including specials).
    • This special aircraft is part of a collaboration with the movie Top Gun: Maverick.
  • Collaboration Emblems:
    • VF-1: The emblem of VF-1, a United States Navy aircraft squadron in the movie Top Gun
      • FA-213: The emblem of VFA-213, a United States Navy aircraft squadron in the movie Top Gun
    • The adversary PHOENIX: The phoenix emblem of F-14A Tomcat, an enemy aircraft in Top Gun: Maverick.
    • Two logos from Top Gun: Maverick.
    • Five character emblems from Top Gun: Maverick:
      • Maverick, Hangman, Payback, Rooster, and Bob
  • Collaboration Nicknames:
    • 12 nicknames, such as Goose and Cougar, exclusive to the Top Gun: Maverick Aircraft Set
  • Two music tracks for multiplayer missions

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Top Gun: Maverick is set in a world of drone technology and fifth-generation fighters, and explores the end of the era of dogfighting. Maverick is now a flight instructor, who takes Bradley Bradshaw, the son of Maverick’s late partner Nick “Goose” Bradshaw, under his wing.

By Dave Jenks

Dave Jenks is an American novelist and Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Between those careers, he’s worked as a deckhand, commercial fisherman, divemaster, taxi driver, construction manager, and over the road truck driver, among many other things. He now lives on a sea island, in the South Carolina Lowcountry, with his wife and youngest daughter. They also have three grown children, five grand children, three dogs and a whole flock of parakeets. Stinnett grew up in Melbourne, Florida and has also lived in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and Cozumel, Mexico. His next dream is to one day visit and dive Cuba.