Fox Force Zero

Fox Force Zero was released in 2013 for the Bluecube II, an ambitious new version of the Fox Force series. Felicie Haymoz and Wes Anderson return to do work on the game. The plot is again a Animal vs Human Conflict, as a new private military company who is anti animal and despises the ideas of Borders is formed. The game is similar to it's real life counterpart Ace Combat Zero in that it is based on a work of fiction, however, instead of it being based on the famous Legend of King Arthur, it is instead based on the story of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox, however rewritten for 2013, 7 years later than the original game.

The game is a prequel to the entire Fox Force Tetralogy, and is done in the form of Interviews after the game's said war similar to Ace Combat Zero. A Mockumentary with cutscenes directed by Wes Anderson. The game had a distinct feel no other game had.

The game's plot revolves around the formation of the Fox Force, after an international incident involving Humans and Anthropomorphic Animals Occurs. It is up to the Fox Force to stop a crisis from occurring. And Helicopter Fighter Pilots from both sides are in the game, Bean is the head of Bean Squadron, and is portrayed by Michael Gambon in cutscenes, and JB Blanc plays him in the actual game. Kristofferson Silverfox, the Father of Eric Silverfox, is played by Yuri Lowenthal in gameplay and Eric Chase Anderson in Cutscenes. And is a founding member of the team, George Clooney plays grizzled veteran Frank Fox in cutscenes, and Steve Blum in gameplay. The final member of Fox Force is Felicity, who later becomes in Fox Force 3 the girlfriend of Jack Bartlett. And becomes the subject of a love triangle between Frank Fox and his protege Jack Bartlett, voiced by Jason Schwartzman in both cutscenes and gameplay.

These Three Members form the basis of the game, and the main plot involves trying to disrupt the PMCs, Bartlett is an initial member of Fox Force who betrays them for a Star Wolf like group called Wolf Calamity, however, at the end he rejoins Fox Force Zero.

The game has the most helicopters in any Fox Force game, with 40 Helicopters being available to select including 10 new ones from Bean Private Air Force or BPAF.

The soundtrack is composed by Hans Zimmer, Kohta Takahashi and Alexandre Desplat.

The ambitious mixing of Wes Anderson's beautifully made documentary cutscenes and the different actors during gameplay. Led to the game receiving very good critical reception, with 96% on Gamesmaster. The game also managed to sell 25 Million units in one month for the Bluecube II. Which was released in 2012. This meant that NSG and Namco earned $1.52 Billion in the progress. Making the game slightly more profitable then the previous year's Avengers movie(Which still released in this timeline like OTL). The only criticism was that it was cockpit view only but some praised this as being more immersive, with a diegetic interface.

The Roald Dahl Estate were also pretty pleased with the game, with Felicity Dahl having said the game was brilliant and Roald would have loved it due to his experience as a Gloster Gladiator Fighter Pilot.