{"id":786192,"date":"2026-09-29T09:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786192\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T09:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:06:14","slug":"enhance-your-ace-combat-8-experience-with-two-rival-ps5-flight-sticks-out-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786192\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhance Your Ace Combat 8 Experience with Two Rival PS5 Flight Sticks, Out This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Enhance<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

In a stacked year for new video games, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve<\/a> has emerged as another Game of the Year<\/a> candidate.<\/p>\n

We awarded the title a very respectable 8\/10<\/a>, but on aggregator website Metacritic<\/a>, it\u2019s got an incredible 87 \u2013 that makes it one of the best new releases of the year.<\/p>\n

Of course, while you could enjoy this Top Gun-esque dogfighting title with a traditional DualSense in hand, two competing accessories manufacturers have created rival flight sticks for the release.<\/p>\n

Both Hori\u2019s Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve Flight Stick<\/a> and Thrustmaster\u2019s T.FLIGHT HOTAS NEO Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve Edition<\/a> are out on 2nd October, alongside the game.<\/p>\n

The two sticks are compatible with PS5, PS4, and PC, and promise plug-and-play functionality \u2013 with licensing from both Sony and Bandai Namco.<\/p>\n

But they do offer unique features.<\/p>\n

\"Enhance<\/a>\"Enhance<\/a> Images: Hori, Thrustmaster<\/p>\n

Hori\u2019s solution includes a \u2018High-G Mode\u2019 button for stomach churning High-G Turns, for example; Thrustmaster\u2019s option, meanwhile, has force feedback and rumble so you can feel every explosion and missile launch.<\/p>\n

The prices are similar, too: Hori\u2019s version costs $129.99 in the US, while Thrustmaster\u2019s effort costs $149.99.<\/p>\n

Which one should you stump up for? Well, I haven\u2019t had a chance to test out either yet, so that\u2019s almost impossible for me to answer.<\/p>\n

I will say, however, that I\u2019ve had my eye on the Thrustmaster for Flight Simulator 2024<\/a> for a while, and this Ace Combat 8 version is effectively a rebranded re-release of that \u2013 with rumble, of course.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure whether those vibrations are going to be worth the extra money, but they seem pretty important for a franchise like Ace Combat to me, where the drama of combat is so crucial to the experience.<\/p>\n

Are you planning to pick up either of these for the new game? Let me know which one and why in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

[source horieurope.com<\/a>, via shop.thrustmaster.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\tRelated Games<\/p>\n

\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square In a stacked year for new video games, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[150871,130,59,105855,112,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-786192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ace-combat","tag-bandai-namco","tag-gb","tag-peripherals","tag-ps5","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}