Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is a 2007 arcade-style combat flight simulation video game developed by Project Aces and published by Namco Bandai Games exclusively for the Xbox 360. It is the seventh entry in the Ace Combat franchise, the first mainline game in the franchise to not see a release on a PlayStation platform as had been done with previous titles, and the first game in the franchise to include downloadable content. Like other Ace Combat games, Ace Combat 6 features standard gameplay from the series that mixes arcade flight with authentic flight simulation.

While the game encompasses a variety of licensed, real-world fighter aircraft, the game's story takes place in the series' fictional setting of Strangereal, and details a war between the fictional neighboring countries of Emmeria and Estovakia in 2015; the game's campaign follows the player character, fighter pilot "Talisman" of the Emmerian air force's "Garuda Team" fighter squadron, who joins the Emmerian military's efforts to reclaim their homeland. Unlike other games in the series in which the events are narrated from a single perspective, Ace Combat 6's story is interlaced with cutscenes depicting numerous side-stories told by various figures on both sides of the war, describing their personal struggles and opinions regarding the conflict as it progresses.

While gameplay elements from previous titles persist in Ace Combat 6, the game's main campaign features more extensively detailed missions. New elements include the majority of single-player missions featuring a multitude of objectives to complete, in which players must only achieve a certain quota of these to progress to the later stages of a mission, and the ability to call in support from allied units during a mission. The game received generally favorable reviews on release.

In January 2019, Ace Combat 6 was made available for backwards compatibility with the Xbox One. Players who pre-ordered Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown on Xbox One received a digital copy of Ace Combat 6, but physical copies also work with the Xbox One. The game was also made backwards compatible with the Xbox Series X/S upon the console's launch in late 2020.