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Project Wingman
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<p><i>Project Wingman</i> is a <a href="/facts/Combat_flight_simulation_game/Dxc18EHQ">combat flight-action video game</a> developed by Sector D2 and published by <a href="/facts/Humble_Games/e9P7txcB">Humble Games</a>. It was released on 1 December 2020 on <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> with optional VR support for the whole game. It was later released on 28 October 2021 for the <a href="/facts/Xbox_One/Nom1XYbe">Xbox One</a>, and on 3 October 2023 for the <a href="/facts/PlayStation_5/vJ2ahUoK">PlayStation 5</a>. Titled <i>Project Wingman: Frontline 59</i>, the PlayStation 5 release includes 6 new missions with optional VR support. The same six missions were released as DLC for the Steam version on 1 December 2024, as a bonus for the fourth anniversary of the game. </p><p>The game follows the story of a war set on an <a href="/facts/Alternate_history/nD37s7ot">alternate</a> Earth between United Cascadia and the Pacific Federation via a <a href="/facts/Silent_protagonist/uR73dYu3">silent protagonist</a>, a <a href="/facts/Mercenary/uQSfwcDR">mercenary</a> pilot for the fictional Sicario Mercenary Corps. After finishing up a previous contract, the mercenary group is hired by United <a href="/facts/Cascadia_movement/0MPu9U23">Cascadia</a>, a nation vying for independence from the Pacific Federation, also known simply as the Federation. The Federation comprises most of the <a href="/facts/Ring_of_Fire/UpRWnP2P">Ring of Fire</a> from <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a> to <a href="/facts/Mongolia/ogQzUcQb">Mongolia</a>. Due to volatile tectonics, the area is rich with a fictional element called cordium, which is used for <a href="/facts/Geothermal_energy/ClKR9sTL">geothermal</a> and military applications. </p><p>In addition to the <a href="/facts/Campaign_(gaming)/TgRuKKoy">campaign</a>, there is a <a href="/facts/Roguelike/vwUSgDVe">rogue-lite</a> "Conquest" gamemode wherein the player flies in missions across various territories for Cascadia, capturing territories, buying new planes, and hiring help, while the Federation gets progressively aware and cautious of the player's presence, sending fighters, airships, and <a href="/facts/Flying_ace/qxUsQSPf">ace squadrons</a> to oppose the player. </p>