First off, thanks for all the e-mails and tweets from people about our new Top Gun game. We’ve even had a fair amount of interest over the game’s two hidden trophies (naturally, they’ve been figured out already). The reviews have been mostly positive too, from Gamespot to Kotaku and for those curious about the game’s script and narrative, then PS3 Attitude also has an interview with Jack Epps Jr about the work he did on that for our game. Even Ironstar’s wonderfully balanced appraisal, with the video version below, was very much appreciated in the studio.

Top Gun is finally released in the US today for the princely sum of $14.99. To commemorate the release we’ve uploaded a new YouTube video of the game’s Horde mode, along with some helpful annotations about how the game works. Enjoy!

Earlier in the week we were busy in giving hands on previews to the press for our upcoming Top Gun game. From CVG to PS3 Attitude, the game’s been covered in a fair bit of detail. Even places like BeefJack, Girl Gamers UK and Electronic Theatre managed to give a good amount of coverage for the game, the latter even made some lovely comparisons to Star Fox 64 – so thanks for that! Our favourite piece was by Resolution Magazine though, if only for the barrel roll mention.

For those curious, the build we demoed was actually the final US release (that’s out on August 17th in case you’re wondering). We’re still waiting on the European release date but once we get that we’ll let you know. In the meantime, make sure to check out our developer diary over at IGN.