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{{Infobox video game | {{Infobox video game | ||
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During the launch event Air Marshal Sukumar said the game is "a significant milestone in our consorted campaign to connect to the best of the boys and the girls among the nation's youth and motivate them to join the air force."<ref name=":0" /> | During the launch event Air Marshal Sukumar said the game is "a significant milestone in our consorted campaign to connect to the best of the boys and the girls among the nation's youth and motivate them to join the air force."<ref name=":0" /> | ||
The game presents a fictional storyline and enemy, and is based on the IAF having mission against an imaginary rogue nation called '' | The game presents a fictional storyline and enemy, and is based on the IAF having mission against an imaginary rogue nation called ''Zaruzia'', which is politically unstable and economically under-developed and has also witnessed a [[coup d'état]].<ref name=":2" /> The game provides ten missions and lets the user experience the "pilot's seat of Indian Air Force's every platform - fighters, bombers, transports, choppers and special forces."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.threye.com/guardians-of-the-skies.html|title=Guardians of the Skies - Official game of the Indian Air Force|website=Threye|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603064551/http://www.threye.com/guardians-of-the-skies.html|archive-date=3 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/indian-air-force-is-giving-you-a-chance-to-be-abhinandan-and-fight-enemies/articleshow/70465971.cms|title=Indian Air Force is giving you a chance to be Abhinandan and fight 'enemies'|last=Sarkar|first=Debashis|date=31 July 2019|website=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119101328/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/indian-air-force-is-giving-you-a-chance-to-be-abhinandan-and-fight-enemies/articleshow/70465971.cms|archive-date=19 November 2019|access-date=2019-11-23|url-status=live}}</ref> Training missions help the user get a hang of the interface and controls. Difficulty settings can also be changed. However a review in ''Windows Central'' noted that "there are also times when the aircraft veers off course, straying randomly across the sky."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.windowscentral.com/guardians-skies-windows-10-mobile-game-review|title=Protecting the wild blue wonder with Guardians of the Skies|last=Ponder|first=George|date=21 May 2017|website=Windows Central|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228165045/https://www.windowscentral.com/guardians-skies-windows-10-mobile-game-review|archive-date=28 December 2018|access-date=2019-11-23|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
After ''Guardians of the Skies'', the IAF launched another game called "''[[Indian Air Force: A Cut Above]]"'' on 31 July 2019 for Android and iOS.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/indian-air-forces-video-game-goes-up-against-call-of-duty-and-angry-birds-in-googles-competition/articleshow/72122285.cms|title=Indian Air Force's video game goes up against Call of Duty and Angry Birds in Google's competition|date=19 November 2019|website=Business Insider|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126010511/https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/indian-air-forces-video-game-goes-up-against-call-of-duty-and-angry-birds-in-googles-competition/articleshow/72122285.cms|archive-date=26 November 2019|access-date=2019-11-20|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/tech/gaming/iaf-launches-its-mobile-game-indian-air-force-a-cut-above-for-android-and-ios-7100331.html|title=IAF launches its mobile game 'Indian Air Force: A cut above' for Android and iOS|date=2019-08-02|website=Firstpost|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210141939/https://www.firstpost.com/tech/gaming/iaf-launches-its-mobile-game-indian-air-force-a-cut-above-for-android-and-ios-7100331.html|archive-date=10 December 2019|access-date=2019-11-20|url-status=live}}</ref> Both games are similar in many ways and puts the player in the role of the IAF pilot completing missions.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/indian-air-force-launches-new-game-with-abhinandan-heres-how-it-is-different-from-the-older-version/articleshow/70492019.cms|title=Indian Air Force launches new game with Abhinandan: Here's how it is different from the older version|date=2 August 2019|website=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820045820/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/indian-air-force-launches-new-game-with-abhinandan-heres-how-it-is-different-from-the-older-version/articleshow/70492019.cms|archive-date=20 August 2019|access-date=2019-11-23|url-status=live}}</ref> There are various other similarities also in the sense of overall graphics, but on the other hand user-interface and game design has changed'''.<ref name=":3" />''' | After ''Guardians of the Skies'', the IAF launched another game called "''[[Indian Air Force: A Cut Above]]"'' on 31 July 2019 for Android and iOS.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/indian-air-forces-video-game-goes-up-against-call-of-duty-and-angry-birds-in-googles-competition/articleshow/72122285.cms|title=Indian Air Force's video game goes up against Call of Duty and Angry Birds in Google's competition|date=19 November 2019|website=Business Insider|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126010511/https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/indian-air-forces-video-game-goes-up-against-call-of-duty-and-angry-birds-in-googles-competition/articleshow/72122285.cms|archive-date=26 November 2019|access-date=2019-11-20|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/tech/gaming/iaf-launches-its-mobile-game-indian-air-force-a-cut-above-for-android-and-ios-7100331.html|title=IAF launches its mobile game 'Indian Air Force: A cut above' for Android and iOS|date=2019-08-02|website=Firstpost|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210141939/https://www.firstpost.com/tech/gaming/iaf-launches-its-mobile-game-indian-air-force-a-cut-above-for-android-and-ios-7100331.html|archive-date=10 December 2019|access-date=2019-11-20|url-status=live}}</ref> Both games are similar in many ways and puts the player in the role of the IAF pilot completing missions.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/indian-air-force-launches-new-game-with-abhinandan-heres-how-it-is-different-from-the-older-version/articleshow/70492019.cms|title=Indian Air Force launches new game with Abhinandan: Here's how it is different from the older version|date=2 August 2019|website=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820045820/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/indian-air-force-launches-new-game-with-abhinandan-heres-how-it-is-different-from-the-older-version/articleshow/70492019.cms|archive-date=20 August 2019|access-date=2019-11-23|url-status=live}}</ref> There are various other similarities also in the sense of overall graphics, but on the other hand user-interface and game design has changed'''.<ref name=":3" />''' | ||
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[[Category:Indian Air Force]] | [[Category:Indian Air Force]] | ||
[[Category:Video games developed in India]] | [[Category:Video games developed in India]] | ||
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]] | |||