Ubisoft announced today that it will be launching the official demo for its upcoming air combat game, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. , this week. The demo will be available for download tomorrow for Xbox 360 users as part of this week's Xbox Live update and this Thursday, February 12 ^th , for Playstation 3 users as part of this week's Playstation Store update.

Ubisoft says this demo will let players “ dominate the skies for the first time and battle planes, tanks and amphibious assaults and have the opportunity to dogfight with other elite pilots in a stunning panoramic boss scene”.

The demo includes:

• Gain experience points and unlock up to three real, licensed planes in the demo:

  • F-16A Fighting Falcon

  • SU-35 Super Flanker

  • AV-8B Harrier II

• The choice of two different difficulty modes:

  • Normal – Default control type

  • Expert – Allows full control over the aircraft in “Assistance Off” mode

• Two missions:

  • Operation: Off Certification (Training mode)

• Learn the skills of an elite pilot in “Assistance Off” mode and pull extreme maneuvers

• Operation: Glass Hammer (Rio De Janeiro)

  • Take flight over GeoEye technology (the world’s best satellite data), and witness Brazil like never before

  • Learn to use the Enhanced Reality System in “Assistance On” mode, where your plane’s computer calculates the best interception course for you to follow to attack an enemy, evade a missile or hit a ground target

Ubisoft will also be releasing the demo for the PC version on February 26^th.

Also included with today's annoucement was a fresh trailer for the game. Enjoy.