Battle Aces

Battle Aces was a deck-building real-time strategy video game. The player took the role of a mercenary commander in charge of combat drones. Battle Aces featured streamlined base building, with the player's base being reduced to a single structure that produced all available units and also served as a drop-off point for resources collected by worker units. During a game, players could also build additional bases. Units were created instantly. Prior to a match, players could chose eight of the game's approximately 50 units.^[1] The game was designed to have short, fast-paced matches limited to ten minutes,^[2] both against another human player or together with one against an AI.^[1][3][4] A 2v2 mode was planned as well.^[5]

Uncapped Games was formed in June 2021 by LightSpeed and Quantum Studios Group, a subsidiary of Tencent Games.^[6] The studio, based in Playa Vista, was to be led by David Kim and Jason Hughes, both of whom had previously worked for Blizzard Entertainment,^[7] and tasked with developing a new real-time strategy video game.^[8]

At Summer Game Fest 2024, Uncapped Games announced that the title of their new game would be Battle Aces. Battle Aces was intended to be a free-to-play title. Uncapped Games intended to support the game with post-launch content and updates, with players being able to purchase additional units and cosmetics.^[9] The first closed beta test for Battle Aces began in June 2024, with further rounds of closed testing following in November of the same year as well as April 2025.^[10]

In May 2025, Uncapped Games announced that development on Battle Aces had ceased, citing the game's performance during its testing phase.^[10][11]

Battle Aces was positively received during its beta tests. Critics praised its short matches^[1][12] and streamlined approach to the real-time strategy genre.^{[4][13][14][15]}