Top Gun: Hard Lock was released in March 2012 for Xbox 360 Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3 by 505 Games and Paramount Interactive. The player takes the role of a pilot named Lance "Spider" Webb who graduated from Top Gun under the auspices of Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. As Spider the player engages in missions during a blockade of a new terrorist regime (a former US ally who had a coup) in the Persian Gulf. The player flies missions from USS McKinley in the Gulf which involve shooting down hostile planes and destroying missile boats. Eventually the player conducts bombing runs over enemy camps and bunkers and the last mission involves assisting NATO ground forces an airfield and special forces troops in attacking the enemy forces.