Heliborne möchte seine Spieler in die Welt des Luftkampfs unter dem Sirren der Rotorblätter entführen. Sie können dabei das Kommando über eine ganze Reihe von Helikoptern sich auf einer großen Auswahl an Karten in vielen Missionsszenarien austoben.
Heliborne seeks to introduce players to rotary-wing aviation and combat. Players will have the ability to fly a number of helicopters from the 60's forward in to the year 2000 across a wide range of maps and in a wide range of mission scenarios. Players will be able to take part in a dynamic battlefield where they support the movement of ground forces that fortify positions and create supply-lines.
Heliborne offers a new type of "Zone" Capture as one of it's core game-play concepts. Troops carried by certain helicopters must be landed at, and deployed to a landing zone. These troops fortify the zone, and in some game modes, defend a base until ground re-enforcements arrive.