Square Enix announces release date for Final Fantasy VIII Remastered

Twenty years after its original debut on the PlayStation, the game returns as Square Enix announced the release date for Final Fantasy VIII Remastered.

The game follows the adventures of Squall Leonhart, a military cadet, who teams up with resistance fighter Rinoa Heartilly and many others to save the world from the military nation of Galbadia.

According to Square Enix, the new features in the upcoming remastered version includes:

• Battle Assist: The ability to always have maxed out HP and ATB, and trigger Limit Breaks at any time.
• No Encounters: An enemy encounter option that allows players to enjoy the storyline uninterrupted. While enemy encounters are turned off, players can still enjoy the story event battles.
• 3x Speed Boost: Play through the game with three times the speed.
• The STEAM version will also receive additional functions, including All Items (possess all items except for a few certain items), All Abilities, GF Max Level, Max Gil, Max Magic, All Limit Breaks, and All Cards (possess max number of Triple Triad Cards except for Rare Cards).

Interested gamers who pre-order the PS4 version will receive a commemorative PS4 theme, while the ones who pre-order the Steam PC version will receive an exclusive wallpapers featuring Squall and Rinoa. If you want to pre-order the game, check out https://www.ffviiiremastered.com/.

Square Enix will release the digital version of Final Fantasy VIII Remastered on September 3, 2019.

[Source]: Square Enix: Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Launches September 3 on the Latest Generation of Consoles and Steam.