{"id":72010,"date":"2026-09-07T16:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T07:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=72010"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T07:36:34","slug":"ace-combat-8s-campaign-boasts-largest-volume-in-the-series-history-surpassing-even-the-original-ace-combat-3-producer-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/ace-combat-8s-campaign-boasts-largest-volume-in-the-series-history-surpassing-even-the-original-ace-combat-3-producer-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ace Combat 8’s campaign boasts largest volume in the series’ history, surpassing even the original Ace Combat 3, producer says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ace Combat brand director Kazutoki Kono recently talked to INVEN<\/a> about the franchise’s latest entry, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve<\/strong>, during a Bilibili First Look event held in Shanghai. Besides revealing a brand-new playable stealth fighter jet set to appear in the game \u2013 the fictional “FA-36 Game” \u2013 Kono also touched on what players can expect from the latest entry in terms of scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the director, AC8’s campaign will boast the highest volume of content in the series’ history. In many ways, it will exceed even the original Japanese version of Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere. Not to be confused with the heavily abridged international version, the domestic Ace Combat 3 boasted an ambitiously complex storyline with 52 missions, multiple endings, and numerous cutscenes packaged into two CDs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ace Combat 8, however, will outnumber Electrosphere when it comes to campaign missions, cinematics, and other content, according to Kono. While it tells a linear story unlike Ace Combat 3, Kono is confident the new entry will bring “the largest campaign in the history of the series.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Independent of Ace Combat 8’s campaign is the online mode, which will offer several types of co-op alongside special missions and limited-time PvP and PvE. Kono remarks that this part of the game will essentially be run as a live service, which means the team will “naturally consider creating additional content” if players show interest for it post-launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is scheduled to release on October 2 for PC (Steam<\/a>), PS5, and Xbox Series X\u2758S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: Ace Combat 8\u00a0isn\u2019t more human drama-focused than\u00a0past entries,\u00a0the\u00a0devs\u00a0are\u00a0just\u00a0making sure\u00a0players don\u2019t go\u00a0\u201cWait,\u00a0Ace Combat\u00a0has\u00a0a story?\u00a0again\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ace Combat 8 developers worked so closely with fighter jet manufacturers\u00a0it made them wonder,\u00a0\u201cAre we allowed to know all this?\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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