Prior to the release of Ace Combat 8 a couple of weeks ago, one of the biggest incentives for pre-ordering the game was that you’d receive a digital copy of the PS2-era game, Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War. Getting an entire extra game with your pre-order is a pretty solid motivator, especially since this particular Ace Combat game was not previously available in an official digital capacity.
When Ace Combat 8 released to ample, record-breaking sales, pre-orderers did receive Zero, with those playing on PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series X/S getting it as a standalone application. On Steam, though, it came with an annoying caveat: you could only launch your copy of Zero through Ace Combat 8, rather than having it as a standalone application in your Steam library.
This proved to be a bit of a sticking point for players on the Steam version, especially since, unlike the console versions, their version doesn’t come with achievements, but thankfully, the developers are officially rectifying this little hiccup.
Ace Combat Zero Will Become a Standalone Application
In an official post to the Ace Combat 8 Steam page today, the developers announced that they will...
