{"id":16050,"date":"2019-06-10T22:37:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T02:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=16050"},"modified":"2019-06-11T00:52:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T04:52:24","slug":"remaster-of-final-fantasy-viii-announced-for-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2019\/06\/remaster-of-final-fantasy-viii-announced-for-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"E3: Remaster of Final Fantasy VIII announced for 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SQUARE ENIX today revealed that the highly anticipated <strong>FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered<\/strong> is coming to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One , and PC (STEAM) later this year. <\/p>\n<p>Announced during the SQUARE ENIX E3 Live event earlier today, <em>FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered<\/em> brings the game\u2019s classic story to modern platforms, now with newly rendered visuals that bring the game\u2019s characters to life like never before.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>FINAL FANTASY VIII<\/em>, the military nation of Galbadia has declared war on the Dukedom of Dollet, who must hire the mercenary force, SeeD. Squall Leonhart, a new member of SeeD, together with his friends and Rinoa Heartilly, a member of a resistance group, get pulled into the war, unaware of their fated task to save the world.<\/p>\n<p><em>FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered<\/em> will be available for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One,and PC (Steam) in 2019. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wpx2Z2CCjPs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SQUARE ENIX today revealed that the highly anticipated FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered is coming to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One , and PC (STEAM) later this year. Announced during the SQUARE ENIX E3 Live event earlier today, FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered brings the game\u2019s classic story to modern platforms, now with newly rendered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1530,6,419,586],"tags":[2371,51,2368,26],"class_list":["post-16050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-switch","category-pc","category-playstation-4","category-xbox-one","tag-e3-2019","tag-final-fantasy","tag-final-fantasy-viii","tag-square-enix"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/final_fantasy_viii_remastered.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-4aS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17117,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2020\/06\/square-enix-announces-final-fantasy-crystal-chronicles-remastered-edition-lite\/","url_meta":{"origin":16050,"position":0},"title":"Square Enix announces FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES Remastered Edition Lite","date":"June 30, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"SQUARE ENIX has announced that FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES\u00a0Remastered Edition, the highly anticipated refresh of the beloved action-RPG adventure coming to the Nintendo Switch, the PlayStation 4, and iOS and Android mobile devices, will launch alongside a free to download demo version called FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL\u00a0CHRONICLES Remastered Edition Lite. 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