{"id":98773,"date":"2019-08-20T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/?p=123408"},"modified":"2019-08-20T00:00:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T00:00:30","slug":"final-fantasy-viii-remastered-reveals-xbox-one-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/20\/final-fantasy-viii-remastered-reveals-xbox-one-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Reveals Xbox One Release Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/FFVIII_XB1_Hero.jpg?fit=940%2C528\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2019\/06\/10\/e3-2019-final-fantasy-viii-remastered-xbox-one\/\">In June on Xbox Wire<\/a>, we were excited to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/final-fantasy\"><strong><em>Final Fantasy VIII Remastered<\/em><\/strong><\/a> would come to Xbox One this year. So, it is safe to say we are now thrilled to reveal that this beloved RPG story of love and war will arrive on Xbox One on September 3, 2019! Yes, it\u2019s right around the corner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-123418 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/X1_Screen_2.jpg?w=940\" alt=\"Final Fantasy VIII Remastered\" width=\"940\" height=\"528\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123418 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/X1_Screen_2.jpg?w=940&amp;resize=940%2C528\" alt=\"Final Fantasy VIII Remastered\" width=\"940\" height=\"528\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>The story of <em>Final Fantasy VIII Remastered<\/em> follows Squall and other members of SeeD, an elite mercenary force, unexpectedly cast in a war to save the world. Join hands with Rinoa, a resistance fighter, and fight against Galbadia\u2019s tyrannical rule and to prevent Sorceress Edea from fulfilling her ultimate goal: dominion over all.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-123417 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/X1_Screen_1.jpg?w=940\" alt=\"Final Fantasy VIII Remastered\" width=\"940\" height=\"528\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123417 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/X1_Screen_1.jpg?w=940&amp;resize=940%2C528\" alt=\"Final Fantasy VIII Remastered\" width=\"940\" height=\"528\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Final Fantasy VIII Remastered<\/em> features more than just enhanced visuals. It also includes additional options to customize your gameplay experience and difficulty, such as:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Battle Assist<br \/><\/strong>Activate this booster to max out HP and ATB bars \u2013 and trigger Limit Breaks at any time. You will lose all HP when you get hit by a critical attack that gives more damage than your HP, or by lethal damage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3x Speed Boost<br \/><\/strong>Accelerates time by a factor of three \u2013 perfect if you want to speed through easy battles or get somewhere in a hurry. This feature will not apply to certain scenes including movies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No Encounters<br \/><\/strong>Want to explore without fear of attack? Activate this option to turn off random encounters. Event battles must still be done in order to advance the story.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-123419 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/X1_Screen_5.jpg?w=940\" alt=\"Final Fantasy VIII Remastered\" width=\"940\" height=\"528\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123419 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/X1_Screen_5.jpg?w=940&amp;resize=940%2C528\" alt=\"Final Fantasy VIII Remastered\" width=\"940\" height=\"528\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>We hope you\u2019ll enjoy discovering or rediscovering this timeless story on September 3.<\/p>\n<p>You can keep up with the latest on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/final-fantasy\"><strong><em>Final Fantasy VIII Remastered<\/em><\/strong><\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/final-fantasy\">Xbox.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ffviiiremastered.com\">ffviiiremastered.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June on Xbox Wire, we were excited to announce that Final Fantasy VIII Remastered would come to Xbox One this year. So, it is safe to say we are now thrilled to reveal that this beloved RPG story of love and war will arrive on Xbox One on September 3, 2019! Yes, it\u2019s right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xbox-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}