A lot has happened since the release of 2019’s Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. Of course, the elephant in the room is the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of which on the video games industry is still being felt today. From the explosion in engagement when many people were forced to stay inside and quarantine, to the massive contraction with seemingly endless studio layoffs and closures happening now.
With the world as isolated as it was, there was a need for human connection. That became the underlying theme of the upcoming entry in the Ace Combat flight sim series, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.
