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Controversy erupts around Ace Combat 8 on PC as bundled Belkan War re-release remains problematically attached to the new game, whereas it's standalone on console - eurogamer.net
Publisher description: Early adopters of Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve were not happy to find one of the game's most exciting pre-order bonuses isn't quite what was advertised.
NewsAPI | Sep 29, 2026 | Sherif Saed
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Something changed on Steam, however, to make the game DLC for Ace Combat 8 instead. At some point, the description was changed from "Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War is a standalone application separate from the Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve full game" to: "Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (Steam version) is available as a DLC executable launched separately from the base game. In the post, a user who pre-ordered Ace Combat 8 on Steam was unable to find The Belkan War in their Steam library.
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