As outlined by Ace Combat Wiki (via Ikcatcher), references to Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War have been added. On the surface, this is interesting because it only ever launched on the PlayStation 2 back in 2006, so a contemporary port may be on the way. The fact that it’s part of Ace Combat 8’s listing may point towards its availability as a pre-order bonus.

It wouldn’t be the first time that Bandai Namco has offered such benefits, much less in the Ace Combat franchise. Pre-orders for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, for instance, included a copy of Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War.

However, that’s not all. A closed network test is also seemingly on the cards for Ace Combat Online, which could be Ace Combat 8’s online PvP mode. While these updates don’t indicate a release timing, it wouldn’t be surprising to see an update at a major showcase like State of Play (rumored for the week of February 12th).

If you were a fan of the Ace Combat games, you may be happy to learn that the collection of games might possibly be remastered for the PS4 and Xbox One. This information comes via a job listing on wesbite Mid-tenshoku.

It was originally spotted by a Twitter user that a software quality assurance company was looking for someone with “consumer game project management experience” for “director assistance / planner support”. Additionally, the listing also stated that the prospective employee must have a deep knowledge of Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies, Ace Combat 05: The Unsung War and Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War. This suggests that the collection may possibly be remastered for the PS4 and Xbox One. However, take this information with a grain of salt as nothing has been officially confirmed yet.

Hopefully, we’ll get to know more about this soon enough. You can check out more information about the job listing below, as shared by Gematsu:

Requirements

• Experience in managing a team of at least 15 people for a PlayStation 4 and Xbox One multiplatform project, or equivalent debugging management experience.
• Someone who can understand the client’s intentions and communicate well.
• Someone who can keep up attendance.

Preferred

Someone with deep knowledge of the PS2 titles Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies, Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, and Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War. (For example, someone who can have a discussion such as, ‘the content of mission [blank] in Ace Combat 04 was like this,’ ‘it was / is cleared like this,’ etc.)