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ACE COMBAT 8 Wiki & Guides
Ready for your next sortie.
Prepare your next sortie with flight basics and PC checks, understand Online special missions and upgrades, or look up the crew, world and official music.
Start with flight basicsPS5 / XBOX SERIES X|S / PC · STEAM
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Choose your next move.
Flight basics
Choose controls, adjust difficulty and prepare an aircraft for the mission.
PC & Controls
Compare Windows specifications, check documented flight sticks and follow official troubleshooting.
Online
Compare multiplayer modes and special missions, then check aircraft levels, caps and blueprint requirements.
World & Crew
Read the official world map, meet the crew and find official music. Later Campaign details in character profiles are marked as spoilers.
Campaign challenges
Beyond the cockpit
A name to carry. A world to understand.
Orient yourself with the official world map, then meet the pilots and crew introduced aboard Endurance.
Quick answers
Before you ask the squadron.
What does the PC version require?
The Windows Steam version lists a 150 GB SSD requirement, Windows 11, DirectX 12 with Shader Model 6.6 or higher, and a GPU supporting hardware ray tracing. Steam estimates upscaled 1080p at 30 fps on Low or 60 fps on Medium for the listed configurations.
Read guide →Does the Steam version use Denuvo?
Yes. The Steam store lists Denuvo Anti-Tamper and a machine-activation limit of five different systems within a day. This is a limit on activation across systems, not five game launches. Easy Anti-Cheat is listed separately.
Read guide →Which Online modes support co-op?
ACE COMBAT ONLINE includes Co-Op Assault and Co-Op Warfare, each with two teams of four, plus four-player Scramble and Emergency Sortie for up to eight. Online supports cross-play and has progression and save data separate from Campaign. This does not confirm Campaign co-op. Scramble and Emergency Sortie are random, time-limited special missions.
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