Final Fantasy VIII is the eighth main installment in the Final Fantasy series, developed and published by Squaresoft. It was released in February 1999 for the PlayStation, and has since been re-released on Microsoft Windows in 2000, with this version being ported to Steam in 2013. A remastered version was released September 3, 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC via Steam. The remaster was rereleased less than two years later on March 25, 2021 for iOS and iPadOS as well as An