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Ace Combat 8's First Reviews Are Making It One Of The Highest Rated Games Of 2026
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Fraser Gilbert
Next week is extremely busy for new Xbox releases with the likes of The Witcher 3: Remastered, Minecraft Dungeons 2 and the early access for Gears of War: E-Day on the way, but you definitely shouldn't overlook Ace Combat 8 either!
The first reviews have just gone live for this Bandai Namco release, and they're resulting in an incredible 88 average rating on Metacritic as things stand (for the PS5 version), which makes it the 20th highest-rated game of 2026.
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