Final Fantasy VIII Coming Feb 4th To EU PlayStation Store

Many Europeans have been waiting for a quite a while to get their hands on Final Fantasy VIII via the PlayStation store, as it originally became available in Japan way back in September of 2009. North Americans were then able to enjoy it in December of 2009, but Europeans kept checking every Thursday to no avail.

Sony have now finally given a concrete release date for the title though, and they've set it as the 4th of February, 2010. Currently there's no price attached to the product, but expect it to be in a similar price range to Final Fantasy VII.

Next on the check list would be Final Fantasy IX, but that hasn't even been rumoured yet, so it might be a while before it's seen.

Final Fantasy VIII Comes to PlayStation Store

With Final Fantasy VII sitting as one of the top downloads on the PlayStation Store month after month, Square Enix has decided to add Final Fantasy VIII to their PSN roster. The PSone Classic title can be played on both PSP and PS3, and is priced at $9.99 on the US PlayStation Store. John Yamamoto, President and CEO of Square Enix, Inc. spoke about the addition of the game to the store,

"We're very excited to share the Final Fantasy VIII experience with not only a new generation of RPG gamers, but also all of our long-time Final Fantasy fans. Final Fantasy VII received an incredibly warm reception on the PlayStation Network, and we are thrilled to see what possibilities this latest release of Final Fantasy VIII will bring to the franchise."

Square Enix have also put together a minimalist website alongside the PS Store release of the game. For series fans that haven't played FFVIII, $10 is a pretty fair price to play arguably one of the best games in the series.