Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring Developers Publishers Release dates Genre Game modes Ratings Platforms Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring is a 3D fighting game released for arcades in 1998 and later ported for the PlayStation in 1999. It was developed by Seiichi Ishii for Dream Factory and published by Squaresoft. For the PlayStation, it received the subtitle God Bless the Ring. The word Ehrgeiz means "ambition" in German, and also happens to be the name of Zell's most powerful weapon in Final Fantasy VIII.