Late last year FromSoftware and Bandai Namco surprised many by announcing that they were working on a brand new Armored Core game and that it would arrive in 2023. Today, they are following up on that news by announcing that Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon will be releasing on August 25th for the Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC.
Players take on the role of an augmented mercenary piloting a huge, customizable mech. Yet while the pace and structure of mech-piloting action fundamentally differ from other games in the studio’s catalog, players can rest assured that the smooth, responsive controls they’ve come to expect in FromSoftware games. new story that takes place on the planet Rubicon, where a powerful energy source called “Coral” has been discovered. Coral is extremely volatile, and it’s already caused a massive disaster that nearly turned all of Rubicon to ash many years prior. But futuristic megacorps just can’t resist the siren song of Coral and continue to war for it to this day.
The company also detailed a few new additions to the game’s combat in the form of Assault Boost and Stagger. Assault Boost is an instantaneous switch between long-range gunfighting and close-range melee while Stagger is, if an AC takes too many hits over a short period of time, its Attitude Control System will be overloaded, making it vulnerable for a short time. Both continuous hits and big, powerful strikes will cause stagger damage, encouraging you to keep up the pressure on the opponent.
A gameplay trailer as well as a slew of new screenshots for Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon can be found below.
