Forget the number in the title. Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon may be a return to FromSoftware’s mech combat series, but it’s also a new beginning, on a new planet, with a new story.
Armored Core 6Developer: FromSoftwarePublisher: FromSoftware, Bandai NamcoAvailability: Out 25th August on PC (Steam), PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Yet the studio’s legacy is impossible to ignore. There’s not only the past Armored Core games, which went on hiatus after 2013’s Armored Core 5, there’s the more recent success of the Soulsborne games – Elden Ring in particular. How to bring back a cult series with a fervent following, but make it relevant to fans of more recent games and brand new players?
It’s a delicate balance, but one Armored Core 6 is poised to attempt when it releases in August.
“As well as using our experience from recent years and combining this with the core elements of what we believe makes Armored Core special, this is still a brand new game and we want it to feel like a new mech action game that fits within the current climate of games,” producer Yasunori Ogura tells me during a preview event.