FromSoftware's Armored Core series gets a new installment with Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon. Here's everything you need to know about the game, including the release date, first details about the story and gameplay, where to get it and more!
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon is set to release on PC, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Here's where you can pre-order the game:
Armored Core 6 Release Date
Armored Core 6 will release on August 25, 2023. Starting development in 2016, the game was officially announced years later at The Game Awards 2022. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice's lead game designer Masaru Yamamura will make his debut in directing with Armored Core 6, taking over from FromSoftware's president Hidetaka Miyazaki.
Armored Core 6 Story & Gameplay Details Revealed
Hyped up yet? Get ready to pilot your Armored Core once more and blow up everything that dares to stand in your way.Welcome on Rubicon 3, home planet of a mysterious energy source called Coral that may or may not be able to wipe out whole star systems.
As the pilot named "C4-621", which doesn't really roll off the tongue that easily, thus going by codename "Raven" you'll be living the mercenary life. Taking on jobs from mega-corporations it's gonna be your task to keep a resistance group in check.
As you go along, you'll be able to upgrade your Armored Core and customize it to your heart's content in true Armored Core fashion. The good old arena mode from previous games also makes its return as a "combat aptitude evaluation program."
See for yourself though what all of that looks like:
That's all we know so far – but you won't have to wait that long for the game's release!