The Taipei Game Show, an annual gaming exhibition held in Taipei, Taiwan, is set to feature a reveal of the highly-anticipated game Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon. Bandai Namco and FromSoftware, the creators of the game, will be taking part in the event and have scheduled an hour-long slot to give fans more information about the game.
Producer Yasunori Ogura will be making an appearance during the showcase, and the publisher has even created a preload stream for the presentation. The reveal is set to take place on February 3 at 7 AM EST, and fans can find the YouTube preview here to notify them when the stream has gone live.
This is a quick turnaround time for players to learn more about the latest FromSoftware game, as Armored Core 6 was only revealed last month. FromSoftware has been gaining a lot of attention recently, and anything related to the game is sure to generate a lot of buzz among fans.
Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon is a third-person action game in which players build and control a mech around fast-paced levels. A mix of ranged and melee attacks can be used to cause carnage as players leap and dart through arenas with incredible speed and ferocity. While drawing any comparisons between the Armored Core and Dark Souls series is hard, it’s worth noting that the Armored Core series is generally revered as being even more difficult than the Souls games. Those looking to enjoy FromSoft’s worldbuilding in an easier environment might not find their answer in Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon.
Rather than trying to apply the Souls style to Armored Core 6, FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki noted in an extensive interview with IGN that they wanted to “go back and take a good look at the core concept of Armored Core and what made that series special”. Namely, it’ll all be about building and piloting your own mech in intense, challenging battles. However, those who only followed FromSoftware after the Souls series will be glad to hear that “boss battles are the highlight of the game”. That shouldn’t be a shock to fans of the Armored Core franchise, of course, as they’re renowned for having some incredibly tough fights.
Another thing stressed in this interview is that Armored Core 6 “will feature a mission-based structure to the single-player”. So, players shouldn’t go into this expecting a follow-up to FromSoft’s recent Elden Ring, which received critical-acclaim for its fresh approach to open-world design. Instead, it should be overwhelmingly reassuring to Armored Core fans – Fires Of Rubicon will re-examine what is beloved about the Armored Core franchise, and intend to deliver that with resources that weren’t previously available for the franchise.
In the same IGN interview, Armored Core 6 director Masaru Yamamura is clear that it will feature a “completely fresh new story”, without major links to other games in the series. In that regard, it should open the franchise up for new players. According to the game’s official website, Armored Core 6 takes place on the remote planet of Rubicon 3, a new location for the franchise where a “mysterious new substance was discovered”. It offered the potential to drastically advance the technological capabilities of humanity. However, few things are so easy, and the substance wreaked havoc on Rubicon 3, turning it into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The fiery storms that spread through space and surround Rubicon 3 in the trailer are examples of this destruction, which has formed a “Burning Star System”.
Armored Core 6 picks up almost 50 years later, with various rebel groups and big corpo armies fighting to seize control of the destructive, yet valuable resource.
As fans eagerly anticipate the reveal of Armored Core 6, many are hoping that the game will bring back the beloved Chromehounds series. Despite the fact that Sega has not allowed for a new installment in the series, fans are still holding out hope that FromSoftware will bring it back.
Stay tuned to GamerHub for more updates on the Taipei Game Show and the reveal of Armored Core 6.
