With the release of Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon just around the corner, here’s what you need to know about preloading and downloading
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon represents a departure into new territory for From Software and a return to their roots. The makers of the mega-hit Elden Ring revive an old series from their house. The sci-fi action game, meanwhile, is not an attempt to transplant a Souls game into the imaginary future, it is something of its own.
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What is Armored Core 6?
You fight your way through different areas in sometimes breathtakingly fast and effect-laden battles and let your opponents feel the full arsenal of your diverse weapons splattering on their armour. This has nothing to do with the sometimes ponderous colossal duels of a mechwarrior, but is rather the epitome of locusts bursting with armour and ammunition, hissing and buzzing around each other.
Landscape and buildings are both cover and platform for devastating attacks. The battlefields are varied, but they have one thing in common – whether urban or non-populated: they are hostile to humans and have degenerated into a backdrop for prancing martyrdoms of war, during which you pursue the steel opponents on land and in the air – or they choose you as their prey.
This is accompanied by a rather sparsely staged plot that provides the backdrop for your wreckage-leaving journey. Here, the action is undoubtedly in the foreground, don’t expect a prize-laden plot or the depth of the game world of an Elden Ring. Nevertheless: Environment as well as story know how to entertain narratively, the presentation, meanwhile, shows itself to be dull. Oh yeah: And it’s buck hard, there From Software remains true to itself.
If you want to know more about the new game from the makers of Elden Ring and how they plan to breathe new life into one of their longest-running series, you can read more here.
All info on the release of Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon
The following subsections tell you everything you need to know about the release of the new action game by the makers of Elden Ring. So you’ll be perfectly prepared to climb into the eponymous combat vehicles and give your enemies a run for their money.
Release time: When will Armored Core 6 be released?
Armored Core 6 will be released on August 25, 2023, on all consoles considered by From Software, both PlayStation and Xbox at midnight of their respective time zones. It may be time for impatient lovers of agile combat robots to emigrate to New Zealand.
On the PC this won’t help: Steam will most likely let you start Armored Core 6 at 0 o’clock GMT. However, there has been no official confirmation of this yet.
Preload? When will the download start?
- Xbox One / Xbox Series S/X: The preload has already started.
- PlayStation Family: August 23.
- PC: There is no information to add so far.
Download: How big is Armored Core 6?
- PC: 65 GB
- Xbox One: 35.57 GB
- Xbox Series S/X: 53.28 GB
- No exact figures are available for the PlayStation family but from experience they should be close to their respective Microsoft competitors separated by generation.
Platforms: Where will the game be released?
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon will be released for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and via Steam for the PC.
You can check out a fair amount of gameplay from Armored Core 6 here:
By the way, the system requirements on the PC are:
- OS: Windows 10 / Windows 11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8600K or AMD Ryzen 3 3300x
- Memory: 12 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (4 GB) or AMD Ryzen RX 480 (4 GB) or Intel Arc A380 (6 GB)
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet
- Storage: 65 GB hard disk space
Are you looking forward to Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon? And what platform will you be firing up the mech on? Is the connection to From Software alone a reason for you to give the title a chance, even if it’s not your cup of tea? Feel free to let us know in the comments
