A newly emerged report narrowed down the release date ofArmored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon, suggesting that the next game from Soulslike veterans at FromSoftware will be hitting the market just ahead of the 2023 holiday season. This latest bit of unofficial insight into the highly anticipated project arrives shortly after the Japanese studiounveiled the first DLC expansion forElden Ringcalled Shadow of the Erdtree.
FromSoftwareannouncedArmored Core 6: Fires of Rubiconin late 2022, stating that the sequel to the long-dormant mech action franchise will be releasing sometime in 2023. The game’s reveal took many by surprise as it spelled the end of a decade-long Soulslike run for the studio, not accounting for its minor projects like the 3DS port ofMonster Hunter Diary(2015) and experimental PSVR adventureDeracine(2018).
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And while FromSoftware has yet to elaborate on the release plans for its next AAA game, a new report from eXputer citing industry sources claims the game is currently slated to hit the market in the fourth quarter of 2023, ahead of the holiday season. More specifically,Armored Core 6is now said to be likeliest to release in late September rather than early October. The report further clarifies the mech game is currently a priority for FromSoftware, who intends to launch it prior to releasingElden Ring’spotentially Miquella-focused Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
This info also dovetails with the fact that FromSoftware hasn’t attached any availability details to its recentElden RingDLC announcement, which makes sense if the studio is prioritizing getting the nextArmored Coregame out of the door first. Either way, seeing how the holiday season is historically the most lucrative period of the year for game publishing, a Q4 2023 release window definitely makes sense forArmored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon, as tentative as it might be.
Despite being the first title from the developer in which its star director Hidetaka Miyazaki isn’t leading the charge since the 2014Dark Souls 2,Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubiconstill promises a “stiff challenge"that the Japanese studio is known for. And while the project currently seems to be on course to hit its 2023 release target, the fact that the series fans waited nearly a decade for a new installment suggests few will despair even ifArmored Core 6ends up being delayed, so long as it ultimately delivers a level of quality worthy of the FromSoftware label.
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubiconis scheduled to release for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X sometime in 2023.
