Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is the return of FromSoftware (the creators of Elden Ring and Dark Souls) to its original series after 11 years of silence. You pilot a combat mech (AC, Armored Core: a personalized combat robot exoskeleton) as the mercenary C4-621 on the corporation-occupied planet Rubicon 3. The factions fight over Coral, a rare resource that can change humanity or destroy it. You are a tool in someone else's hands. The question is whose.

What you do here: build a mech from hundreds of parts to fit your combat style (shotguns, lasers, shoulder cannons, wall movement, jumps on jet boosters), complete contracts in vertical spaces, from gorges to orbital stations, and fight bosses that have become community memes. Balteus (the first wall boss, which became a symbol of "FromSoft difficulty"), Sea Spider (a many-legged station with a much-hated jump), IB-01: CEL 240 - IBIS Series, the final monster whose fall spread across Reddit and YouTube as "IBIS falls" and became one of the main gameplay moments of 2023.

Game structure: three playthroughs to unlock all endings (about 15-20 hours each, 50-60 hours for 100%). The first is orientation, the second opens new missions and the true motives of the factions, the third gives the final truth about the key characters.

Over the three playthroughs, the story reveals Ayre (a Rubiconian, a being from Coral and the player's operator), ALLMIND (an AI system that manipulates the factions) and Iguazu (a rival mercenary who became a digital intelligence). "Cinder" Carla is the leader of the RaD group, a survivor of the Fires of Ibis. This is a narrative structure in the style of classic FromSoftware games: not a grind, but layers of meaning.

Customization is the core: chassis, limbs, generators, boosters, and weapons in 4 slots (2 hands + 2 shoulders). The same level can be played with an ultra-mobile light AC or with a heavy tank: different tactics, equally valid. Arena PvP and Ranked Match are there for those who want to compare builds with real people.

Subtitles and interface are in Russian. Voice is English or Japanese, your choice (standard for FromSoftware).

The new Armored Core from the creators of Elden Ring: pilot a combat mech, customize it to your style, and play through three times for three endings and three truths. Russian subtitles.