Following last year's reveal of the long-awaited return to the franchise, Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon, developers have speculated how this revival of the series will incorporate many of the key learnings that FromSoftware have cultivated from their recent hits.
We recently got to play the opening hours of Fires of Rubicon, and after interviewing game director Masaru Yamamura and producer Yasunori Ogura, we learned that Armored Core 6 isn't so much of a Souls-style take on the mecha action franchise as many thought. This revival is all about refining the franchise's tactical and free-form approach to giant robot combat, dystopian sci-fi storytelling, and, simply put, letting Armored Core stand on its giant own two feet.
Read all about it over at Game Developer.