Armored Core V Message Board

It's been a long, long time since we've seen a great mech game. Chromehounds was almost six years ago; MechWarrior was even further back. Armored Core, meanwhile, is a series that hasn't been at peak fitness for over a decade. I haven't played one of these games since the PS2, and so I came to Armored Core V with muted expectations. Happily, it has comprehensively exceeded them...

#armoredcore I've been staring at this chart for hours, and I just can't make sense of it. Isn't Armored Core V about giant robots shooting at each other? More »

First person to say "um.... they're mecha" is getting punched in the throat!

#armoredcore You can never have too many giant killer riding robots. Thanks to Armored Core V's customization options, you'll soon be able to put that ancient wisdom to the test. More »

And when that doesn't work, there's always the Grind Blade.

Hello again, friends. Last time we hit you here on the blog with sneak peek at some Armored Core V multiplayer action caught on video. Today we’re coming back at you with more, and a deeper look at the customization, weapons, bosses, and AC insanity that you’ll be finding yourself in the middle of come March 20th.

Between the kinetic energy, the chemical energy, and the thermal energy, there’s a massive arsenal worth of firepower that you’ll be able to choose from when building your ultimate machine of destruction in the game. As we’ve said before, the team at FromSoftware has been a leader in the genre with this franchise for nearly fifteen years, and with Armored Core V, and they mean business.

Each AC you build is highly unlikely to be identical to any others you come across online since customization is key. Brand new for this game are the recon units that players are going to be able to lay out all over the map to survey the land and take out your enemies. What’s also cool are the emblems and detailing customization aspects that let you trick out your AC like no other. You can get crazy with it, and crazy you’ll need to be when taking down some of these new bosses.

Check out the video and watch out towards the end with some of the first glimpses at the MASSIVE bosses that you’ll find yourself not wanting to take down alone. The Armored Core V world is huge, and going it alone will not be recommended. Check back for more updates and start thinking about exactly how you’ll want to customize your own AC come March 20th. As we like to say around the office… COME HEAVY OR NOT AT ALL! See you online!

You know things are bad if air raid sirens have been replaced with dubstep.

#armoredcore With Dark Souls already out in the world, dev studio From Software's moving from magic to science with the upcoming Armored Core V. This video runs through the basics of multiplayer and shows off the new Operator role in action. It looks like there's going to some tower defense elements in coming to ACV, when it comes out on March 20th. More »

If it's your building, you should be the one to destroy it.

FromSoftware, developer of last fall’s critically acclaimed Action-RPG Dark Souls, has been spreading bullets from mech-to-mech for nearly 15 years since the very first Armored Core premiered on the PSone back in 1997. So needless to say, when it comes to intense metal-shredding action and hardcore strategy, the team at FromSoftware knows what they’re doing… but will you?

Armored Core V hits consoles across North America on March 20th, and when it does, we at Namco Bandai Games want everyone up to be up to speed on all of the ins and outs on what it will take to survive while piloting the Armored Cores (or “ACs”) in the dusty, shrapnel-laden world full of limitless online gameplay possibilities.

I’ve been learning more and more from the team about Armored Core V over the last few months between bouts in Soulcalibur V , and the sheer level of detail and customization here has put my jaw on the floor. Make no mistake; Armored Core V is deep. Very deep. So deep, in fact, that the team has introduced an a new Operator Mode that will enable players to actually oversee multiplayer battles from overhead, calling the shots live amid battle as they watch the action and dictate their strategies on the fly to their teams.

There’s more. A lot more. So much more that we’ve made a video to help give you an idea of what’s on the surface and slightly just beneath, but there’s still more to come. Watch our first walkthrough video to get a glimpse of how you’ll be evolving your strategies on the fly, and stay tuned right here to the PlayStation.Blog as well as Facebook.com/armoredcore for more details as we boost our AC’s ever closer to March 20th.

#armoredcore Yesterday, Kotaku posted this still image of an inventive way to hold the PS3 controller and play mecha game Armored Core. More »

#armoredcore The Armored Core games, from Dark Souls's developer From Software, give players the experience of controlling a giant mecha. As you can imagine, giant mechas are complex machines and, thus, so are Armored Core's controls. More »

From Software's upcoming Mech-buster Armored Core V has a release date—it'll be landing in stores on March 20th for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Apparently, it's not really the fifth title in the series, it's the fourteenth. Fancy that. Check out a trailer for the game here. More »

#armoredcorev Having tried out Armored Core V's co-operative multiplayer mode at Gamescom last month, at yesterday's pre-TGS Namco Bandai showcase event I got my hands on Armored Core V's singleplayer. More »

#armoredcorev As appealing as the idea may sound, not everyone wants to drive a giant mech in a video game. Some people just want to watch other people drive them and tell them what to do. At least, that's what From Software is hoping for with Armored Core V. More »

#armoredcore Armored Core V is not the fifth game in the Armored Core series. Funny that. More »

Armored Core V has been delayed until 2012 in all territories. The game underwent a period of PS3 beta testing in Japan this month, and Kotaku has now learned that FromSoftware will delay it in order to fix issues discovered during the beta. The Japanese release is currently scheduled for Ja...

#itonlydoeswaitplease Well, because the PSN is still offline in Japan. Thus, the Armored Core V closed PS3 beta is now being delayed. It was originally slated for July 1, but is now dependent on when the PSN goes back online in Japan. More »

The world falls into ruin as powerful mechs rain down fiery destruction.

#watchthis Out this year in Japan (next year elsewhere), Armored Core V is the latest mech combat title from From Software. This is the game's latest trailer. More »

The mech title will be out on October 20 on the PS3 and Xbox 360, priced at ¥7,800 (US$97). [4Gamer] More »

#lookatthis There have been many Armored Core games, but Armored Core V's box art is a break from the rest. More »

According to the latest issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu, mech action game Armored Core V will be out this October on the PS3 and the Xbox 360. The game hits next year in the West. Have a look at these ACV screens and the title's trailer. [ゲーム情報！ゲームのはなし] More »

#hugemechs Do you like your giant mech games dark, grainy and gorgeously lit? Then you may want to eyeball these new screens of FromSoftware's Armored Core V, the next entry in the long-running and prolific series of mech-versus-mech games. More »

#video You've seen the screens, so now watch the trailer. No, really. Do it. More »

Giant robots fight over real estate.

Gigantic robot fight porn.

Does From Software's futuristic warfare turn a once thriving planet into a baron wasteland of death and destruction in Armored Core V?