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From Software's Armored Core: Verdict Day announced for summer release, because mechs

Rory Young - Friday, February 22, 2013 11:15am (PST) Like +my favourites

Mechs, bro... mechs

From Software may be widely known in North America as the Dark Souls team, but in Japan if you refer to them as anything other than the demigods behind Armored Core they will slap your face. Thus, Japan recently rose in celebration at the announcement of Armored Core: Verdict Day, which today has also been announced for North America and Europe. It's like Armored Core V, only it mechs harder than ever.

Technically, what I mean by "mechs harder than ever" is that Verdict Day will have more mech upgrades, a robust AI system in place to support solo players, and a new matchmaking system to help players get into games faster than ever. I tried to play Armored Core V by myself, it was rather abysmal, so hopefully the new features improve that experience.

Armored Core: Verdict Day is tentatively scheduled for release in September in Japan, and "summer" for North America which I believe means September but maybe October worst case. The sequel will be coming to both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Also, it'll use all your save date from Armored Core V! So stick with the same platform you used before. Also, mechs. Mechs.

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Bootknife Mar 13, 13

Its been what, about a year since the ACV came out? I guess it hasn't been that long for the next installment, but it sure feels like its about time. I didn't play the online part that much, even after all that talk about the Merc ranks. I just found that the parts were very limited in this version, compared to others, and Verdict Day better have some good light and mid parts, and some damn grenade launchers:)

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nipsen Feb 22, 13

"Armored Core V by myself, it was rather abysmal, so hopefully the new features improve that experience."

*shrug* Thought the game was pretty good offline and online. Liked the Demon's Souls style multiplayer a lot. Was either merc'ing or playing co-op after I beat the campaign

Honestly laughed a bit at the beginning, about how ridiculously simplistic and bad looking Hawken and the new Mechwarrior game was compared to this.. Fast action, but not without strategy, and not reliant on twitch, etc. It wasn't very balanced on the versus modes, in the sense that you couldn't get access to the weapons the chiefs had... that wasn't a good idea. But outside of that, great game. Overview planning modes, and so on are much deeper than what you saw even in MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries.