ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON Standard Edition

ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON is FromSoftware's return to its mech series after a decade away. The planet Rubicon 3 was burned decades ago by Coral, a substance that turned out to be both a miracle energy source and a catastrophe. Coral has resurfaced, corporations have come back for it, and you are C4-621, an augmented pilot flying under the handle Raven and taking work from whoever pays. The heart of the game is the garage. Frames are assembled part by part — core, arms, legs or tank treads, booster, generator — and hung with up to four weapons, and the build decides whether you skate around a boss or trade hits with it. Missions are tight, hand-built engagements rather than open exploration, and the campaign branches into several endings that New Game Plus lets you chase without starting over. The story is single-player; online play is a separate 1v1 and 3v3 arena where players bring their own assembled mechs. The Standard Edition is the base game and every free update FromSoftware has shipped since launch, including the arena and multiplayer modes. Keys activate on Steam or Xbox.