Armored Core Battle TV Up And Running
From finally opened its Armored Core Battle TV service, and its shaping up to be an entertaining collection of AC fight videos. As of the moment it features awesome vs. AI tricks like beating the rank 1 Arena AC with 2 blade hits, and a bunch of other random vs. AI videos. As days go by, we hope we'll see more user generated videos and maybe some great PvP fights. Visit From's Armored Core Battle TV website to start enjoying the show.
Thanks J.E. for updating us once again.
Armored Core Last Raven Portable English Trailer And Release Date
From Software's official YouTube channel recently posted an English trailer of Armored Core Last Raven Portable, which also reveals the release date on June 5, 2010. Like the previous versions of the Armored Core portable series, Last Raven Portable will be released through PSN at the same price of $14.95. At least we now know for sure that Last Raven Portable will finally be accessible to Armored Core's international fans. Hit the jump for the official English trailer:
Armored Core 5 Concept Art
From released some concept art for the upcoming Armored Core 5 inside the AC Chronicle Art Works booklet that came with Last Raven Portable, which gives us a glimpse of what AC designs and what parts to expect in the upcoming game. From the looks of things, the designs seem a little more bulky and gritty compared to Armored Core 4 and For Answer. More pictures after the jump:
Armored Core Last Raven Portable Released & Related News
Armored Core Last Raven Portable gets released today in Japan for the PSP. With this, From Software is also launching its Armored Core Battle TV service and an announcement of a new Armored Core Championship Tournament Season. It looks like From Soft is trying their best to promote LR:P for its fans.
Armored Core Analogs: Finger Machine Gun
Size doesn't matter in the world of AC, especially when you're talking about the WA Finger. A placeholder for one of the series' most broken weapons, the Finger finds an unexpected ancestor in a weapon that helped shape the British Empire.
Barely the size of an AC's fist, the WA Finger machine gun is nonetheless one of the most hated weapons to ever grace Armored Core. While the Karasawa terrorized with staggering single-shot firepower, the Finger dealt fear with sheer, overwhelming numbers. Read more after the jump:
Stop-Motion Gundam Animation
Over at the forums, R.Leonhardt just shared with us two fantastic stop-motion videos of his collection in action.
One more vid after the cut:
Front Mission Evolved Q&A With Square Enix Director Shinji Hashimoto
There have been a lot of rumors and speculations regarding what sort of features Front Mission Evolved (FME) will be having, and fans have analyzed officially released videos over and over again to look for clues regarding the next installment of the Front Mission series.
The fine folks over at Japanator and its sister site Destructoid wanted these rumors and speculations laid to rest, so they asked Square Enix Director Shinji Hashimoto a few questions regarding the upcoming Front Mission title, including some of the burning questions fans wanted to ask about the game. Some select questions after the jump:
Aftermath
Grim's Edit: Amends have been made. Issue has ended.
NiX's Edit: Cleaned up for good measure. If you saw what was here before, all you need to know is that it's over. If you didn't, well it's probably better that way.
Anyway, you can still sort of catch up by hitting the comments.
From Soft’s Armored Core Battle TV
Some interesting developments in Armored Core's official website. From seems to be launching a replay based broadcast service upon the release of Last Raven Portable early this March. Speculations run that the service will allow players to upload and download various replay battles that builds upon Armored Core: Last Raven's ability to save and load battle replays, a first for the series on the PS2, and likely the feature is being ported over to the PSP version as well.
Suddenly, we're getting this idea of roving caravans of LR player teams all over Japan with their PSPs duking it out with other AC groups and posting the replays on Armored Core Battle TV. No news if this service will also be accessed when the international English version does get released.
In other news, From released a variety of Armored Core based themes for the PSP, go check them out as well.
Thanks NiX for the heads up.
[via: armoredcore.net through Mecha Damashii]
Armored Core Analogs: Anti-Missile Systems
One thing we enjoy about Armored Core are the parts, and how closely some they remind us of an existing analog in the real world.
For this post, we’ll be talking about anti-missile defenses – those wondrous little extensions that are oftentimes the only thing standing between you and an abrupt, fiery demise. The fact that they were so KISS-convenient to use was what made them rock – so long as you kept your AC pointed in the direction of your enemy, your little friends did the rest. So convenient in fact, that you’re probably wondering whether such a system is too good to be true. Find out after the jump:







