Armored Core 4 is a newest installment in the Armored Core series of video games. It was unveiled in the Tokyo Game Show of fall 2005. Many people believed that Last Raven would be the last Armored Core game in the series, but a teaser movie shown at E3 earlier that year began to spark speculation. Codenamed "Project Force" the game shown at E3 bore striking similarities to previous Armored Core titles. At the Tokyo Game Show From Software later revealed that Project Force was indeed a next generation AC game now known as Armored Core 4. Armored Core 4 is presently being developed for both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. While developer From Software has previously created games for the Microsoft system, Armored Core 4 will be the first Armored Core game to appear on a Microsoft system. Sega of America has announced that the title will be shipped for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Spring 2007

Series producer and From Software CEO Naotoshi Zin noted in an interview with IGN that Armored Core 4 would feature multiple AC opponents and a reworked damage system that would be more "precise" than previous generation AC games. Players will also be able to customize every aspect of their Armored Core much in the way that the Gran Turismo series allows players to customize their racing cars for optimal performance. According to Zin Armored Core 4 would allow players to create their own 100% original AC. Armored Core 4 will be the first Armored Core game to be fully online, making use of the 360's Xbox Live and the PlayStation 3's online capabilities. Up to eight players can compete online in various multiplayer matches ranging from team battles to all-out battle royales. The game will not make use of the PS3's Sixaxis motion-sensing controller feature, however.

Armored Core 4 will have many new features, such as Spec Sheets, allowing players to trade AC configurations across the Playstation Network or Xbox Live. While the details for online on the Playstation Network have yet to be confirmed, FROM SOFTWARE has stated that the Xbox 360 version will have 8 player battles online, as well has voice chat.

Hopefully its fast paced and you can fly =] I hated only being able 2 do longgg jumps or dashes So yeaa hope for that... other armored cores were semi slow i wanna dash around n fly n shoot n dodge =]

awesome...simply awesome, hopefully it doesnt end up like chromehounds....im not sayin it was a bad game or anythin, just wasnt what i expected when i first looked at its gameplay

Don't get your hopes up... Armored Core to me feels slow and laboured... for a real mech simulation go for Phantom Crash on the XBox, it's surreal decloacking then chain gunning mechs to pieces while listening to either classical music or techno trance! Oh oh not to forget the Kojima Katana!!! Decloak, run in, slide sideways and rip!!! 

If you can;t get a copy of that, just try the watered down PS2 sequel - Steel Lancer International Arena!

Much better than armored core

Chromehounds gameplay takes a bit of getting used to but it's easy to learn. IMHO it's one of the best games I've ever played. The single player was boring but the on-line persistent war is great. I've never spent so much time on a game ever......I think a good 80+ hours (until Gears came out). It's the one game I can say I really got my money's worth unlike all the other games I've played where I probably spent less than 10+ hours on.

Xbox 360『アーマード・コア4』3月22日発売！ 予約キャンペーンも

　フロム・ソフトウェアは、Xbox 360用ソフト『アーマード・コア4』を2007年3月22日に発売することを明らかにした。PS3版は、12月21日に発売済み。

　Xbox 360版『アーマード・コア4』の発売日決定にあわせ、本作の予約キャンペーン「アーマード・コア4 トリプルチャンス!!! 予約キャンペーン」もスタートしている。
　この予約キャンペーンでは、Xbox 360版『アーマード・コア4』を予約した人に、「3つのチャンス」を用意。まず「チャンス1」として、ビジュアルブックレット「Visual Collections」と特典映像DVD「Special Movies」、別冊小冊子「Another Story Complete File」をセットにした「ARMOERD CORE 4 EXTRA ARCHIVE」が贈呈される。
　「チャンス2」としては、ゲームに登場する企業6社のロゴをデザインしたトレーディングデカールステッカーのうち、ランダムで1種類をもらうことができる。さらに「チャンス3」では、上記トレーディングデカールステッカーの全種コンプリートセットが抽選でプレゼントされるとのことだ。

　Xbox 360版『アーマード・コア4』の購入を予定している人は、ぜひ予約購入し、これらの特典を手に入れよう。

aiyo,...  still another 3 months to go....