The Steam Deck has only been out for a year at this point, but already, it’s becoming a popular topic of conversation. And with even games likeElden Ringseeing big popularity on the portable PC platform, it’s an obvious question as to whether FromSoftware’s next titleArmored Core VI Fires of Rubiconwill also be Steam Deck compliant.
We got the chance to playArmored Core VIin a recent hands-on previewand chat with two of the team’s leads, director Masaru Yamamura and producer Yasunori Ogura. During the roundtable interview, the pair were asked about the prospects ofArmored Core VIon the Steam Deck.
“Obviously, seeing howElden Ringperformed on Steam Deck, we’re very happy, and we wanted to at least create that as a baseline going forward for this handheld,” said Ogura. “So it is fully supported for Steam Deck. Nothing in particular this time we’ve done differently, just want to reassure players that it will be fully supported.”
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Notably, this is the firstArmored Coregame to get an official PC launch.Armored Core VIis due to hit PC alongside PlayStation and Xbox on August 25.
“We do all of our development on PC, first and foremost. So of course, we wanted to optimize it to that experience,” said Ogura. “And just being a modern FromSoftware game on modern hardware, we wanted to try and at least meet that bar, and deliver a good experience to our PC players. So we tried to incorporate our knowledge over the last several years of game dev, and try to correct, and try to optimize as best we can for the PC audience.”
The PC specs forArmored Core VIwill be coming soon, the team says, and it will be interesting seeing what hardware the mech game will require. Still, for those hoping to take their mechs on the go much like they tookElden Ringaround, this could be promising. We’ll learn more as we approachArmored Core VI‘s release date on August 25.
