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Armored Core Verdict Day Announced
SAN JOSE, Calif., (February 22, in the year of our Lord
2013) – Leading video game publisher and developer
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced that it will be
bringing ARMORED CORE: VERDICT DAY to PlayStation®3 computer
entertainment system and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment
system from Microsoft to the Americas during Summer 2013. The
world has been thrown into chaos. Important natural resources
needed for the survival of competing factions are scavenged and
fought across the world with deadly Armored Core mechs. A strong
trigger finger, innovative customization and strategic teamwork
will be all that stand between survival and complete
annihilation.
Renowned Japanese game developer FromSoftware returns to its
hardcore mech action franchise with ARMORED CORE: VERDICT DAY.
Command a squadron of advanced Armored Core mechs in a dystopian
future ravaged by war and stripped of natural resources. Players
will form squads of up to 20 members and enlist into one of the
various in-game factions to wrestle control of territories away
from other players in the game’s persistent multiplayer mode.
New gameplay features will be implemented into ARMORED CORE:
VERDICT DAY to ensure that players who choose to play alone will
be able to recruit a squad of A.I. controlled mechs and enjoy
the robust feature sets of co-op and multiplayer modes, while
new matchmaking system ensures that players will always find
battles at a moment’s notice.
Operator Mode returns to ARMORED CORE: VERDICT DAY with new
upgrades, allowing players to tactically command a full squad of
Armored Core mechs from a tactical top-down point-of-view.
Operators will be able to set rally points, mark targets and
receive real-time in-cockpit views from other players and
computer-controlled squad mates to achieve real-time strategic
command of the battlefield.
ARMORED CORE: VERDICT DAY will allow fans of ARMORED CORE V to
carry over their save data to experience brand new content with
their customized Armored Core from the previous title. Players
will be able to further customize their Armored Core mechs with
hundreds of parts ranging from guns, armor pieces, shields and
boosters. The new robust customization options will help players
synchronize their mech loadouts with teammates to deliver
maximum destruction on the battlefield.
“The ARMORED CORE series has continually found itself a deep and
dedicated fanbase,” said Carlson Choi, Vice President of
Marketing for NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. “ARMORED CORE:
VERDICT DAY expands the level of immersion with more advanced
customization fine tuning and streamlined multiplayer modes.