The Steam Deck has solely been out for a yr at this level, however already, it’s changing into a well-liked matter of dialog. And with even video games like Elden Ring seeing massive reputation on the transportable PC platform, it’s an apparent query as as to if FromSoftware’s subsequent title Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon can even be Steam Deck compliant.

We acquired the possibility to play Armored Core VI in a latest hands-on preview and chat with two of the staff’s leads, director Masaru Yamamura and producer Yasunori Ogura. Throughout the roundtable interview, the pair had been requested in regards to the prospects of Armored Core VI on the Steam Deck.

“Clearly, seeing how Elden Ring carried out on Steam Deck, we’re very completely happy, and we needed to a minimum of create that as a baseline going ahead for this handheld,” mentioned Ogura. “So it’s absolutely supported for Steam Deck. Nothing specifically this time we’ve executed in another way, simply need to reassure gamers that will probably be absolutely supported.”

AC on PC

Notably, that is the primary Armored Core sport to get an official PC launch. Armored Core VI is because of hit PC alongside PlayStation and Xbox on August 25.

“We do all of our growth on PC, firstly. So after all, we needed to optimize it to that have,” mentioned Ogura. “And simply being a contemporary FromSoftware sport on fashionable {hardware}, we needed to try to a minimum of meet that bar, and ship a great expertise to our PC gamers. So we tried to include our data during the last a number of years of sport dev, and attempt to appropriate, and attempt to optimize as greatest we are able to for the PC viewers.”

The PC specs for Armored Core VI might be coming quickly, the staff says, and will probably be fascinating seeing what {hardware} the mech sport would require. Nonetheless, for these hoping to take their mechs on the go very similar to they took Elden Ring round, this might be promising. We’ll study extra as we method Armored Core VI‘s launch date on August 25.