Conflicts soon begin to break out between the corporations, which use massive combat robots, Armored Cores, to fight each other. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Japan in 2006 and worldwide the following year.Īrmored Core 4 is set in the future where a war has made the nations of Earth devastated and their respective governments have been replaced by corporations. It is the 12th installment and 4th main installment in the mecha-based Armored Core series, the game serves as a reboot for the franchise. Armored Core 4 is a 2006 vehicular combat game developed by FromSoftware.