Editing Armored Core (section)

=== ''Armored Core 4'' ===
{{Main|Armored Core 4|Armored Core: For Answer}}
''[[Armored Core 4]]'' was released on December 21, 2006, for the [[PlayStation 3]], serving as another reboot for the franchise. An [[Xbox 360]] version, the first instance of a main title in the franchise being released outside of the PlayStation ecosystem, was released on March 22, 2007.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fromsoftware.jp/jp/detail.html?csm=054|title=Armored Core 4 {{!}} FromSoftware - フロム・ソフトウェア|website=www.fromsoftware.jp|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> Gameplay in ''Armored Core 4'' has been sped up and streamlined from its predecessors in an attempt to make the game more accessible to new players.<ref name="GI">{{cite magazine|last=Vore|first=Bryan|date=April 2007|title=Armored Core 4|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/8648C16C-2894-4376-B12E-61F5734DF043.htm|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|publisher=[[GameStop]]|issue=168|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125123651/http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/8648C16C-2894-4376-B12E-61F5734DF043.htm|archive-date=January 25, 2008|access-date=December 22, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The game marks the first instance of online multiplayer outside of the Japanese release of ''Armored Core 2: Another Age''.<ref name="IGN">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/21/armored-core-4-review|title=Armored Core 4 Review|last=Miller|first=Greg|date=March 20, 2007|website=[[IGN]]|publisher=Ziff Davis|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222221615/https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/21/armored-core-4-review|archive-date=December 22, 2018|access-date=December 22, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

''[[Armored Core: For Answer]]'' was released on March 19, 2008, as a standalone expansion to ''Armored Core 4''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fromsoftware.jp/jp/detail.html?csm=064|title=Armored Core: For Answer {{!}} FromSoftware - フロム・ソフトウェア|website=www.fromsoftware.jp|access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref> It incorporates an online co-operative mode and a branching storyline.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/reviews/armored-core-answer|title=Armored Core: For Answer Review for PS3, 360|last=Quintero|first=Cesar|date=June 15, 2016|website=1Up|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615030017/http://www.1up.com/reviews/armored-core-answer|archive-date=June 15, 2016|access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref> The game was noted for its technical problems on the PlayStation 3 version.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/09/23/armored-core-for-answer-review|title=Armored Core for Answer Review|last=Clements|first=Ryan|date=September 22, 2008|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref> Like ''Nexus'', this game did not simply add content to its predecessor and changed gameplay by greatly increasing booster speeds and increasing generator performance.