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Armored Core 6 tops Steam chart, overtakes BG3, “thanks to Elden Ring”

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Knocking RPG darling Baldur's Gate 3 off the top spot, Armored Core 6 has delivered on the hype with explosive sales in its first 24 hours.

Armored Core 6 tops Steam chart, overtakes BG3, “thanks to Elden Ring”

Never underestimate the insatiable appetite gamers have for giant robot battles. That appetite has propelled Armored Core 6 to the top spot on Steam’s global sales charts more than a decade after the last numbered entry in the series was released, knocking Baldur’s Gate 3 off the top spot.

In a summer filled with huge releases, few could have predicted that Armored Core 6 would be able to find such a large audience. The phenomenal success of last year’s Elden Ring certainly didn’t hurt. Speaking to GameIndustry.biz, Bandai Namco Europe CEO Arnaud Muller explained that Elden Ring has given FromSoftware a “guarantee of quality” among fans.

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