Housemarque (Resogun, Alienation, Matterfall) teamed up legendary Eugene Jarvis (Robotron, Smash TV) to develop Nex Machina, a new type of an arcade experience.

In a world where humans have become more and more addicted to technology, machines have evolved from simple helpers to replacements for unwanted jobs — conscious entities with their own feelings. Robots surpassed mankind’s abilities, becoming the superior being, and started to refuse to serve us.

No reasons to be servants now – robots are clearly the superior life-form. And to make their point, they start eradicating all human life.

After the singularity, the rise of the machines was inevitable — and unstoppable. But nobody even noticed. Mankind’s best and brightest were too busy updating their status on social media. When all seems lost, out of the blue a mysterious hero appears: you. Who sent you? Will you save humanity from itself once again? And last but not least, are your skills sharp enough to confront an army of fiendish robots out for blood?

Starting on the 21st of April 2017and ending on the 1st of May 2017, Housemarque will randomly select a few hundred participants for the closed PC Beta to give feedback and playtest Nex Machina. Game content will be limited to a subset of the full game’s features, similar to a demo.

"We need your input so that we can tweak the game and gameplay to make the game even better. We want to reach out to our biggest fans for their valuable input!," said Housemarque.

Interested fans can sign up via Google Form and wait for Housemarque to contact you (we are sorry, we cannot accept all of you).

The game is not yet fully optimized, and thus we expect you to meet the following requirements:

Steam account is mandatory

OS:                        64 bit Windows 10 / 8 / 7
Processor:          Intel Core i5-4690 or AMD FX-4300
Memory:             8 GB RAM
Graphics:           4 GB Video RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 390
DirectX:              Version 11
Network:             Broadband Internet connection
Storage:               1 GB available space
Input type:         Xbox360 / XboxOne / PS4 controller / Kb & Mouse

Additional Notes: Requires SSE 4.1 support from CPU (Doesn't run on Phenom II)

Nex Machina will be available as digital download through Steam.

Can you survive the mechanical onslaught of hundreds of evil robots trying to obliterate any threat? Can you stop them from harvesting oblivious humans? In the vein of cult classics such Resogun and Robotron, Nex Machina is the ultimate top-down voxel shooter where everything can be blown up to pieces. Enter “the zone”, become one with the game and pull off the most incredible feats. Packed with opportunities to create your own playstyle, face tough challenges and engage in a ruthlessly competitive environment, Nex Machina is what arcade games deserve to be in the 21th century.

Key Features:

• Explosive twin-stick arcade shooter gaming at its finest
• Over 100+ challenging levels in 5+ different intense worlds
• Secret paths, levels and humans
• Deep scoring system, rich metagame and replayability
• Specially tailored feats and achievements
• Community and friend leaderboards
• Unlockables and player profiles
• Next gen signed distance field (SDF) ray-tracing and morphing tech
• Voxel driven, significantly reworked version of the Housemarque engine

Be kind to your electronics. You never know what can happen…