PLAION Publishing and pumpkin jack Developer Evil Raptor has announced Akimbot, a platform and adventure game set in a science fiction world where only robots exist. It will be released for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC via Steam in 2024.
Here’s an overview of the game, via PLAION:
About
Get ready for robot mayhem, action and adventure!
In this 3D action-adventure platformer, play as Exe, a robot outlaw with his unexpected sidekick, Shipset, as you fight your way through armies of robots, control spaceships, and forge your own path on a mission to save the universe of imminent doom. Set in a sci-fi world where only robots exist, travel the galaxy and experience non-stop robotic mayhem and explosive action.
His journey begins as many great stories do: with a prison break.
Key Features
- Out of this world environments – Discover dazzling, colorful environments across the galaxy as you embark on an explosion-filled adventure that will have you jumping, exploding, and driving through an unpredictable universe to never-before-seen planets. Explore unique atmospheres, terrains, and inhabitants on each planet and space-time you encounter along your journey.
- Fight through time and space – Join our two outlaw robots, Exe and Shipset, in an electrifying race against Evilware, a former scientist bent on causing chaos. In the middle of an intergalactic war, they must uncover the truth and meet a cast of crazy companions along the way. Their mission: advance as heroes and save the galaxy from destruction.
- Robots, action and explosions. – Fight as a space gunner and fly robots to infinity! Our unlikely heroes will have to hone their skills and develop their arsenal in preparation to destroy various robot armies. From Evilware’s diabolical Abyssal aquatic army and more, optimize your fighting style thanks to a varied arsenal of weapons in real-time battles and space fights.
- Prepare and customize your arsenal – Upgrade Exe’s artillery as you fight diverse armies using a variety of high-powered weapons! Earn Botcoins throughout your adventure by destroying the environment and finding hidden boxes. Then spend all your hard-earned coins in the stores available in the game to unlock and modify special weapons!
- Jump, run and roll into an action-packed adventure – Jumps, runs, grabs and wall runs? That’s just the beginning! Like a classic 3D platform game, Akimbot You will make use of all the tools in your arsenal to navigate the universe. Blast your dash to cover short distances in no time or use your turbocharged propulsion system for an extra double jump!
Keep your circuits and prepare for an action-packed adventure as you join Exe on this fascinating journey through the universe to save the Algorithm. Akimbot promises an entertaining, high-octane experience for all players!
Watch the announcement trailer below. See the first screenshots in the gallery.