Nintendo and Marvelous have announced the release window for Daemon x Machina alongside a new demo for the game.

The mecha action game will launch sometime this summer. A new playable demo called Daemon x Machina: Prototype Missions is available today, via the eShop.

Here’s a new bit of gameplay with commentary from producer Kenichiro Tsukuda:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVj4CWC3iRw

Here’s a rundown on the game:

A brand-new Nintendo Switch title with the strategy of a mech game at the speed of an action game!

A brand-new, fast-paced mech action game from Kenichiro Tsukuda is coming to Nintendo Switch. Take your Arsenal, a fully customizable powered suit, out for an array of missions to surmount the enemy at all costs. Choose and equip your Arsenal with a multitude of weapons, obtain more from downed enemy Arsenals, and swap them on the fly to suit your strategy in the face of ever-changing threats.

Key Features:

• Kenichiro Tsukuda is well known for his work developing the Armored Core series. He and his talented team have developed this brand-new title with the goal of making it “the best mech action game” out there.
• The character designs were created by Yusuke Kozaki, who also worked on the Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem Fates games.
• Mech concept designs were created by Mr. Kawamori, who also worked on the Armored Core series and the Super Dimension Fortress Macross series.
• The player’s avatar is fully customizable with a variety of options.
• Each Arsenal can be equipped with different weapons on its arms and shoulders. The player can also equip back-up weapons on its back and swap them out during battle.
• Arsenals can battle freely in the air and on the ground.
• Grab objects in the environment, like cars and street signs, and use them as melee weapons or projectiles!
• Defeated enemies may drop ammo and weapons, which the player can obtain and use on the fly.
• Online and local wireless multiplayer modes will be available in the full game.