Metal Max Xeno: Reborn heads west in 2022 for PC (via Steam), Switch, and PS4, publisher PQube has announced.

The game, a remake of the original Metal Max Xeno, has been available in Japan since September of last year.

Here’s a new trailer coming alongside the news that Metal Max Xeno: Reborn heads west:

Here’s a rundown on the game:

Humanity is on the brink of extinction and the last remaining survivors look to push back against the machines. Half a century ago of war against the mother computer NOA has reduced even Asia’s largest metropolis, Tokyo (named TOKIO), to rubble. Explore this desolate wasteland and battle your way through onslaughts of enemies. Salvage, modify and hit back using tanks, weaponry and faithful battle dog, Pochi, to reclaim a future for the human race!

Features:

• A POST-APOCALYPTIC JRPG – METAL MAX XENO: REBORN IS A POST-APOCALYPTIC JRPG WITH OPEN-WORLD AND TANK VEHICULAR COMBAT PLAY AS TALIS, THE HERO REUNITES GATHER A GROUP OF SURVIVORS WHO CAN HELP HIM TAKE REVENGE ON THE MACHINES THAT LED TO THE EXTERMINATION OF HUMANITY. VENTURE OUT INTO A WORLD OF DESTRUCTION OVERRUN BY NOA’S FORCES, SEARCH FOR ALLIES AND HOPE IN A VENGEANCE-CHARGED WAR AGAINST MACHINES.
• A NEVER-ENDING WASTELAND! – SET IN A DEVASTATED WORLD CALLED DYSTOKIO, METAL MAX XENO: REBORN, IS A NONLINEAR, OPEN WORLD, JRPG WITH REAL-TIME BATTLE AND VEHICLE COMBAT ELEMENTS. TAKE CONTROL OF TALIS AND SEARCH FOR OTHER SURVIVORS WHO WISH TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE MACHINES OF NOA. THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO WHERE YOU CAN GO, NO MATTER YOUR PROGRESSION IN THE GAME.
• GEAR UP FOR VICTORY! – HONE YOUR SKILLS TO BECOME MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER. UPGRADE AND LEARN SKILLS OF YOUR CHOICE FROM FIVE GENERAL SKILL TREES, WHICH INCLUDE “DRIVE,” “REPAIR,” “MEDICAL,” “MILITIA,” AND “SURVIVE.” LIGHT THE FLAME OF THE HUNTER SPIRIT! TARGET YOUR ENEMIES USING YOUR TANKS AND WEAPONS TO UNLEASH YOUR POWERS TO INFLICT MASSIVE DAMAGE.
• UNITE TO SURVIVE – THE FATE OF THE UNIVERSE IS IN YOUR HANDS! HUNT DOWN YOUR ENEMIES WITH THE HELPING HAND FROM LOVED CHARACTERS AND YOUR BELOVED BATTLE DOG, POCHI. POCHI CAN ALSO LEVEL UP AND LEARN NEW SKILLS AND WILL JOIN UP AS A FOURTH MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO HELP HIM EARN SKILL POINTS BY FEEDING HIM AT THE BASE. YOU CAN ALSO PET HIM.
• SALVAGE AND BUILD! – SCAVENGE NEW TANKS AND CUSTOMIZE THEM WITH FRESH PAINT AND THE STRONGEST FIREPOWER YOU CAN FIND. THE TANKS CAN RANGE IN DESIGN AND SCOPE. FREELY CUSTOMIZE YOUR TANKS, SWAP OUT ENGINES, UPGRADE THE WEAPONRY AND BUMP THEM WITH SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. ENJOY ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES WITH COMBINATIONS.
• HOLD YOUR GROUND! – FACE SONS’ FORCES (SONS OF NOA) WITH A PARTY OF THREE TO FOUR! SMASH AND BLAST ACROSS THE VAST DESERT AND BEYOND TO UNITE WITH REMAINING SURVIVORS AND RISE AGAINST THE CRAZED MACHINES IN EXPLOSIVE MISSIONS. STRIKE YOUR ENEMIES FROM INSIDE YOUR TANK, OR DISEMBARK AND EXPLORE DANGEROUS DUNGEONS ON FOOT WITH YOUR ALLIES.