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In a war-ravaged world, you are Whitaker, a Sleepwalker inhabiting a Needle, fighting through the Dead Zone. Salvage wrecks to upgrade your drone and armored tanks, shift between Needle and tanks to battle swarms of drones and TankRats, and uncover Shroud distortions on the path to Highpoint.

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Release Date

15 Jan, 2027

Publisher/Developer

Alpha Channel Inc., Kepler Interactive

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TankRat description

In a world reduced to ash by war, the Event Containment Area (ECA) stands as a ruined monument to humanity’s ambition and its ruin. A wasteland of twisted metal husks spreads like a mechanical scar across the land. Humans no longer inhabit bodies; they project their consciousness into mechanical “Shells,” fierce drones that salvage what remains and command armored tanks from a lost age. You are Whitaker, a Sleepwalker— a digitized mind living inside a Needle, a hardened drone built to endure the storms and horrors of the ECA. Your survival is earned, one kill at a time, one mission at a time, as you push toward the truth buried beneath the ruin. Welcome to the end of the world. It’s time to hunt TankRats. Move with seamless shift between the agile Needle and the hulking combat Tanks, weaving through the Dead Zone as you explore a civilization that once reached for the stars. Scavenge every corner to gather materials, blueprints, and scrap—the fuel for your ascent. Dismantle enemies, strip their wreckage for weapons, armor, and tech, and graft their parts onto your own rig. Each foray into the wasteland is a chance to rebuild, to respec, and to come back stronger. The Dead Zone is a crucible of fast-paced, brutal vehicular combat. You’ll face swarms of corrupted drones and mech-monsters, fighting under shifting battlefield conditions that test reflexes and strategy alike. The greatest terrors are the TankRats themselves— wandering remnants of lost Sleepwalkers warped by the Shroud and by time. Exploit every weakness, time your strikes, and outgun the metal behemoths that stand between you and the truth you seek. Beyond the kill-count and upgrades lies a whispered destiny: the fabled city in the sky, Highpoint. A legend buried in the ashes of a fallen civilization. You fight not just to survive, but to uncover the truth behind the Shroud, a radioactive storm that warps time, memory, and reality itself. What are you willing to give to reach the promised land? And what will you do if the truth you uncover there changes everything you believed about who you are? TankRat is a brutal, relentless pursuit of power and insight—where every salvaged shard, every rebuilt module, and every decisive kill drives you closer to Highpoint, closer to the heart of the Shroud, and closer to an answer that might redefine humanity’s future.