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PC players with a hankering for some big stompy robot action are in luck; mech shooter Daemon X Machina has been confirmed as next week’s free Epic Games Store game.<\/p>\n

Daemon X Machina, which originally released as a Switch exclusive back in 2019 before making its way to PC the following year, casts players in the role of mercenaries employed by the Orbital organisation. Crucially, these particular mercenaries have access to huge Arsenal mechs, and each successive missions sees players sliding and zooming across vibrantly hued post-apocalyptic arenas blasting the bolts off enormous robot enemies driven by corrupted AIs.<\/p>\n

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PC players with a hankering for some big stompy robot action are in luck; mech shooter Daemon X Machina has been confirmed as next week’s free Epic Games Store game. Daemon X Machina, which originally released as a Switch exclusive back in 2019 before making its way to PC the following year, casts players in the role of mercenaries employed by the Orbital organisation. Crucially, these particular mercenaries have access to huge Arsenal mechs, and each successive missions sees players sliding and zooming across vibrantly hued post-apocalyptic arenas blasting the bolts off enormous robot enemies driven by corrupted AIs. 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