Next Stage Releases SLAM TANK Demo For Steam Next Fest
The demo lands inside Steam Next Fest after the game's wishlist registrations passed 100,000, putting Next Stage's follow-up to Ultra Age in front of the festival audience on a fixed clock.
Reporting from 2 sources: Denfaminicogamer, Automaton.
Next Stage released a demo for SLAM TANK on October 20, playable on PC via Steam during Steam Next Fest, which runs until 2:00 a.m. on October 27. The tank action game is set in a world where AI controls all machines, and the player fights by ramming and swinging the turret rather than firing. Three tank types, online rankings, and a train boss are included.
Next Stage's demo arrives with the game already carrying more than 100,000 wishlist registrations, a figure reported on October 7. The studio announced SLAM TANK on September 23 and confirmed Steam Next Fest participation with a new trailer on October 17, alongside support for 9 languages including Japanese.
Combat is built around ramming and swinging the turret rather than firing shells. Stages end in boss duels, and the demo's armed train boss fires missiles and charges, leaving the player to drift and use boost pads in pursuit. Destroyed machines add to a damage total that becomes the score, with online rankings attached.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.