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Press release:
Anime-and-retro culture inspired publisher Top Hat Studios, Inc., and developer Regular Studio are pleased to announce that the over-the-top, anime parkour action-adventure title MotorSlice – which is also one of the top #200 wishlisted games on Steam – will launch during May 2026 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox. Faced with an imposing megastructure, players assume the role of a “Slicer” named P – whose job is to break in, parkour to the top, and destroy all machines. Failure is forbidden.

Get in, eliminate all the machines, get out. That was the job, completely normal and routine. But upon arriving at an abandoned megastructure, P discovers an imposing dreadful machine – and soon, she realizes that this is no ordinary task.

Partner up with a mysterious malfunctioning Orb Drone, and embark on the daily routine of a ‘Slicer’. With nothing more than her chainsaw, P must bring this place down, whatever it takes.

In addition, IGN has premiered a deep-dive feature look at what to expect from MotorSlice, featuring narration from Kira Buckland – the voice of P, as well as roles such as 2B in Nier Automata. See it below!

FEATURES

Fluid acrobatic parkour gameplay. Climb, run and slide your way around
Brutal fast-paced combat. Whoever makes the first mistake, loses
Climb massive, heavy machines in epic boss fights, and chainsaw them apart
Traverse liminal spaces, and parkour through brutalist landscapes
A minimalist atmospheric adventure, with hardcore challenges

…contrasted with “slice-of-life” story segments about P’s reflections on being a girl doing a routine job in a megastructure
Gorgeous pixelated modern low-poly graphics
Solve puzzles with physics oriented objects
Banger Atmospheric DnB/Jungle OST by Pizza Hotline
Story fully voiced by Kira Buckland, as P

Selfie and pose cam to capture all those important moments
Launching May 2026, for PC (Steam + GoG), PlayStation 5, and Xbox.

LINKS

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2830030/MOTORSLICE/

GoG: Page will be available closer to release.

PlayStation: https://store.playstation.com/concept/10018133/

Xbox: https://www.xbox.com/games/store/motorslice/9p0073g9fw5z

ABOUT PUBLISHER, TOP HAT STUDIOS

Top Hat Studios is your favorite publisher of fine indie delicacies, primarily supporting Japanese & anime inspired, retro-themed, and highly creative titles. As a company with grassroots origins, Top Hat Studios focuses on taking a collaborative and creatively focused approach with game developers in order to nurture talent and grow the next big indie game.

Top Hat Studios’ diverse portfolio includes hits such as MOTORSLICE, Labyrinth of the Demon King, Silly Polly Beast, and many more.

ABOUT DEVELOPER, REGULAR STUDIO

Regular Studio is a small indie studio formed by two brothers (Lucas & Luiz). We are an Army of Two! MotorSlice is our second game. Our first game was Togges, an adorable 3D Puzzle-Platformer about stacking cubes. Our goal is to create unique games with immersive worlds, both in terms of gameplay, visuals and concepts.