Alderac Entertainment Group has announced the retail release of its next exciting game, Into the Machine, after having a successful crowdfunding campaign last year, and earning a Dice Tower Seal of Approval. The title is now available in retail game stores, and will release on alderacstore.com and online channels on September 25th, 2026.

Into the Machine is a highly tactical race in which circle-bots race to one end of the machine to tag in their hex-bot teammates who race in reverse on the same track to win. A pit crew of bots outside the machine are sent to work the terminals, moving and manipulating their teammates in the machine. The joy and the strategy of the game comes in the decision of how to use your bots. Do you add more onto the racetrack to give yourself a better chance to be the first to the finish line? Or do you move them through the machine, activating terminals to give the bots that are already on the track a boost? Your strategy will change with every turn as you adapt to what the other players are up to.

Designed by Kasper Lapp with art by Len H. Nicholas, Into the Machine is for 2-5 players agers 10+ and games take 45-60 minutes.