Mad Cave Studios announced the December release of Cyberarchy, a new dystopian retrofuturist series by Matt Hardy and Clark Bint.
Ash is a newly ‘born’ robotic life-form, created as the newest denizen of a space liner run solely by mechanical life.
Ash’s creator, a robot called Rust, explains that all mechanical life and artificial intelligence on the ship decided they no longer served the human crew. In its place arose a Cyberarchy, a more efficient mechanical society.
But Ash soon realizes that all is not well—this Cyberarchy is a fractured society, with a secret hidden at the heart of it all that will one day pit all organic life against robots.
“I could tell you that Cyberarchy is about society’s over-dependence on technology and the dangers of AI replacing humanity,” said Matt Hardy in a press release from Mad Cave Studios. “I could tell you it’s about advanced civilizations collapsing under their own weight. Or that it’s about clinging to outdated social models long past their expiration date—But really, this was my excuse to dive headfirst into some wild, high-concept sci-fi while getting Clark to unleash his knack for insanely detailed tech and inventive worlds. At its core, it’s also a love letter to the obsessions that shaped me: a constant fear the world might end in a fiery blast… and an endless fascination with cool robots.”
Cyberarchy #1 arrives on December 3, 2025.
