Nier:automata is an open world, action-RPG game developed by Platinum Games the creators of Bayonetta and Metal Gear Rising. The story takes place on earth where an extra-terrestrial force has unleashed a ruthless army known as the “machine lifeforms”, driving mankind into exile on the moon. Android 2B, one of the latest infantry models of the newly formed organization called “YoRHa,” is plunged into a bitter war to reclaim the planet.