Developer Mundfish has released a new trailer for the upcoming game Atomic Heart, confirming the release window of late 2022. The game was first announced in 2018 but was almost forgotten about due to the delay of the initial 2019 release date. Atomic Heart is a first-person shooter RPG set in 1950s Russia in an alternate reality.
Atomic Heart is reminiscent of games like Bioshock and Fallout, combining FPS with heavy story-driven gameplay. It also has a similar setting: an alternate futuristic, and dystopian reality set in the past. The game is set in the Soviet Union in 1955, combining Russian science fiction with the experience of the Cold War. The player will become Agent P-3 and be able to explore a fictional version of the Soviet Union. As P-3, the player is tasked with dealing with the consequences of an accident that caused technological advancements to turn against the people of the USSR.
On February 9, IGN uploaded a trailer of Atomic Heart released by Mundfish, showcasing gameplay and a taste of the plot of the mysterious game. The trailer displayed Atomic Heart's "retro-futuristic" setting, the friends and foes (including robots and zombies!) Agent P-3 will encounter during their exploration. The trailer also features an intense soundtrack created by Mick Gordon who also composed the soundtracks of Doom and Doom Eternal. But the most exciting part of this is the teaser of the release date. At the end of the trailer is the text "2022 #######BER", hinting Atomic Heart will be available in one of the last 4 months of the year: September, October, November, or December.
The Atomic Heart project initially began in 2017 according to Mundfish and was first announced in 2018 with a release date set in the next year. However, due to the sheer amount of support the developers received regarding the game, Mundfish decided to hold off on the release of the project and put more time and energy into creating a large and in-depth game. Talks of Atomic Heart died down until Mundfish released another trailer of the game in 2020. Hype for the game continued in 2021 when Atomic Heart was confirmed to be a day one Xbox Game Pass release at E3. It seems likely that anticipation will continue to grow now that a release window appears to be confirmed.
Not only is the gameplay action-packed and immersive, but it also serves as a look into a culture video games are not familiar with. A futuristic version of the 1950s USSR is completely new territory. This combined with a blend of the realism of life in Russia during the Cold War is a fresh take on games like Fallout, which Mundfish says inspired them. Atomic Heart will be available to play on Xbox, Playstation, and PC later this year.
Source: IGN