Pressing the reset button on the title's development supposedly led to the new version of the game being significantly downgraded from earlier builds. Supposedly, mass layoffs had occurred after months of poor project management and incompetency from the top of the hierarchy, with crunch beginning as early as 2017 - not far into the initial development. Back in January 2019, a report was submitted to gaming forum ResetEra that provided an account from anonymous sources within Mundfish about the tumultuous nature of development. Check out the new trailer below.The development for Atomic Heart hasn’t all been smooth sailing so far though and the game reportedly had to be scrapped, with development restarting in 2018. “You’ll explore the twisted utopia of an alternative 1955 Soviet Union, evolve your playstyle and grow a cutting-edge arsenal by taking on spectacular and unforgiving combat against killer robots, unsightly mutants, and bloodthirsty machines that roam the land of Facility 3826,” the description continues.Ītomic Heart releases on 21 February 2023 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC. So supercharge your AI-augmented punch and prepare for a far-from-bewitching, frenzied intrigue and not-so-enchanting, nerve-racking encounters.” Spoilers: in a world of technological nightmare, no magic trick will save you. “The release of Atomic Heart, the hotly anticipated action-RPG set in the mad utopia of a fictional 1955 USSR, is finally within sight! Today’s video gets you in shape to survive the robot apocalypse, with Jensen Ackles’ accelerated course on blasting robots with deadly efficiency.

The official description for Atomic Heart provided under the new trailer reads: Of course, they’re two completely different types of games with different target demographics, but the jabs are pretty funny nonetheless. The trailer clearly takes a jab at Hogwarts Legacy, which released last week and might be competition for Atomic Heart in the February release window.

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