Atomic Heart (video game)

Atomic Heart (Атомное сердце) is an upcoming action role-playing video game developed and published by Russian studio Mundfish (who also developed the VR game, Soviet Lunapark, which was discontinued). The game is planned for release for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S in Q3/Q4 of 2022.

Atomic Heart
Cover art
Developer(s)Mundfish
Publisher(s)Mundfish
Director(s)Robert Bagratuni
Producer(s)Oleg Gorodishenin
Designer(s)Artyom Galeev
Composer(s)Mick Gordon
EngineUnreal Engine 4
Platform(s)
ReleaseQ3/Q4 2022
Genre(s)Action role-playing, first-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay
A screenshot of the interface, with a makeshift weapon on screen

Atomic Heart is a FPS video game with action role-playing elements.[1] The combat in the game consists of shooting and melee swinging with improvised weapons. There is a crafting system where the weapons can be pieced together from metal parts that can be detached from robots or taken from household appliances. Weapons can also be upgrades via a mechanic called 'casettes'. Ammo in the game is scarce and there is a sneaking option. Quick-time events are also featured in the game.[2]

Plot

Setting

Atomic Heart takes place in the Soviet Union in an alternate 1955.[3] Advances in robotics in the 1930s enabled the USSR to defeat Nazi Germany in 1941, though with a much more severe loss of life. This results in the automation of much of Soviet labor and the development of a proto-Internet called the "Collectiv 1.0" linking these robots, vastly increasing productivity and scientific advancement by the end of the 1940s.

Concurrently, scientist Dmitriy Sechenov develops the 'neuro-polymer,' a programmable module based on living tissue. A believer in a collective consciousness, Sechenov plans to launch the most advanced iteration of the "Collectiv" on his 55th birthday in 1955.[4]

Synopsis

The main protagonist is a mentally-unstable KGB special agent called P-3, who is sent by the government to investigate a manufacturing facility that has fallen silent, only to find out that the machines have gone rogue and bioengineering strange experiments.[5]

Development

Atomic Heart uses Unreal Engine 4 and implements Nvidia RTX and DLSS technologies in the GeForce RTX graphics cards.[6]

Controversy

In January 2019, a report was published on gaming forum ResetEra that cited anonymous sources within Mundfish who reported about mass layoffs and incompetency at the studio.[2][7][8] The report stated that development had been rebooted as of August 2018, and it resulted in a gameplay downgrade.

References
  1. "What do we know about Atomic Heart?". medium.com. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. Horti, Samuel. "Everything we know about Atomic Heart". pcgamer.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. NikiStudio (2020-03-22). "Поиграли в Atomic Heart. Впечатления от визита к Mundfish (+ текст) — Игры на DTF". DTF (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  4. https://mundfish.com/lore/. Retrieved 23 February 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Skrebels, Joe (24 May 2018). "Atomic Heart Has the Coolest Trailer of the Year, But What Actually Is It?". ign.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. Palumbo, Alessio (14 January 2019). "Atomic Heart Developer Q&A on NVIDIA RTX/DLSS, PvP Regions, Simultaneous Console Release and DLC". wccftech.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  7. Alwani, Rishi (29 January 2019). "Sci-Fi Shooter Atomic Heart in Development Hell: Report". gadgets.ndtv.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  8. "Atomic Heart: что говорят об игре бывшие и текущие разработчики" (in Russian). January 28, 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
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