Set against a song by Alla Pugacheva, we have two female robots dancing with one another when one sprouts tendrils that turn into a horn (and subsequently impales the other), interspersed with footage of the protagonist using their powers to manipulate water and telekinesis (a la BioShock) in fighting robots, while bashing/cutting others with a variety of other weapons. Atomic Heart also hits good, according to the latest trailer for the upcoming dystopian Soviet shooter, which focuses on the game’s combat.Īnd of course, being that it’s Atomic Heart, there’s a helping of weird to go along with the combat. Of course, we’ll just have to wait and see if they follow through on a promising trailer, but I’m certainly rooting for them.While it still doesn’t have a proper release date (and developer Mundfish denying that it’s been delayed), Atomic Heart sure looks good. In the midst of an oversaturated genre, its worldbuilding and aesthetics are imaginative in a way I haven’t seen from games much recently, and desperately miss. I don’t want to speak too soon, but I think it has the makings to be a GOTY contender. I’m hesitant to trust game trailers these days, if this one is an accurate representation of what Atomic Heart really is… I think it looks amazing.

The game’s publisher Mundfish just released a new story trailer, which of course gives us an ever bigger look into what the game will actually be - which includes bombastic action, intense set pieces, some body horror, and lots and lots of robots.

That was until I saw that the game just got a release window. I’ve kind of kept this game in the back of my mind since I saw that first trailer, but with updates being so few and far between, it had sort of started fading out of my mind. It looks like it has a really unique Soviet-retro-future aesthetic, but will pull inspiration from classics like BioShock and Half-Life. Atomic Heart stirred up a lot of interest when it was initially announced back in 2017.

Song used in atomic heart trailer