Atomic Heart Developers Issue Apology For Racist Cartoon Footage

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Atomic Heart developers, Mundfish, have issued an apology for including racist cartoon footage in an in-game promotional video and explain why it was included in the first place – find out more about this story here.

Atomic Heart Review – Where Robots Want to Jump Your Bones

Atomic Heart is a first-person shooter designed to include elements of role-playing and stealth. Players can fight various enemies (mechanical, biochemical or biological) using a combined tactic of shooting and slashing. Mundfish developed the first-person shooter, and while players had been looking forward to it at first, many controversies arose during the week just before the game’s release, leading to an apology from the Atomic Heart developers.

Set in an alternate 1955, the game takes place in Facility 3826, the foremost scientific research hub used by the Soviet Union. Players take on the role of Major Sergey Mechayev, who must find Viktor Petrov while fighting through failed biochemical experiments and homicidal robots while also struggling with his slowly deteriorating mental state.

Before the Atomic Heart was even released, Mundfish faced heavy criticism for several things, including unstable player experience on specific platforms and links to Russia despite the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

This criticism hasn’t gotten any better after the player, ResetEra, discovered a cartoon in-game featuring a racist stereotype. The cartoon is Nu, Pogodi!, a Russian cartoon from the 1960s that appears to be a Soviet rendition of Tom and Jerry.

While playing Atomic Heart, players can take a break from the conflict in resting chambers and opt to watch seasons of Nu, Pogodi! The cartoon debuted in 1969, so of course, there are going to be some