Atomic Heart Devs Deny Release Date Delay Rumors
As video game companies work tirelessly to hit release dates, they try to keep important news and development updates close to the vest until it is ready to release through official channels. Doing so controls the narrative of the game pre-release. But sometimes, information that companies were not ready to reveal game leaks, and they are left scrambling out public relations statements to refute or confirm leaked details. The most recent leak pertains to the game often referred to as «Soviet Bioshock» in Atomic Heart.
There was an article on the Xbox Game Pass Poland site that claimed they had a source within Atomic Heart developer Mundfish games. The source claims that someone within the developer told them that Mundfish was aiming for a 2022 release. Because of a work stoppage at the studio, Atomic Heart could see its release moved from October-December 2022 and would instead release in January-March 2023. The Polish site added a screenshot of a conversation with their source that claimed that a delay was imminent. Russia-based Mundfish Studios are rumored to have had a pause in development at the outbreak of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the complications of global sanctions.
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As that story began to gain traction with video games insider Nibellion tweeting out this report late Wednesday morning, Mundfish refuted the claims. Mundfish responded by saying that Atomic Heart was still on target for 2022 and it questioned the validity of the source, claiming they had no offices in Poland nor any ties to the country. The Xbox Game Pass Poland site updated its article with Mundfish's denial.
The validity of the initial conversation is called into question because it is based on a
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