Atomic Heart Gets Two Bug-Fixing Patches

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Atomic Heart has received two new updates that introduce bug fixes and performance improvements to the popular open-world FPS. The patches arrived in quick succession shortly after Atomic Heart launched to somewhat polarizing reviews.

Released on February 21, Atomic Heart is the first-ever game from Cyprian-Russian developer Mundfish. Set in an alternate reality where the Soviet Union won World War 2 thanks to technological breakthroughs allowing it to mass-produce advanced robots and human-computer interfaces, the game received widespread praise for its unique setting. That said, its launch has so far been hampered by developer controversies and technical issues. Some players also took issue with the fact Atomic Heart launched with no ray tracing support on PC, despite being prominently featured in Nvidia's RTX showcases over the years.

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While at least one highly requested Atomic Heart feature is already in development, Mundfish appears to be focused on addressing technical problems in the interim. The company already put out a day one patch that upgrades the game to version 1.04, then followed up on that release with a 1.05 update on February 22. The attached changelogs claim the new patches tackle stability issues and glitches, as well as some frame rate drops and other performance problems. Atomic Heart 's 1.05 update is also said to contain localization improvements and address bugs with missing audio, but that's as far as the patch notes go in terms of details.

The combined size of the patches varies slightly by platform, with some Xbox players reporting that the day one update is essentially reinstalling the whole game, as it weighs over 67 GB. The 1.05 update, meanwhile, is