Atomic Heart teases surreal new DLC’s “atypical gameplay” amid sale

Atomic Coronary heart didn’t fairly catch my consideration when it first dropped, however I not too long ago performed it and rapidly grew to become hooked. One thing about its off-putting utopian setting and BioShock-esque gameplay made me need extra. Mundfish noticed the shooter’s first DLC launch earlier this 12 months and has since teased the second Atomic Coronary heart enlargement. Whereas we don’t but know the total ins and outs of the upcoming DLC, we’ve obtained a brand new have a look at its surreal Limbo setting and an accompanying sale on the bottom sport.

Mundfish not too long ago confirmed off a few of Atomic Coronary heart‘s new DLC in a teaser trailer packed to the brim with offended geese. In the event you didn’t assume it might get any stranger earlier than, this enlargement takes probably the most unsettling elements of the FPS sport‘s world and amplifies them tenfold. Within the teaser, the developer takes us again to Limbo, the mysterious dream-like space you might keep in mind P-3 traversing just a few occasions throughout the primary story.

I personally discover Limbo extraordinarily intriguing, particularly as somebody who loves Alice in Wonderland and all of its darker spin-offs. The dimension actually seems like an acid journey by means of considered one of American McGee’s ranges in Insanity Returns, and I’m so right here for that. Mundfish itself says within the new DLC teaser that “Limbo is a wierd world with inverted logic” the place we’ll face off in opposition to new enemies with “distinctive weapons.”

The dev goes on to say that the DLC “will happen totally in Limbo,” the place we’ll “proceed the story after the lengthy ending” through which P-3 wakes up in Limbo to see Proper, one of many Twins, reaching out for him. Is P-3 caught there without end? It appears we could lastly get the solutions we’ve been in search of when the second enlargement and its “atypical gameplay with new mechanics” drops.

Within the new teaser, we get a recent glimpse at Limbo which is as fantastically complicated as you might keep in mind it being in-game. From chocolate cows to floating doughnuts and big whales, there are all kinds of surreal environmental belongings to tackle. With the way it’s all arrange within the pictures, it seems to be as if we’ll be platforming our approach up by means of the weirdness.

Mundfish additionally exhibits grumpy geese as soon as extra within the new screenshots, so we are able to undoubtedly anticipate to battle our approach by means of the terrifying creatures in Limbo. Truthfully, out of each enemy P-3 has confronted, the goose could take the cake as his scariest foe but. In the event you’ve performed Atomic Coronary heart’s first DLC, Annihilation Intuition, then you definitely’ll perceive.

The brand new DLC teaser isn’t the one thrilling information from Mundfish, although. In the event you don’t personal the bottom sport, it’s presently on sale through Steam for 34% off with its worth coming in at simply $39.59 / £36.29. You too can decide to seize the sport’s DLC go on sale proper now for 20% off at simply $31.99 / £27.99. In the event you get the go, you’ll have entry to every of the Atomic Coronary heart’s presently deliberate 4 expansions.

You may take a look at our in-depth Atomic Coronary heart weapons information for some further assist if you wish to guarantee the very best construct previous to the brand new DLC’s arrival. Alternatively, in case you’re fascinated about extra thrilling information, you’ll want to flick through our roundup of the most effective upcoming PC video games on the market to look ahead to proper now.