Atomic Heart

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How to Spot the Point of No Return in Atomic Heart - Lords of Gaming (Lords of Gaming)

Atomic Heart is finally out. However, the game doesn't warn players when they reach the point of no return. But don't worry we got your back.

You can’t return to any previous locations until you finished the game, hence the name the point of no return. By crossing that bridge, you are triggering the game’s last moments. That issue is that Atomic Heart doesn’t warn players when they’ve reached the point of no return. Usually, games will warn players when they are approaching that point and usually ask for their permission to proceed. However, there’s one glaring issue that developers [Mundfish](https://mundfish.com/) need to address ASAP. Most notably, the game incorrectly teaches players how to bring up the scanner.

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Atomic Heart Scientific Testing Ground 12 Guide (TechRaptor)

In this guide, we'll tell you where to find the Atomic Heart Scientific Testing Ground 12, how to get inside, and how to solve its puzzles!

Use Telekinesis to open this shutter and you'll be able to see the Candle from this position: Go in and loot the room, and make sure to go into the back left of the room to grab loot there, too. Walk through the newly-opened door straight ahead and you'll find the Gold Comrade Lootyakin. Grab the Candle with Telekinesis, but make sure to stay on the platform. Once you've passed through the second area, you'll see another magnetic shutter up and to the left. Climb up the boxes on the right and you'll be in the alcove. Look to your right and you'll see four silver bars with red dots -- you can climb up to the platform above. Use Shok on the magnets again to raise up the floor pieces. Rotate the red crank until it's on 4 dots and use Shok on the upper left platform to swamp the magnets and cause the platforms to raise up. The first room on your left is a Breakroom; you can stop to Craft what you need and save here, if necessary. Deeper in the cave, you'll see a chest next to an elevator. You'll see a red crank, just like the ones in

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Atomic Heart Not A Password At All Quest Walkthrough (Sirus Gaming)

The Not a Password at All is a quest that appears during the Sealed with Seven Seals quest in which you will be tasked to locate a Ballerina's Ball to open a ...

You’ll then be able to open the door and proceed to the next objective. Across the room is another corpse next to the chest. He will reveal that the electrician is the only one who knows the code to the door.

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How Many Endings Does Atomic Heart Have? (GINX Esports TV)

Explore Major Sergey Nechayev's thrilling adventure and whether there are multiple endings in Atomic Heart.

And that concludes our guide on whether Atomic Heart has multiple endings! In this conclusion, you will learn about Charles' true motives to destroy all of humanity and that he has been manipulating you the entire time. But before we dive into the details of Atomic Heart's different endings, it's important to note that this guide contains spoilers, so if you haven't played the game yet and wish to avoid spoilers, it's best to proceed with caution. In this guide, we'll dive into the details and answer your burning questions about the different conclusions of Atomic Heart. But the question is, does Atomic Heart have multiple endings, and if so, how many? Sechenov's " [Atomic Heart](https://www.ginx.tv/en/atomic-heart/worth-buying-review-roundup)" project and the Kollektiv 2.0 AI that threatens humanity.

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How to upgrade your weapons in Atomic Heart (Sportskeeda)

Atomic Heart is a first-person shooter (FPS) set in the dystopian alternate-history version where the Soviets flourished.

You can then head to one of the safe rooms to interact with the NORA upgrade stations. So, even if you don't need to upgrade your weapons, check these rooms to collect the weapon blueprints. Items or weapons that you don't require can be transferred to storage. Here, you can upgrade your weapons with the help of collected materials. Atomic Heart contains a scanner that you can use to find loot. You will come across safe rooms with upgrade terminals resembling a vending machine throughout the game.

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Atomic Heart Guide – 10 Tips and Tricks to Keep in Mind (GamingBolt)

Meanwhile, in combat, scanning enemies also tells you what elemental damage types they're weak or resistant too- and that's information that you're not going to ...

Thankfully, there is one easy tell that you can keep your eye out for- if your character reaches out with his hand while you’re standing in front of a gap, that means it’s a jumpable one. And though you may be tempted to just destroy them as soon as you see them, that’s actually something of a waste of time in this game. This isn’t necessarily the case in the dungeons, but in the open world, much like the aforementioned cameras, the enemy robots that you destroy more often than not end up getting repaired by drones- and yes, the drones are effectively endless waves, so there’s no point wasting your time, ammo, or energy on trying to take out all of them. Atomic Heart combines its first person shooting action with elemental attacks, and while you do get a variety of these abilities throughout the course of the game, you should hone in on one or two of them as your priorities pretty early on. The game itself is very much designed around that kind of a strategy- you can only equip two abilities at a time, and swapping out the ones you have equipped for new one isn’t something that you can do anywhere, at any time, which means experimentation isn’t exactly encouraged. You get access to the ability to scan pretty early on in the game, and doing so highlights essentially anything and everything of interest in your vicinity, including loot, NPCs, objects that you can interact with, nearby enemies, and even puzzle solutions.

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Atomic Heart update 1.05 patch notes: Crashing fixes & more (Dexerto)

Mundfish have dropped quickfire updates for Atomic Heart to optimize and improve various aspects of the shooter, and we have the patch notes.

[Atomic Heart PC Requirements](https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/atomic-heart-pc-requirements-minimum-recommended-specs-2055238/) [Is Atomic Heart open-world?](https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/is-atomic-heart-open-world-2025781/) [How long is Atomic Heart?](https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/how-long-is-atomic-heart-main-story-length-completionist-run-2032058/) [Is Atomic Heart on Xbox Game Pass?](https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/is-atomic-heart-on-xbox-game-pass-2025460/) [Best skills to upgrade in Atomic Heart](https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/best-skills-to-upgrade-in-atomic-heart-2064668/) [How to use Atomic Heart scanner](https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/how-to-use-atomic-heart-scanner-2067424/) [How to access Polygon Testing Ground chambers in Atomic Heart](https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/how-to-access-polygon-testing-ground-chambers-in-atomic-heart-2064147/) Rumor explained](https://www.dexerto.com/gta/gta-online-weekly-update-patch-notes-1498644/) [Best guns & melee weapons to use in Atomic Heart](https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/best-guns-melee-weapons-to-use-in-atomic-heart-2064341/) [Does Atomic Heart have microtransactions?](https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/does-atomic-heart-have-microtransactions-2055162/) We have the full Atomic Heart 1.04 and 1.05 patch notes in full for you to check out. Mundfish are already trying to improve the

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7 Best Sci-Fi Games Like Atomic Heart (Game Rant)

Atomic Heart fans looking for more sci-fi goodness should check out these games. Daniel in Observer System Redux, ghost in Ghostwire Tokyo, fight in Cyberpunk ...

Players get to uncover a haunting tale and save their city from deadly supernatural forces while using their powerful elemental abilities. This dynamic and story-rich game transports its players into a unique version of Tokyo where they'll have to fight epic battles against evil supernatural beings. During their adventures in this dystopian realm, players will have to fight against deadly robots and uncover a mystery as they're searching for a missing colleague who suddenly disappeared. This story-driven FPS transports them to a parallel dimension where they'll get to explore the city of Berlin during the Cold War. Cyberpunk 2077 is a great choice for people who are looking for a single-player adventure that'll challenge and entertain them. Cyberpunk 2077 is an action-filled shooter and a perfect choice for Atomic Heart players who are looking for another FPS game.

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The 10 Best Weapons In Atomic Heart, Ranked (TheGamer)

The Swede is the first proper weapon that you get your hands on in the game, but it continues to be a useful melee weapon for your entire adventure. While it ...

The trouble of this weapon stands similar to that of the Kalash; it has a particularly small pool of ammo to work with at any given time. This weapon should be obtained as soon as possible if you want to make a joke out of almost any enemy in the game. It might have been expected, but that does not make it incorrect– the Zvezdochka has a level of power that only ranged weapons can compete with, without needing to be charged or reloaded. The rechargeable nature of the weapon makes this worth keeping around even in normal gameplay, since there isn't really a risk to using its overwhelming power. Otherwise, the Pashtet is a deadly weapon that can slice and dice with the best of them. The Electro is a ranged electric weapon that is useful at every level of gameplay. With how easy it can be to get surrounded, this is exactly the type of weapon you need to let any enemy know where your personal space starts and ends. Since it is a one-handed weapon, it can be used in concert with abilities like telekinesis to combo enemies into oblivion. This weapon is particularly reliable since it runs off suit power, meaning it can be useful for conserving ammunition. Even more like Bioshock, you will have to face a number of enemies that exemplify the failures of the dystopian society that you are exploring. For every robotic threat, botanical beast, and hellishly-mutated human you face on your adventure, there is bound to be a weapon in P-3's constantly growing arsenal to deal with it. A pistol is always a great pick in a tough situation– while it doesn't do the most damage in the world, the PM is a great choice when first facing tougher enemies.

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Atomic Heart Controversy Explained: Why Is the Game Being ... (Den of Geek)

Atomic Heart (one of the biggest new games of 2023) is currently being protested and boycotted by Ukrainian officials, individual gamers, and other sources ...

[a statement](https://www.pcgamesn.com/atomic-heart/ukraine-government-ban-steam) claiming it would contact Valve, Sony, and Microsoft to request an immediate ban of the game (at least in Ukraine). [GamesRadar+](https://www.gamesradar.com/atomic-heart-developer-denies-claims-that-its-harvesting-data-for-russian-authorities/) reached out to Mundfish for comment, and a representative fired back against Ain.capital, claiming that the information the site used was “outdated and wrong.” According to this Mundfish employee, the studio doesn’t collect any information, although as GamesRadar+ pointed out, the Mundfish representative neither confirmed nor denied if the company actually used to harvest data for the Russian government. So far as that goes, many people may find objectionable content throughout Atomic Heart given the nature of the game. These gynoids are plastered everywhere in the game’s ads and give off the same vibes as Resident Evil 8’s [Lady Dimitrescu](https://www.denofgeek.com/games/resident-evil-village-lady-alcina-dimitrescu-maggie-robertson-helena-mankowska-model/). While you could certainly say that there was a degree to which Atomic Heart‘s subject matter was always going to be controversial, the timing of the game’s release in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (it was released exactly one year after the start of the invasion) has certainly caused the game to face further scrutiny. Some find those themes to be too much to accept at a time when Russia faces global scrutiny for its invasion of Ukraine (and other policies), though Mundfish has faced additional scrutiny over their choice to emphasize the game’s USSR utopia concepts in their marketing and Of course, it should be noted that Mundfish began developing Atomic Heart long before the invasion of Ukraine, though that brings us back to the company’s non-commital responses on that issue. Anyone who plays or even views Atomic Heart knows the game is slathered in Russian themes as part of its alternate history narrative that imagines a sci-fi USSR utopia. [Eurogamer](https://www.eurogamer.net/questions-remain-over-atomic-heart-developers-russian-origins), [PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/why-are-people-arguing-about-atomic-heart/#comment-jump), and other outlets expanded on that last point by shining a light on one of Mundfish’s primary investors, GEM Capital. Those connections raised concerns regarding not just Atomic Heart‘s possible ties to prominent state-owned industries but the idea that its success could in some way fund Gazprom’s [controversial endeavors](https://time.com/6254708/gazprom-private-military-wagner-group-russia/) and other possible government agendas (including the invasion of Ukraine). [posted a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs7QEo3LmVE&ab_channel=Harenko) called “Please, Don’t Buy Atomic Heart.” He criticized, among many other aspects of the game, the developer’s “we don’t comment on politics” stance and brought up concerns about many aspects of the game and Mundfish’s practices. While it has been pointed out that their refusal to comment further could be due to a number of legal and procedural factors, their approach struck many gamers and industry members as vague at best and worrying at worst.

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How to Save in Atomic Heart (The Nerd Stash)

All the futuristic yet retro designs the game offers will inspire you, including the save mechanics. Although saving the progress in Atomic Heart can confuse ...

You are bound to find the Save Room, and you will be able to save in Atomic Heart. In these rooms, you will find save stations in the form of Red Telephone Boots. This guide will show you how to save in Atomic Heart.

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'Atomic Heart' Review: Soviet Style Over Serious Substance (Forbes)

On paper, Atomic Heart appeared to have it all. In reality, it's not the action RPG you may've hoped for.

Mundfish has left the door open for a sequel, but it’s hard to get excited about a follow-up–regardless of which ending is considered canon. For all its gripes, Atomic Heart can still be a lot of fun, even if it makes you wait for moments of genius, which themselves tend to be concentrated into short bursts of sheer brilliance. It’s not made any better by the game’s driving mechanics; I’ve never known a car to understeer and oversteer at the same time, but Atomic Heart manages it. On Xbox Series X, you vacuum up items with your glove with RB, and have to double-tap and hold it to scan a room; you’ll consistently fail to get the one you need. If anything, it’s underused; only a few major battles lean into the time-honored trope of “lots of enemies, commence the guitar riffs”. You can’t remap controls–you don’t even have the option to see the controller layout. It’s just as well that canisters are only useful for defeating one or two specific types of bosses, though you’ll probably just get the Fat Man bazooka to make short work of them instead. “I’m a magnet for annoying bullshit,” he whines, as you start your fifth or sixth mission to find a thing to unlock a thing which you then use on another thing en route to the next thing. For all its surface-level comparisons to BioShock Infinite, Atomic Heart has more in common with the Resident Evil franchise. Still, shooting a standard android full-bore in the face with a standard shotgun sees them backflip and come back for more, showing little-to-no damage. From the moment you drop into a bunker to avoid being mulched like one of many identical dead and questionably unarmed Soviet troops, the story takes a bit of a back seat as you learn the game’s core mechanics. Sadly, for all those great early impressions and, to its credit, a handful of strengths and memorable moments, it doesn’t just prove disappointing–it often feels unfinished.

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Atomic Heart Cartridge Guide: How to Use Cartridges Atomic Heart (Hard Drive)

Atomic Heart is a game with a lot of variety whether it comes to the enemies, player abilities, or mechanics. Unfortunately, not all of the mechanics are ...

The only issue with this is that it doesn’t show whether a specific cartridge is in use the way the weapon wheel does. Those playing on a keyboard and mouse should notice a middle-click icon next to the cartridge type in the bottom right. Release the weapon wheel button while hovering over the one you want or select it to equip it. Select it to open up a new wheel that shows the cartridges you have on hand. Head to the weapon upgrade screen at a NORA unit, go to the Cartridge Gun tab, and install the Cartridge Module upgrade beneath it. Now that you have a crafted Cartridge and a slot to put it in, it’s time to equip it.

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Atomic Heart: Best Upgrades To Unlock As Soon As Possible (Game Rant)

Unlocking upgrades in Atomic Heart can make it much easier for P-3 to survive as he explores the game's world. Here's which upgrades to get first.

Certain guns and melee weapons can be upgraded to include a slot which allows the player to add With how deadly some enemies can be in Atomic Heart, it is vital that players equip this perk. While this name doesn't give the player any hints on what it does, they will be happy to know that this increases P-3's maximum health. Like any good action role-play title, Atomic Heart throws the player up against ferocious enemies that will not give the player a break. Once finding this in a chest, they can then go to a Nora and purchase the upgrade. Thankfully, this can be upgraded early in the game after unlocking the recipe, meaning players can shoot for longer without needing to reload. This can make dealing with groups of enemies a lot easier. However, without the Forced Fall Acceleration upgrade, this can be pretty useless. Costing a fairly decent amount of Neuropolymer, when hitting one enemy with Shok, the effect will bounce off to other foes. It is also by far one of the most reliable weapons to use against the Cost: That is why it's good to know which upgrades players should focus on equipping first if they want the best chance of surviving while exploring

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Atomic Heart: Every Melee Weapon and Gun Ranked Worst to Best (Den of Geek)

You'll turn to Atomic Heart's arsenal throughout the game, but some guns and melee weapons are definitely better than others.

I found that the Dominator tends to work best for boss fights against robotic enemies and instances where you want to take out a group of smaller robots in a pinch. Yes, the KS-23 is a short-range weapon, but many Atomic Heart fights end up putting you in close quarters anyway. The Dominator’s unique projectiles (which deal both AoE damage and powerful point-of-attack damage), mean that nearly every shot you fire with it is going to hurt something. I can tell you that with confidence, yet it’s hard to express how valuable that speed really is over the course of the game until you’ve tried it out for yourself. Well, you won’t get the Railgun until very late in the game, and you can’t upgrade it. It doesn’t have any inherent weaknesses, and you compensate for the areas it’s not especially strong in with the right upgrades. Actually, the Swede is one of those rare starting weapons you can use through pretty much the entire game. You won’t acquire it until later in the game, and you won’t be able to upgrade it to its full potential even later than that. [combat-heavy](https://www.denofgeek.com/games/atomic-heart-protagonist-dialog-writing-problems/) game, but the combat that is in the game will push you to your limits (especially at higher difficulty levels). On the one hand, this is definitely a niche weapon that suffers from some of the weakest “per-slash” damage in the game. Unlike the Snowball, the Zvezdochka’s base swings are strong enough to ensure that you don’t feel like you’re wasting your time with it just because you weren’t able to invest in a fully-charged hit. It’s a light melee weapon designed to be used alongside (rather than in place of) the game’s various guns.

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Ukraine's government wants to ban Atomic Heart from country's ... (Eurogamer.net)

The Ukrainian government wants to ban Atomic Heart from digital stores in Ukraine. Alex Bornyakov, Ukraine's Deputy Min…

The cartoon has been likened to Tom and Jerry, but one episode includes a racist depiction of an African tribesman. The leader of the Ukrainian 'Batkivshchyna' political party— Dinka Kay It has also been accused of harvesting data for Russian authorities, something the developer has denied. Straight up based the sex slave robots design off of Yulia Tymoshenko... The game's save rooms contain a television where players can watch old episodes of beloved Soviet children's cartoon Nu, Pogodi! "Therefore, we call for all users worldwide to avoid this game.

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Atomic Heart: How to Throw Objects (Game Rant)

The setting of Atomic Heart is a massive, floating facility packed with hostile robots, oppressive surveillance, ferocious monsters, and clever puzzles.

Agent P-3 needs to pick up the Candles and throw them into the holders. There’s an obscure achievement/trophy called “Bull’s Eye!” for using telekinesis to throw any object at an Owl and knock it down. The longer the button is held, the harder the throw will be. Candles are falling from the ceiling in this room, but there’s no way to reach the holders. P-3 can throw the object, and some puzzles require throwing an object into position. Among those tactics is the seemingly humble telekinetic abilities Agent P-3 brings to the fight.

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The Russian BioShock Game Atomic Heart Is A Best Seller, And ... (Kotaku)

Developer Mundfish's vague stance on the war in Ukraine and its ties to the Russian government are suspect.

The sci-fi shooter also has an average [77 Metacritic and 7.1 user score](https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/atomic-heart). [GEM Capital](https://gem.capital/). The twins, who serve as one the bodyguards for scientist [Dmitry Sechenov](https://mundfish.com/characters/sechenov/), are highly evolved humanoid robots with ballerina-esque body types, crown braid hairstyles, featureless faces, and red stars on their foreheads. (Well, Just You Wait!)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well,_Just_You_Wait!). For folks who don’t care to watch it, the controversial scene smacks of the same racist imagery found in old Disney or Popeye cartoons featuring indigenous people. [PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/atomic-heart-criticised-for-racist-caricature-in-one-of-its-soviet-era-cartoons/), Atomic Heart’s save rooms include episodes of a real cartoon from 1969 called [Nu, Pogodi! “We also want to emphasize that the game developers have not publicly condemned the Putin regime and the bloody war that Russia has unleashed against Ukraine.” The robot twins’ likeness [Yulia Tymoshenko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulia_Tymoshenko), the leader of the Batkivshchyna party in Ukraine. Atomic Heart’s heavy in-game use of pro-Soviet Russia propaganda and its developers’ vague stance regarding the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine landed it in hot water with the gaming community. Atomic Heart released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, and PC on February 21. Rest assured; we are a global team focused on getting Atomic Heart into the hands of gamers everywhere. [announced back in 2017](https://youtu.be/mX_f-fFArW4), Mundfish’s Atomic Heart is a first-person shooter set in an alternate 1955 Soviet Union where chrome robots rule.

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Is 'Atomic Heart' Pro-Russia, or Just Russian? (VICE)

The controversy around 'Atomic Heart' will soon be familiar in a world of international game production and conflict between major powers.

In recent years, the sense of powerlessness that people feel before states and other global mechanisms of power has led to more frequent (and frequently ineffective) calls for consumer activism. Even domestically, some in the West have become increasingly forced to engage with the origins of the media they consume. The first, and most obvious, are photos of Donetsk, a Ukrainian city, which are included in the game’s environment. An in-game pork can also has the colors of the Ukrainian flag, however, it's worth noting that the can is just an upside-down version of the color scheme used for Pek, a real-world canned pork product The country’s Digital Ministry [reportedly requested](https://www.yahoo.com/now/ukraine-asking-atomic-heart-ban-181708756.html?guccounter=1) that the game be banned in Ukraine, and urged other countries to limit the game’s distribution. The games industry, for example, has all but ceased large-scale operations in the country, in response to economic sanctions and public outrage. This fact has led to some members of the counter-backlash to Atomic Heart demanding that boycotters explain what the line they’re drawing in the sand is, and what forms of compromised media they’re comfortable consuming. [Some people have suggested](https://youtu.be/zs7QEo3LmVE?t=929) that the game’s wildly horny marketing—most notably, a pair of hyper sexualized, robot lesbians—is a key part of this pro-Soviet propaganda campaign. Atomic Heart takes place in a version of 1955 in which the Soviet Union—fresh from its defeat of the Nazis—has made such significant scientific progress that it has become a nigh-hegemonic world power, based on the discovery of a highly malleable organic polymer that makes average people super-intelligent. government loans out equipment to the film industry, in exchange for the right to supervise the script, and the U.S. These connections to Russian state-owned and state-sanctioned enterprises have led to some people questioning the game’s relationship to the Russian government and its ongoing war in Ukraine, leading to calls for a boycott. The shifting media landscape has been met with responses ranging from the celebration of international successes, like India's Oscar-nominated RRR, to a building moral panic about the idea that Chinese and Saudi companies could have any influence on media consumed by those in the West.

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Ukrainian government wants 'toxic' Atomic Heart pulled from sale (GameByte)

The Ukrainian government wants “toxic” Atomic Heart pulled from Microsoft, Sony and Valve digital stores in their country and worldwide.

[video of the week](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4en53pm5_k&t=26s). [Atomic Heart](https://www.gamebyte.com/?s=atomic+heart) be pulled from sale in Ukraine? [BioShock](https://www.gamebyte.com/?s=bioshock) as well as the [Wolfenstein](https://www.gamebyte.com/?s=Wolfenstein) series on its sleeve. Therefore, we call for all users worldwide to avoid this game. What’s more, Mundfish faced further backlash by addressing the invasion of Ukraine, but not actually mentioning Ukraine directly. “According to media reports, the game’s development was funded by Russian enterprises.

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Ukraine government wants to limit the distribution of Atomic Heart (Shacknews)

The Ukrainian government has asked companies like Microsoft, Sony, and Valve to limit the distribution of Atomic Heart due to the game's Russian ties amid ...

Or, at the very least, follows through with banning digital sales of the game in Ukraine itself. [PCGamesN](https://www.pcgamesn.com/atomic-heart/ukraine-government-ban-steam), Atomic Heart developer Mundfish has come under scrutiny due to its investors involving the likes of GEM Capital, whose founder has ties to Gazprom and VTB Bank, with both being majority-owned by the Russian state. Therefore, we call for all users worldwide to avoid this game. According to a statement from Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, Alex Bornyakov, Atomic Heart not only “has Russian roots” but also “romanticizes communist ideology and the Soviet Union.” Because of this, The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine sent out an official letter to Microsoft, Sony, and Valve asking for a ban on sales of digital versions of the game in Ukraine. It’s almost been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, with countless Ukrainians having lost their lives and being displaced from their homes as a result. With the war still ongoing, the Ukrainian government recently reached out to companies like Microsoft, Sony, and Valve to request limited distribution of the game Atomic Heart.

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Ukraine wants Valve, Microsoft, and Sony to stop selling Atomic ... (PC Gamer)

Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation says it will ask Valve, Microsoft, and Sony to halt the sale of Atomic Heart in Ukraine, and will urge ...

[(opens in new tab)](https://twitter.com/DinkaKay/status/1628015391917178881) "We also urge limiting the distribution of this game in other countries due to its toxicity, potential data collection of users, and the potential use of money raised from game purchases to conduct a war against Ukraine. Atomic Heart is also full of Soviet kitsch, and the lead character is a literal KGB agent, which doesn't sit well with everyone, although [Rich Stanton said in our review](https://www.pcgamer.com/atomic-heart-review/) (opens in new tab) that the game critiques Russian exceptionalism "According to media reports, the game's development was funded by Russian enterprises and banks sanctioned and have systemic importance to the Russian government. That's true: Mundfish has described itself as "a pro-peace organization against violence against people," but it has not spoken out against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It's a complex issue, but the short version is that Mundfish is backed by a company founded by a former deputy general of Gazprom, Russia's state-run energy behemoth, and distributed by VKPlay, which is effectively controlled by Gazprom.

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Is Atomic Heart Like BioShock? (The Escapist)

Both are first-person action games with an RPG element. Both have a retro-futuristic aesthetic. They each feature a supposedly utopian society. Each has a ...

So yes, Atomic Heart is like BioShock in several ways. In the case of Atomic Heart, there may not be a lighthouse, but there’s definitely a man and a city, a city that, like BioShock Infinite’s Columbia, floats in the clouds. BioShock’s Rapture is in one such reality, and BioShock Infinite’s Columbia is another. Could we see Atomic Heart taking place in one of those realities? [does hope players see it as its own thing](https://wccftech.com/atomic-heart-bonus-devs-reveal-full-pc-specs-and-more/). [Atomic Heart](https://www.escapistmagazine.com/nora-the-horny-robot-vending-machine-is-atomic-heart-in-a-nutshell/), you might have seen it compared to BioShock.

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