Atomic Heart: Annihilation Instinct DLC Release Date Announced, New Trailer Revealed

The Atomic Heart: Annihilation Instinct DLC comes out August 2, publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Mundfish announced.

This DLC, the first for the action-RPG, adds a new area, new weapons, new enemies and a new glove ability. The trailer is below.

Here’s the official line on the new DLC: “Continue the story in the Annihilation Instinct DLC and learn what happened to this dystopian world after the climax of Atomic Heart. Prepare to embark on a journey through the new mind-bending Mendeleev Complex and its surrounding swamps, and discover the truth about NORA as Major P-3 is pulled back into Facility 3826.

“Survive vicious, shapeshifting new enemies, and take them down using two cunning new weapons – the ranged Secateur and the melee Klusha – as well as your glove’s new Techno-Stasis ability, allowing you to manipulate time itself.

“Meet a new enigmatic character, as well as returning ones in surprising circumstances, and dive deep into the AI’s insanity to curb its Annihilation Instinct.”

Meanwhile, out now is a New Game+ mode for free alongside a new update. This is designed to offer Atomic Heart’s most difficult mode yet. “Players will need all of their previously unlocked skills and arsenal to deal with the strongest enemies Atomic Heart has ever unleashed, thanks to their new specific resistances and attack effects, which will be reflected in the different colors of enemy auras,” Focus said.

The Atomic Heart: Annihilation Instinct DLC is included in the Atomic Pass and in the Gold and Premium Editions. IGN’s Atomic Heart review returned an 8/10. We called it “a highly imaginative, atompunk-inspired attempt at picking up where the likes of BioShock left off that makes missteps but definitely has the ticker to punch well above its weight”.

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