Atomfall, the next game that’ll vaguely aim to satisfy our British Fallout thing cravings, just got one of the the most sadness island release date reveal trailers ever

Atomfall, the upcoming sport from Sniper Elite developer Riot that lots of of us are be seeking to for one more repair of British post-apocalypse with a radioactive tinge to it that is not fairly an official Fallout tackle our unhappy little island, now has a correct launch date. It is arriving on March 25, 2025, as contemporary trailer with very English countryside vibes conveys.

Whereas we techincally bought British Fallout earlier this 12 months due to large mod Fallout: London, which we really liked when it wasn’t struggling too many bugs, ever since Atomfall was introduced, it has been getting these comparisons. Whether or not it warrants them is as much as you to resolve, and you’ve got now bought more material to go off of.

Closing with the aforementioned launch date of March 25 subsequent 12 months, Atomfall’s newest trailer is ready in an iconic British location – the woods. Casterfell Woods, in reality, Riot affiliate head of design Ben Fisher clarifies in an Xbox Wire post launched alongside the trailer. Apparently it is “a wild and inhospitable place, underpinned by an instantly eerie vibe”.

Yep, add in a liberal provide of discarded condoms and lager cans strewn about subsequent to the wicker males Casterfell has, and that is a reasonably correct description of lots of the wooded areas round the place I stay. The very fact the trailer principally exhibits some poor fella being subjected to a people tune, after which being assaulted subsequent to a dilapidated cellphone field by a stranger who walks off whistling additionally appears very reasonable England too.

Anyway, the cellphone field is ringing, and Fisher says that is necessary, writing: “The voice on the finish of the cellphone line is considered one of Atomfall’s many mysteries that gamers should deal with if they’re to resolve what occurred on the Windscale nuclear plant all these years in the past.”

When it comes to influences, the developer provides that Atomfall’s drawing on traditional sci-fi like Physician Who, The Quatermass Experiment and The Day of the Triffids for the creepy woodland bits of its survival-action, er, motion.

You can give it a go on PC, Xbox Sequence X/S, Xbox One, PS5, and PS4 when it releases, in addition to Xbox Sport Move on day one. Tell us how grotty your native woods is under, and whether or not you are planning to play Atomfall.