Atlas Fallen, a brand new motion RPG from German studio Deck 13, is promoting under writer Focus Leisure’s preliminary forecasts. Nevertheless, the businesses plan to enhance the sport with additional updates.
- In a brand new investor replace, Focus Leisure introduced that the launch of Atlas Fallen is “under preliminary forecasts.”
- The writer didn’t disclose precise gross sales figures, but it surely anticipated a extra profitable launch primarily based on the “qualities of the sport.” Focus additionally cited a “very intense aggressive atmosphere” as the explanation for lower-than-expected gross sales.
- “Deck 13 and Focus Leisure are at present engaged on enhancing the sport,” the corporate mentioned in a press release, including that it’s going to share extra info by the tip of September.
Launched on August 10, Atlas Fallen is a third-person motion sport the place all the pieces is targeted on the flexibility to control sand (it offers particular powers and permits gamers to make use of sand-infused weapons). The sport acquired combined evaluations from critics, with a mean rating starting from 64 (PS5) to 71 (PC) on Metacritic.
On Steam, 61% of the 693 person evaluations are optimistic. Atlas Fallen additionally peaked at 2,679 concurrent gamers (by way of SteamDB) and debuted at #64 on the platform’s Weekly Prime Sellers charts.
The sport’s developer Deck13 is finest identified for Soulslike motion RPG The Surge and its sequel. Each video games have been revealed by Focus Leisure, which finally acquired the studio for €7.1 million in 2020.
With Atlas Fallen, Deck13 wished to maneuver away from the Soulslike components by attempting to create a novel fight system. Nevertheless, the principle criticism of the sport was centered round its narrative and poorly written characters.