It seems that Rebellion is rather pleased with the release of their brand-new game Atomfall, the company’s first new IP in years.
According to a press release from Rebellion, Atomfall is the biggest launch in the company’s history, managing to achieve 1.5 million players since launching on March 27. Well, March 24 if you include the 3 day early access period.
“To have surpassed the one million players in such a short space of time speaks volumes for the creativity and dedication of the entire team here at Rebellion,” said chief executive officer and co-founder of Rebellion, Jason Kingsley. “Our size and stability mean that we can take risks to create something as different as Atomfall. Happily, that risk is paying off.”
“We are a British company, and the game is a true reflection of that. Not only is it set in the lush, beautiful countryside, but Atomfall also draws inspiration from so many classic British books, films and TV series,” Kingsley continued, wielding a cricket bat and sipping tea in the process. “We hope that players continue to enjoy exploring the world of Atomfall and are looking forward to future content for the game.”
Atomfall, Rebellion’s new IP, explores the narrative around the Windscale nuclear disaster through an alternate history narrative. Its mystery and storytelling excel, though combat and survival elements fall short. This has the potential to become a cult hit, and a sequel could be excellent.
Note, that Rebellion is yet another company, much like Ubisoft, that is reporting total players rather than sales. That’s because Atomfall also launched straight onto Game Pass which likely accounted for a pretty decent chunk of the total players. Unfortunately, Rebellion didn’t share any actual sales numbers.
Still, it seems like Atomfall has done very well for Rebellion, especially considering it’s a brand-new IP. Just recently Rebellion released the very enjoyable Sniper Elite: Resistance, a much more established series and yet Atomfall has seeming done even better.
But they did choose to include some other random numbers. Apparently, over 316,000 of you heartless fuckers decided to kill the scientist who you meet at the very start of the game, for example. And over 300,000 cups of tea were also drunk, which as a Brit is an offensively low number.
