Sniper Elite Dev Reveals New IP Coming to Xbox Game Pass in 2025

Highlights

• Atomfall features RPG elements and a post-apocalyptic setting in Cold War-era Britain.
• Players can expect a diverse combat experience in Atomfall, using guns, melee weapons, and even a bow and arrow against soldiers and nuclear monsters.
• Rebellion is venturing into the action RPG genre with Atomfall, drawing inspiration from Fallout, classic British sci-fi, and real-life historical events.

The developers behind the popular Sniper Elite franchise are back with a brand-new IP called Atomfall, a first-person action RPG with a similar alternate historical setting. The game is currently set for a 2025 release window and will come to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC, and is joining its Sniper Elite brethren with a day-one release on Xbox Game Pass.

Whereas Sniper Elite pitted players against real-world enemies in historical action set pieces, Atomfall is taking a different approach to a slightly similar formula by adding RPG elements and multiple new combat options. The game seems to be channeling a bit of Fallout with its post-apocalyptic setting as players can use guns, melee weapons, and even a bow and arrow to fight off soldiers and irradiated nuclear monsters in post-war England.

Developers Rebellion revealed Atomfall at the Xbox Games Showcase earlier today with a trailer showing off some fast-paced gameplay, characters, and its setting, Cold War-era Britain. According to the game’s description, Atomfall takes on an alternate history storyline based on a real-life nuclear incident in England that occurred in 1957, following the player character as they end up quarantined from the rest of the world years later.

Atomfall Takes an Old Formula in a New Direction

With just a brief 90-second trailer to go on, there is not much else to say about the actual plot of Atomfall aside from the setup, which will see players fight to survive against myriad factions and nuclear enemies outside the quarantine zone. The game will seemingly have a focus on exploration and side content as well, though it is unclear what that may look like or if it will receive further expansions after launch as of right now.

Rebellion is best known for the first-person shooter franchise Sniper Elite, but it has some experience with apocalyptic titles as well with the Zombie Army games, which took on a third-person tactical approach to gameplay. Atomfall seems to be the next logical step, combining elements from both into a full-on action RPG that will be the first of its kind from Rebellion Developments, as its previous games have all been mostly linear affairs.

The game is also seemingly taking inspiration from a variety of sources as well, with fans already making comparisons to Fallout and the game’s description mentioning classic British science fiction. Specifically, Xbox cites Day of the Triffids and the iconic science fiction series Doctor Who as primary inspirations, which may be evident by the trailer’s use of a phone booth as a primary piece of iconography.