Dear Timekeeper,
Regarding the recent leaking of some new version content through overseas social media platforms, we extend our sincere apologies to everyone.
The Reverse: 1999 × Atomic Heart Collaboration Special Version, as our globally unified release version, will hold a preview livestream on July 10. Previously, due to the sequential difference in version launch times between the CN server and other regional servers, development typically proceeded with the CN server version first, followed by localization work for other regional server versions afterward.
Preparation for the collaboration version involved preliminary discussions, review by the collaboration partner, and multilingual coordination across global servers, making the overall development cycle longer than for a normal version and requiring close cooperation from all parties. But it is precisely because of the goal of a simultaneous global launch that we were able to bring our strength together and carry out this multilingual, concurrent development model.
Members from all regional servers dedicated themselves wholeheartedly to the version's development, working together to complete the production of the collaboration version. The Reverse: 1999 × Atomic Heart Collaboration Special Version will officially launch on global servers on July 23. This experience of concurrent development for a globalized, multilingual version has been an extremely valuable one for us, and we are sincerely grateful for every effort everyone made toward the smooth launch of this version.
At the same time, however, this version also saw content leaks occur multiple times on a global scale, unexpectedly disrupting the originally planned pace of simultaneous global promotion. These unplanned deviations have also caused Timekeepers no small amount of confusion, and for this we would like to apologize again. Through the accumulating leak incidents, we have also identified a number of our own shortcomings, as well as insufficiently rigorous oversight of third-party partners. Going forward, we will reform and optimize related processes, and we pledge to seriously pursue accountability for those responsible for the leaks.
We would also like to clarify that some of the content circulating in the community is not the final version actually implemented in-game; without the combined presentation of voice acting, music, animation, and combat effects, it is highly likely to cause misunderstandings about the game's content among everyone. Here, the production team would also like to earnestly ask those players who happened to learn of this content ahead of time not to actively spread it, so as to preserve a sense of surprise for other players who are looking forward to the new version.
At the same time, we have also noticed that certain "leakers" on social media are attempting to obtain the production team's future version plans through various illegal means. The game's content represents the hard work and dedication of many developers, and the production team is continuously refining and improving the game, hoping to win everyone over with more sincere content in the future. Every unwarranted leak may give rise to further misunderstandings, and we hope that everyone will put a stop to this kind of improper behavior. We will also be taking further measures going forward to curb this kind of situation from occurring.
Finally, thank you, Timekeepers, for your understanding and tolerance. More new content, new gameplay, and new events related to the Reverse: 1999 × Atomic Heart collaboration version, as well as the latest content regarding the Reverse: 1999 concert "A Night of Euphony" and the "1999! Arcane Incident Department" animation, will all be revealed one by one during the July 10 preview livestream and in subsequent official announcements.
