Esteemed astrophysicist, Dr Maggie Lieu, provided advice to Atomicom during the development process, as well as making an in game cameo appearance.JCB Pioneer Mars is pretty much Andy Weir's The Martian in video game format.

Equipped with the futuristic, heavy-duty construction and mining vehicles specifically designed by JCB Engineers, every would-be astronaut has a chance of surviving and thriving in the face of extreme planetary challenges. Meteor strikes, dust clouds and electrical storms all threaten the player’s survival and chances of a successful colonisation effort. JCB Pioneer: Mars is a hardcore blend of survival and construction gameplay set on a hostile, alien planet. Life-support infrastructure is crucial but so to is the mining of natural resources, part of a broader mission to save an ailing Earth. As the player slowly begins to establish themselves on Mars, learning to combat the planets fierce and hostile weather patterns, they’ll begin a larger operation of colonisation. Survival is the first goal – the location of oxygen and the founding of an outpost. JCB Pioneer: Mars begins as the player awakes from a crash, surrounded by the wreckage of a Lander vehicle amidst falling debris and hurtling winds. “It’s been an incredible experience for our visionary design team to build a series of futuristic heavy-duty construction and mining vehicles, optimised for exploration and mining on Mars”. “At JCB, innovation is in our lifeblood and we are constantly exploring new thinking and JCB Pioneer: Mars provides a vision of the tools needed for future space colonisation”, said Worldwide Marketing Director, Michael Plummer. We hope these improvements will give players a deeper more expansive and fulfilling gameplay experience”. “We’ve made drastic improvements across the board refining playability and in game experiences, implementing new explorable areas and mechanics which allow us to show more game depth than the original early access release. “We’ve taken the time to really think about how we can bring the game to the Switch market.” said Tamsyn Hastings, Designer at Atomicom.

Previously released on Steam Early Access, the Switch version builds on the original addressing user feedback, adding a tonne of new updates and improvements including a huge increase in performance, new and improved UI, new tools, refined gameplay and much more. Liverpool, UK - 24th December, 2018 - Liverpool based indie studio Atomicom today launched its Mars based survival sandbox game JCB Pioneer: Mars for Nintendo Switch in EU and AUS, and will launch on 3rd January, 2019 in NA for £19.99 / €22.19 / $24.99.

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