Atomfall: How a forgotten nuclear disaster inspired a video game

Atomfall: How a forgotten nuclear disaster inspired a video game 4 hours ago Share Save Peter Gillibrand & Tom Richardson BBC Newsbeat Share Save Rebellion Atomfall is inspired by a fire at a nuclear reactor in Cumbria in 1957 Fukushima. Three Mile Island. Chernobyl. Places that will forever be remembered as the sites of nuclear disasters. Most people will have heard of them. But fewer are aware of the Windscale fire. It was one of the world's first - and remains the UK's worst - nuclear accident. A nuclear reactor at the site in Cumbria caught fire and burned for three days, releasing radioactive material into the atmosphere. Many details of the event were kept quiet for decades, and it is far less famous than some of the more recent examples. But a new video game has brought the disaster, and the area where it happened, back into the spotlight. Atomfall is the latest release from Oxford-based Rebellion, best known for its long-running Sniper Elite series. CEO Jason Kingsley tells ... Read full article.